A mock jury trial of William Bury will take place on February 3, 2018 at Dundee Sheriff Court in Dundee, Scotland. Mooting societies from the University of Dundee and the University of Aberdeen will debate whether Bury murdered his wife Ellen in Dundee in 1889, and a Scottish Supreme Court justice will oversee the trial. … [Read more…]
In my post Bury and the Stride Murder, I pointed out that there is statistically only a very remote possibility that Elizabeth Stride was murdered by someone other than William Bury. If Bury did murder Stride, however, then there are two questions that need to be answered. The first is why Bury didn’t mutilate Stride’s body, … [Read more…]
The December 2017 issue of Whitechapel Society Journal contains a new article by William Beadle, “Was Ellen Bury Dismembered?” In this short article Beadle cites medical and other evidence to refute the suggestion that Ellen Bury’s mutilations could have been an aborted attempt to dismember her body. Issues of Whitechapel Society Journal are only available … [Read more…]
The Goulston Street Graffito is potentially an important piece of evidence in the Jack the Ripper case. It was located in the doorway of a building housing many Jewish residents, and above a piece of apron that had been taken from Ripper victim Catherine Eddowes. While it is true that chalked graffiti could be found … [Read more…]
In their article, “The Jack the Ripper Murders,” Keppel, Weis, Brown and Welch stated that the signature characteristic of posing was evident in the Jack the Ripper murder series (1). In their view the Ripper deliberately spread the legs of his victims in order to degrade them and to shock the discoverers of their bodies. … [Read more…]