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Stephen P. Ryder
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 2911
Registered: 10-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 9:51 am: |       |
This one seems to have come in under the radar...
Whitechapel Murders-solved?
John Plimmer
Paperback 357 pages (November 2003)
Publisher: House of Stratus Ltd; ISBN: 0755113659
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0755113659/casebojacktherip
Stephen P. Ryder, Editor
Casebook: Jack the Ripper |
Glenn L Andersson
Chief Inspector
Username: Glenna
Post Number: 879
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 12:18 pm: | |
Blimey! Another one who has "solved" the case..?
Interesting.
All the best
Glenn L Andersson
Crime historian, Sweden |
Stephen P. Ryder
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 2912
Registered: 10-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 12:45 pm: | |
I can't tell for sure, but this book may be a reprint/new edition of Plimmer's previous "Footsteps of the Whitechapel Murderer". At the very least its by the same publisher.
I expect to receive my copy within a week or two and will post more info when I have it.
Stephen P. Ryder, Editor
Casebook: Jack the Ripper |
S. Harsch
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 9:58 pm: | |
Hi. Not sure if this is the right "place" to post the question, but anyway . . . the other day I was visiting the Casebook, and on the homepage, there was an advertisement for a new book that I believe was from the UK. I wanted to order it, but today when I went back, the homepage had changed, and I don't remember the name of the book. help! LoL Please give me the information I need to order that book. Thanks y'all! |
Stephen P. Ryder
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 2913
Registered: 10-1997
| | Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 7:28 am: | |
Hi S. Harsch -
I believe the book you're interested in is ON THE TRAIL OF A DEAD MAN by Chris Miles. More information on ordering it is available at:
http://casebook.org/chrismiles.html
Stephen P. Ryder, Editor
Casebook: Jack the Ripper |
Alan Sharp
Chief Inspector
Username: Ash
Post Number: 617
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 12:59 pm: | |
I just started reading this book having picked it up in a bookshop in Birmingham last week. I spotted seven glaring errors in the first four pages. Not recommended!
"Everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise." |
Bob Hinton
Inspector
Username: Bobhinton
Post Number: 212
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 10:35 am: | |
I have, unfortunately read Plimmers other book and I'm afraid I found it to be complete nonsense!
If this is simply a reprint then my advice would be to save your money. |
Andrew Spallek
Chief Inspector
Username: Aspallek
Post Number: 579
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 9:34 am: | |
I stopped reading when Plimmer had the Ripper escaping over Tower Bridge -- which would not be built for many years after 1888! It is nonsense. Don't waste your money as I did.
Andy S. |
Alan Sharp
Chief Inspector
Username: Ash
Post Number: 649
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 6:57 pm: | |
Actually, after finishing the book, I can't recommend it highly enough.... for entertainment value. I mean, every Ripper book on the shelves makes the odd mistake, and one or two of the old chestnuts usually fall through the gaps. I'm sure my own effort will contain a few points for folk to criticise. But Plimmer achieves something sensational here, by not merely repeating some of the old mistakes, but each and every single one of them, as well as adding a few new ones of his own! Priceless.
"Everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise." |
Thomas C. Wescott
Inspector
Username: Tom_wescott
Post Number: 164
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 12:18 am: | |
Hello all,
The sad thing is, he released this book years ago under another title. All the mistakes were pointed out at that time. And, from what I understand here ( I will NOT buy this book!), he hasn't bothered to fix them. Shame on him!
Yours truly,
Tom Wescott |
Christopher T George
Chief Inspector
Username: Chrisg
Post Number: 885
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 12:01 pm: | |
Hi, Tom and Alan
More proof if any is needed that the money incentive  and certain authors' publishers' less than worthy motives too often override scholarship in the Ripper field. 
All my best
Chris
Christopher T. George
North American Editor
Ripperologist
http://www.ripperologist.info
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Thomas C. Wescott
Inspector
Username: Tom_wescott
Post Number: 171
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 10:00 pm: | |
Chris,
Yes, sort of like Melvyn Fairclough coming clean and admitting he'd been duped by Gorman, and that his book was rubbish - THEN, following the release of the film 'From Hell', getting the book re-published! I couldn't believe it!
So, when do we get treated to a Ripper book from your more-than-capable self. It's not like you can't write. Heck, you're already a published author, have edited a Ripper mag singlehandedly, and now co-edit the leading mag. I'd MUCH rather see the name of Chris George on a Ripper book cover than some of these charlatans who come on the scene for a year, put out a book full of half-truths, then disappear. And I know most would agree with me. So, Chris, not to put you on the spot, but WHEN? 
Yours truly,
Tom Wescott |
Christopher T George
Chief Inspector
Username: Chrisg
Post Number: 886
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 9:04 am: | |
Hi, Tom
Thanks for your very kind words about my writing and publishing ventures. I can't say more about it now, but I am hoping that I might have an announcement before long about a publishing deal for a title related to the Whitechapel murders. Again, thanks for your support, Tom. Much appreciated.
All the best
Chris
Christopher T. George
North American Editor
Ripperologist
http://www.ripperologist.info
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Kelly Robinson
Detective Sergeant
Username: Kelly
Post Number: 74
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 10:17 am: | |
Chris,
Best news I've heard in a while! Best of luck and hope we see it soon!
Kelly
"The past isn't over. It isn't even past."
William Faulkner |
Robert Charles Linford
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Robert
Post Number: 2925
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 1:48 pm: | |
Hi Chris
Best of luck with your book. Is it PC Richard Brown, or are your lips sealed?
Robert
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Christopher T George
Chief Inspector
Username: Chrisg
Post Number: 887
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 1:55 pm: | |
Hi, Robert
Without saying more, I should think that P.C. Richard Brown should at least get a look-in in the book. "What's all this here, then, eh?"  
All my best
Chris
Christopher T. George
North American Editor
Ripperologist
http://www.ripperologist.info
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Andrew Spallek
Chief Inspector
Username: Aspallek
Post Number: 617
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 2:10 pm: | |
Although I cannot recommend the book as a serious piece of scholarship, if anyone is looking to complete his or her collection of Ripper literature my copy of Plimmer is for sale cheap at eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2495916111&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
Andy S. |
