Gunthorpe Street / George Yard, Whitechapel, London, 13th December 2008

[JohnnyDeppFan1x]

thank you for posting this, i love your videos =) xxx

[091053JG]

I am more and more convinced that Tabram was a Ripper victim and so was Stride.

[gentle7ways7]

@091053JG agreed he was most likely disturbed with liz, the attack on Tabram was the same amount of stab wounds of that of annie milward also its interesting he attacked the the thigh area and lower abdomen which would have been his grusome pleasure at the hands of mary kelly,apart from kelly they all had a similar way about them that i can't explain it ,so maybe it also was somebody it reminded him off?mother? wife?

[LoomVideos]

Ah Philip - when oh when shall I see one of your tours?

[GuildfordGhost]

@LoomVideos When you choose to come on one, Adam!

[LoomVideos]

@GuildfordGhost where/when do i book to definitely get you?

[GuildfordGhost]

@LoomVideos I don't do set days. They can be any day, to be honest. Are you in London? I can always PM you when I have some coming up. You'd be able to come as my guest, for free.

[LoomVideos]

@GuildfordGhost Too kind, obviously I want to pay for having the pleasure of your thoughts! Yes, please PM next time you are giving a tour and Ill be there :>

[GuildfordGhost]

@LoomVideos Tomorrow (Sunday) night? 7pm? You still have my e-mail details?

[LoomVideos]

@GuildfordGhost Perfect! It doesnt look like I do have your email address......

[2Touchstone]

Whitechapel and Spitalfields are being packed with office towers, yuppie flats and clone shops, the old character and history are being obliterated.

[georgese]

thank you for answer. I just wanna ask one more question. nobody knows jack the ripper's true identity. but there are too much suspects. which one the most possibly being Jack the Ripper? author particia cornwell says Sickert was responsible for the murders, one of the motivating factors being an alleged defect in his penis. what do you think?

[GuildfordGhost]

Sickert is one of the very, very worst of the silliest. It's utter, utter nonsense and is based on Cornwell's misinterpretation of art history, her desperation to prove she hadn't wasted all her time and money, guesswork and errors. It's total rubbish. We don't know who it was, we never will, and most of us don't really care!

[gentle7ways7]

@GuildfordGhost i couldn't agree more about sickert and its a disgrace that his work was damaged by that chip on her shoulder writer ,great comprehensive video upload info about the area george yard, do you consider martha tabram his first victim?

[GuildfordGhost]

@gentle7ways7 Hello. Yes, I do. I've thought this for years. It's only a matter of personal opinion, though.

[gentle7ways7]

@GuildfordGhost agreed

[GuildfordGhost]

@gentle7ways7 I should add that I consider Annie Millward to actually be his first 'victim', but this was a non-fatal case.

[gentle7ways7]

@GuildfordGhost i think it was his first attempt too he then started to change his mo he bungled the first attempt because she most likely screamed and scared him off,the second attack was more brutal and frenzied, he then started to cut the throats to stop them from screaming he become more efficient and twisted

[GuildfordGhost]

@gentle7ways7 I think so too. Just an opinion, but that's where I stand.

[GuildfordGhost]

Hello. A fine, yet depressing, question. No one knows. It's one of our Holy Grails. There's no mention in the newspapers of a funeral and checks have turned up nothing.

[clorine888]

Thanks for the videos. So what's your guess as to Jack the Ripper's identity?

[GuildfordGhost]

Hi. Most of us in the field genuinely, really don't care as we know we are never going to get the answer. I'm one of the 'local nobody' camp.

[MadHobbit]

i say there was no jack the ripper, it was several people doing the murders and the papers made it one person to sell more papers. its been proven the famous jack letter was written by a journalist.

[GuildfordGhost]

You've either read the plagarist Andrew Cook's dreadful tome or you saw the C5 documentary recently. It would take far more characters to go into here than is available, but - though welcome to your opinion - it is one not shared by any Ripper author or historian I know besides Cook and Peter Turnbull, who first espoused the theory in THE KILLER WHO NEVER WAS. Moore & Bulling of the Central News Agency admitted they faked the letter to George Sims, however, and this has been known for years.

[091053JG]

Philip Sugden and several others have made a good case for including Tabram amongst the Ripper murders.

[GuildfordGhost]

I've always thought Tabram to be a Ripper victim and nothing I've heard has dissuaded me of that view.  I firmly believe we have here the case of a killer learning his 'craft'.

[091053JG]

Jon Ogden also has made a good case of including Tabram amongst the victims. The ferocity of the assault, the location of the murder and the victim all fits in the pattern. Also a bayonet was not used in the assault. By the way the walk through the arch near the White Hart is so evocative as if it came from a movie set although I think most of the buildings are from the Edwardian era.

[GuildfordGhost]

Indeed - this bayonet business was always a piece of Ripperlore but nowadays we know that such a would could easily have been caused by a dagger. The first building on the left after the White Hart is original. The school after that is Edwardian. The right hand side all post-dates JTR.

[091053JG]

Also the date fits into the pattern August 6/7 and a Bank Holiday. Frederick Abberline and Walter Dew always included Tabram in the Ripper foll of dishonor. It was only until MacNaughton (who was not on the force until after the murders) came up with the canonical five taht she wsa dropped. MacNaughton also listed incredibly Druitt as a prime suspect even though there was not a shred of evidence supporting Druitt as a legitimate suspect.

[GuildfordGhost]

And Ostrog, of course, is even LESS credible. I personally think the days of the week and dates of the month are coincidental but yes, it does match.

[vermillion303]

Tee hee! ;)

Yes, the house is still standing, is currently occupied and the owners aren't bothered about the house's history. Frogg's just got hold of another 8 or so photos that weren't in the book, which he'll be showing at a talk at Salisbury Guildhall on Feb 22nd.

[vermillion303]

Well, it's hard to get good pictures on a gloomy day in December in London, but if anything the weather conditions make it even more atmospheric!

Our friend Frogg has been busy, publishing a book about an unsolved Edwardian murder yards from my home!

[GuildfordGhost]

Has he really? Well, if he did it I don't remember. ;o)

Is the house still standing? It's an intirguing case, the little I know about it, and the photos Frogg discovered are extremely eerie.

[vermillion303]

Thanks, Guildford Ghost! I enjoy all your videos.

[GuildfordGhost]

You're very welcome. Thank you. My cameras aren't very good but I try to make the commentary worth turning your speakers on for.

[mcebe]

Aw I wanted energy!! Just kidding, one of the finest video's showing the location, if not the finest. Your knowledge and enthusiasm is fantastic.

[GuildfordGhost]

Thanks, Mike. There is most certainly a much better video than mine here taken in February 2008. There's no commentary on it, though.