There have been so many candidates for Jack the Ripper
One is Walter Sickert the painter ( mind you this was the theory of the crazy Patricia Cornwell )
Some of his paintings are very dark and show woman in sleazy Victorian setting who look as if they had been murdered in a similar fashion as the Ripper victims.
It was Prince Andrew. But he will never get a fair trial for it.
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A fascinating question and one which is asked if you are being interviewed for certain jobs.
It is not a trick question, it is one designed to test your capability to ask the questions and come to a conclusion.
The correct answer is we do not know
Admitting you do not know is a sign of your intelligence, taking a guess is simply not on.
Ah, well, the real reason Sherlock Holmes did not investigate Jack the Ripper may have something to do with this:
âThere is a great deal of debate over whether or not Jack the Ripper possessed any medical knowledge.
The question of whether he did or not was raised several times during the inquests into the deaths of the victims, and, although several of the doctors who gave expert testimony were of the opinion that he demonstrated a certain degree of anatomical knowledge, they differed in their opinions of how much anatomical knowledge the murderer had exhibited.â
Maybe it wasnât Holmes himself but someone he knew and he did not want to point the finger at him - who did Sherlock Holmes know who had some medical and anatomical knowledge? ⊠hmmm âŠ. 
Elementary, my dear Watson! 
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Was H.H. Holmes also Jack the Ripper?
The murderer received the moniker âJack the Ripperâ and the legend of his killings has been fully solidified in history and in media. ⊠Jeff Mudgett, a lawyer and former Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve, claims that his great-great-grandfather, H.H. Holmes was, in fact, Jack the Ripper.
Itâs a ripper theory.
It makes a ripping good yarn I know that much. 
Patricia Cornwell wrote a book about Jack The Ripper too. She concluded it was Walter Sickert, the British impressionist painter. Her book was titled âPortrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closedâ
Yes ( see my post on WS ) but she is a nutcase who believes the McCanns were involved in the disappearance of their daughter ( please please letâs not go down that road ) she thinks she is Kay Scarpetta.
Why the assumption that the Ripper was male?
I have read that there may well have been. Itâs plausible that a female would have been easier to get closer to the victims and made them more vulnerable.
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âRipper victim, Mary Kelly, hours after she was murdered, the chief inspector in the case suggested it might have been the female killer escaping in Kellyâs clothing. Later proponents of this âJill the Ripperâ theory suggest that a midwife (possibly an abortionist) would have had the anatomical knowledge usually attributed to the Ripper, and would have had easy access to her female victims. As the theory goes, the most likely suspect may be Mary Pearcey, who was convicted and hanged in 1890 for the murder of her loverâs wife and childâand who had used a method similar to the Ripperâs to commit the crime.â
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Very interesting indeed. My knowledge of the history is woefully inadequate. Does anyone know whether there were signs of sexual activity involving the victims as part of the attack?
The incredible violence associated with the crime suggest the strength of a man .
I just found something on Amazon ⊠another author who has tied together Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde as a detective duo.
Vaughn Entwhistle.
Itâs a series of 4 books.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08H16DYRT?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_0&storeType=ebooks
You might already have heard of the writer but I remember you saying you loved Oscar Wilde.
Oooh thanks Morty, I shall have to look into that.
Done a few âRippersâ in my time, wouldnât have taken a detectives nose to sniff me out. 
I think the Ripper was actually three people working as team - Raffles, Lord Peter Wimsey and Paul Temple!
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@SilverTabby âŠPaul Temple ⊠my mum fancied him. âŠand Raffles. I canât remember Peter Wimsey.
Actually, I think that could be the truth, though not necessarily those three.
There are examples of âThe Ripperâ doing some things which would be difficult to escape from if he were only one person. Three people working together, though, and agreeing to use exactly the same âtechniquesâ would confuse the police detecting âhimâ.
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