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Jack: The Grim Ripper
Maurice Lipton
Lulu, 2006. 301pp., illustrated. Softcover.

Casebook Review:

Lipton suggests that "Jack the Ripper" (or "The Grim Ripper," as he calls him) was actually two people, Montague John Druitt and J.K. Stephen. The murders were committed in order to destroy certain evidence of homosexual activities amongst the British upper classes, particularly events surrounding the Apostles and Prince Albert Victor. Very little evidence is given to back up these claims, apart from an anagram Lipton creates out of the letter of the "From Hell" letter which includes the names Montague Druit, Eton and Cambridge.

Although the author obviously has done his homework and knows the basic subject matter very well, when it comes down to it, the theory has practically nothing to support it. The book itself is chock full of facts and illustrations, but is in bad need of an editor to organize it all and clean up the sentence structure in order to make it a more readable text.

Those with an interest in Druitt and/or the royal conspiracy theories may find some interest in this book. Otherwise, it is unfortunately not recommended.


Related pages:
  J.K. Stephen
       Authors: An Interview with Deborah McDonald 
       Message Boards: James Kenneth Stephen 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 1 December 1875 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 12 March 1881 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 13 June 1887 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 15 January 1892 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 20 October 1891 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 24 April 1883 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 24 February 1881 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 25 February 1886 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 27 October 1891 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 3 December 1891 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 3 February 1942 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 30 January 1882 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 30 November 1887 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 30 November 1891 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 31 May 1883 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 4 July 1896 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 5 February 1892 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 5 June 1877 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 5 May 1887 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 8 June 1881 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 9 February 1880 
       Ripper Media: Clarence: Was He Jack the Ripper? 
       Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper Revealed 
       Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper: A Suspect Guide - James Kenneth Stephen 
       Ripper Media: Murder and Madness: The Secret Life of Jack the Ripper 
       Ripper Media: The Prince, His Tutor and the Ripper 
       Ripper Media: The Whitechapel Murders (Mylechreest, 1974) 
       Suspects: James Kenneth Stephen 
  Montague John Druitt
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       Dissertations: Montague John Druitt 
       Dissertations: Mr. Valentine's School 
       Message Boards: Montague John Druitt 
       Official Documents: The Macnaghten Memoranda 
       Press Reports: Acton, Chiswick & Turnham Green Gazette - 5 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Daily News - 22 May 1886 
       Press Reports: Dorset Chronicle - 10 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Hampshire Advertiser - 12 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Richmond and Twickenham Times - 5 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Southern Guardian - 1 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Southern Guardian - 22 December 1888 
       Press Reports: Thames Valley Times - 2 January 1889 
       Press Reports: Times - 5 October 1972 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 10 March 1881 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 12 July 1880 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 13 February 1888 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 20 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 24 June 1876 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 26 June 1876 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 29 November 1888 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 30 April 1885 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 30 November 1888 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 31 May 1884 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 4 November 1884 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 5 July 1884 
       Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper (Farson) 
       Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper: A Cast of Thousands - Mark Mann 
       Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper: A Suspect Guide - Montague John Druitt 
       Ripper Media: Montague Druitt: Portrait of a Contender 
       Ripper Media: The Ripper Legacy: The Life and Death of Jack the Ripper 
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       Suspects: Montague John Druitt