For 125 years the Jack the Ripper legend has captivated the popular mind and has been fueled by countless authors, shows and movies. A new theory put forward by Trevor Marriot a retired detective from Bedfordshire, England suggests that Jack the Ripper never actually existed. Jack the Ripper was said to be responsible for the murders of five women in Victorian England. Marriot suggests that the details and facts of this case became so distorted the truth became lost in history and gave birth to the Ripper legend. Marriot also suggests that the Jack the Ripper letter supposedly signed by the killer was falsified by a journalist looking for a scoop.
Between August and November of 1888 five women were found murdered, all within a one-mile radius of each other in the London neighborhood of Whitechapel. Marriot theorizes that were it not for the Jack the Ripper letter these five murders would have been forgotten by history the same way a number of similar murders that took place in that era have been forgotten. Marriot spent 11 years of his life combing through a number of documents from Scotland Yard in an effort to uncover the truth about the Ripper killings. Marriot believes that the Ripper letter was forged by the drunken journalist Thomas Bulling.
The Inquisitr explains that Thomas Bulling was a journalist who was paid to write crime and murder stories for local newspapers. The theory goes that Bulling was in such dire need for a story he forged the Jack the Ripper letter and created a murder mystery that has lasted over a century. "It was the most ingenious piece of journalism that has kept this mystery alive for 125 years," the Inquisitr quotes Marriott as saying. "Even now any modern day serial killer is called a 'Ripper.'"
Numerous theories have popped up over the years as to who Jack the Ripper might be. It has been speculated that the Ripper was a member of Queen Victoria's household and that he was a freemason and the killing were part of some kind of ritual. The theory that the Ripper never existed and that the five women who were killed in 1888 were just the result of a dangerous time seems to have credibility. Marriott uncovered a number of other murders, 17 in total that have similar characteristics to the Ripper case.
Marriott believes that these killings were the product of a dangerous time and not one specific killer. There is a man by the name of Carl Feigenbaum, a German sailor who Marriott believes was responsible for some of the ripper like murders but not all. "Jack is supposed to be responsible for five victims, but there were other similar murders before and after the one attributed to him, both in this country and abroad in Germany and America." Marriott said. Feigenbaum was a sailor who often worked on ships that docked near the neighborhood in which many of the murders occurred.
In 1894 Feigenbaum was executed in New York City for committing a ripper like murder, but one that was unrelated to the ongoing case in London. Marriott suggests that the Ripper is nothing more than a monster created by an unscrupulous journalist in order to keep his job. The legend was born the moment the letter signed by the killer was found. "You have to ask yourself if Jack is an urban myth. Around 80 percent of the books about him have a picture of a chap on the front stalking the streets of London in a long black cape and a top hat," Marriott said.
Marriott said his research led him to believe that the Whitechapel neighborhood was one of the worst and most crime riddled areas in London at that time. Marriott says the cloths depicted in the Ripper legends are those of a wealthy man. However, he also points out that a wealthy person walking around that area in the dead of night would not have made it very far. "It wasn't just one of the most crime-riddled areas of London, it was one of the worst areas in the country. It is a false image that has been created by the likes of Hollywood film makers."
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