#Jack The Ripper Suspects

[dalekofchaos]

My top 10 Jack The Ripper suspects

Jacob Levy

David Cohen

Hyam Hyams

Aaron Kosminski

Montague John Druit

Royal Conspiracy/Prince Albert Victor

Walter Sickert

Francis Tumblety

Dr John Williams

Thomas Bond

Runnerups:

Charles Allen Lechmere William Henry Bury George Chapman Frederick Bailey Deeming James Kelly Joseph Barnett James Maybrick

Bonus theories.

I believe it was a doctor that worked at the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary. All of the women were recently treated there before they were murdered.

Other than that, I DO still think the Royal connection is possible, if not the Royals, than a very Upper classman who took pleasure in controlling the poor with fear and punishing women.

[chamerionwrites]

Speaking as someone who would be delighted if both US political parties fell into the sea…the audacity of straight men who staunchly support the We Hate Women party and expect this not to alter the statistical odds of them getting laid by even a single iota

[scholarofgloom]

[corpyburd]

Prefer not to promote JtR here but this made me spit my tea out!🤭

Photo from Twitter

[volfoss]

Everything I learn about AC syndicate makes it funnier tbh

[clamorybus]

yeah humans have kinda always been morbid dicks about tragedies. like you look up any old timey murder case and 9 times out of ten there will be a crowd of lookey-lous wandering onto the crime scene and just taking shit

[c0rpsedemon]

if you like how the mechs interacted w like. the way stories are told and repeated and repeated and how that affects the people they're about At All you'd LOVVVVVE fate bc it does the same thing just 100x more explicitly

[navree]

criminal minds is a bit weird in how it presents profiling because, like, the stuff they do is based on real profiling, but they're always so much more vague than real profiling is

[tonyrossmcmahon]

Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln - by Tony McMahon

For two years, I’ve been investigating the Jack the Ripper case – pouring over the original police and court records, as well as contemporary newspaper reports and other evidence. What I’ve uncovered will amaze you. On May 28, 2024 – I will reveal all in a new book: Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln (Troubador publishing). The spark for this investigation was an appearance on the documentary…

[thetemplarknight]

Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln - by Tony McMahon

For two years, I’ve been investigating the Jack the Ripper case – pouring over the original police and court records, as well as contemporary newspaper reports and other evidence. What I’ve uncovered will amaze you. On May 28, 2024 – I will reveal all in a new book: Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln (Troubador publishing). The spark for this investigation was an appearance on the documentary…

[dalekofchaos]

Evidence

Aaron Kosminski

Jacob Levy

James Maybrick

Thomas Cutbush

Montague John Druitt

Francis Tumblety

Walter Sickert

Hyam Hyams

Joseph Barnett

George Chapman

David Cohen

Royal Conspiracy

[wyervan]

God I love a psychic in a horror film, they’re always such fun characters to watch and so special. Often instrumental in plot.

A clairvoyant AND an academic is exactly what Sun and Moon are in absolute dire need of! They’re certainly successful with their little escapades, but certainly lack a certain, hmm, elegance to their execution.

Actually, i picture them blundering through many of their slapdash plans and narrowly avoiding police by the skin of their teeth most of the time.

Oo now Im imagining a dramatic scene where this character reveals that she knows all about their shenanigans! I do wonder how that would play out~~

Ohhhhhh, I could not resist!!!!! I had to hop on the Final Girl sona train, your AU is simply giving me so much joy! @wyervan

I present Astrid, she is an avid fan of historical murder mysteries and is quite shrewd, often acting as an improvised detective and leaving anonymous hints to law enforcement for solving various cold cases. She has a whole doctorate thesis on who Jack the Ripper was.

Astrid has low level psychic abilities, capable of sensing by the vibes of objects whether or not a violent death took place nearby. The vibes and emotions in the walls of the arcade had caught her attention one day and she began to visit more often, reading inside and observing. Sun and Moon intrigue her greatly and it did not take her too long to put two and two together to figure out what they are doing. However, she understands their motivations as vigilantes that are trying to protect children and are doing their form of justice, so she is reluctant to report them.

As their bond and relationship progress and deepen, Astrid becomes a type of informant for Sun and Moon, giving them tips which areas with police patrols to avoid, when a raid will take place and leaking secrets and files of various cases with potential new targets that got away from the official justice system.

I hope you like her! Thank you once again for making such a lovely new wonderful universe, I love your boys so much!!!!!

[scholarofgloom]

[ghostdrinkssoup]

something I find really interesting about hannibal’s character is how he uses people’s expectations and ingrained assumptions to hide himself. no one suspects he’s a serial killer because he doesn’t present as one. he’s elegant and refined and isn’t cruel to animals. he’s highly sophisticated, a polyglot and has a deep admiration for beauty and life. he appreciates saving lives just as much as he appreciates ending them. in fact, this particular aspect of his character is partly why it takes will the entirety of s1 to accept hannibal’s true nature. will saw hannibal save abigail and accompany her to the hospital in apéritif and he also saw hannibal save a man’s life by performing emergency surgery and taking over the operation at the end of sorbet.

this moment in particular is interesting because of how it’s framed to make hannibal look almost godly from will’s point of view:

1) hannibal is positioned immediately higher than will due to being in the ambulance, meaning will is looking up at hannibal, while hannibal is looking down on him

2) hannibal is standing under a bright light as he works to save this guy’s life, while will is standing in almost complete darkness

3) the usual orchestral, classical music is playing in the background, emphasising the apparent “holiness” of the act and framing hannibal as some sort of saviour

the impact of this scene is even more potent when considering the context of the rest of the episode, since will has already stated that the ripper is not the type to save people or enact mercy on anyone. his style of murders doesn’t suggest this characteristic whatsoever, and although will’s assessment is correct, hannibal’s personality and overall demeanour doesn’t match what we’d imagine a person like that might look like. I think will is confronted by this as well, because even if hannibal’s surgical skill means he matches the ripper’s profile (which makes him a valid suspect) his actions contradict will’s image of the ripper, while simultaneously affirming it:

it’s difficult to reconcile these facets of hannibal’s character. it’s inherently contradictory and defies our cultural expectations. nonetheless, hannibal’s inclination to save people is sometimes more insidious than his murders. he doesn’t save people out of altruism, he does it because he thinks he’s superior and enjoys deciding outcomes. he doesn’t view himself as insane, he views himself as god. this is most aptly explored in takiawase, through the acupuncturist/beekeeper killer. here we see a murderer who confesses that she killed a man to quiet his mind, and tells jack that it’s beautiful that she managed to protect him and her other patients. this is one side of hannibal’s character, the one who’s a doctor and therapist and sees death as a cure from disease, even if the ‘disease’ itself is literally just discourtesy. it’s ultimately an act of power.

and yet in this same episode he flips a coin and saves bella on a whim. this of course is framed to others as an act of mercy, however the reality is he took bella’s power away in an act disguised as kindness. once again, he hides in plain sight. this is the other side of his character, and it’s just as deadly.

it’s still about power.

but we don’t associate acts of mercy with monstrosity. when hannibal comforts abigail in trou normand we question whether he’s as bad as we think, because what negative connotations are tied to paternal tenderness? we miss that hannibal is fostering dependency, that he literally looks dead in the eyes as he holds her, and that he blatantly just told us that he’s using abigail to manipulate will:

hannibal often does this actually. he either directly says what he’s doing or suggests that he’s the culprit (often through cannibal puns, as we know) but no one ever interprets him correctly because doing so would contradict the image he’s carefully constructed for himself. it would cause too much dissonance.

and what’s fascinating is that on a subtextual level this is largely what the show is about. the story is an exploration of societal roles and the struggle to fit into stiff categorisation and expectations. will parallels hannibal in this regard because he’s desperately trying to repress his identity by taking on certain roles. and the audience is lured by this persona the same way the characters are lured by hannibal because will defies our understanding of certain tropes. on a genre level, will assumes the detective archetype, meaning we are primed to think he’s inherently good. when we see him say he wants to save people we believe him, even though he often only does so to prove to himself that he’s a good person. will is indeed righteous, a characteristic we often view positively, however he’s violent, wrathful and actively enjoys murder due to how powerful it makes him feel. he’s not dissimilar to hannibal, we just don’t see this straight away because doing so would disrupt our understanding of good and evil.

will hides the same way hannibal does, except will hides from us as well

[blamed-for-nothing]

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