To name one person, who do most modern historians believe Jack the Ripper was?

BRY2K

There will NEVER be consensus on this question. For my two cents, I say Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, grandson of Queen Victoria. He was then known as Prince Albert Victor of Wales, or, informally, as "Prince Eddy". There are various conspiracy theories that suppose either that Prince Albert Victor was the Ripper, or that others performed the murders to cover up his alleged indiscretions. ONE theory was published in 1970 and posited that Albert Victor, driven mad with syphilis, murdered the prostitutes and was incarcerated by his own family. (All will have an opinion on this Q) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,943254,00.h tml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper_royal_conspiracy_theories Jul 12 08, 5:39 AM

mjlsr1958

Mosst historians do not agree. However, most historians are agreed that Jack the Ripper could not have been Prince Albert Victor. Albert Victor had alibis for all the murders, and never suffered from syphilis. Joseph Gorman, who first proposed the theory that Albert Victor was the murderer, later said, "It was all a lie." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_Jack_the_Ripper_suspects Jul 12 08, 9:29 AM

supersal1

The below link leads to James Maybrick. http://www.casebook.org/suspects/james_maybrick/may.html The site is quite interesting, it deals with all the Ripper suspects. I gather that subscribers to the site have voted on the matter, and James Maybrick is currently No. 1. You can have a look at all the suspects and make up your own mind. As Bry2k says, everyone will have their own opinion on the matter. There are plenty of suspects named on the site, and it still could be someone whose name has never been mentioned. Jul 12 08, 4:31 PM

star_gazer

Whoever it was, he got away with it. Jul 12 08, 5:07 PM