It has occurred to me this morning at 430am in london, that perhaps another reason for Lechmere not getting stuck in for a few months after moving away from his mum's is that the months of June and July are a little bit too loo light at around that hour that he goes to work. It is only once August is a couple of weeks old does the sunrise happen later , meaning that he has the darkness truly back in his favour in the hour he leaves for work, does the business and then arrived at work. Perhaps then as the autumn starts its transition to winter in november, it was becoming too miserable weather wise, for lechmere's "flowering" and also less likely for his victim's to be as accesible on the streets. mary kelly was afterall, not butchered on the street, but inside, away from the elements.

@evilstorm5954

12 күн бұрын

Very astute reasoning mate, makes sense to me. I’m an Aussie so not much chance of me figuring this sort of finer detail out. 👍

People often think that Lechmere was lucky when PC Neil happened to be by the body of Polly Nichols as PC Mizen entered Buck's Row. I think Lechmere had intimate knowledge about police activity and their timed routes, knocking up duties etc. He might have even seen PC Neil's light or heard his voice/whistle to his left as he left Buck's Row heading for PC Mizen's location. Also, only a killer with detailed and intimate knowledge of the area and a cool calm demeanor would be able to get away with these things. This is why the Kosminsky theory always bothered me. He was a complete nutjob who ate and drank from the ground. I think Kosminsky was far too wild and wacky to pull off these perfectly timed murders and escapes.

@titanman9000

8 ай бұрын

Good point. The killer had to be somewhat cunning to get away with all this if ripper did kill 10 plus people.. some of the successful serial killers are people that blend in and have smarts.. the insane ones stick out like sore thumbs and are in asylums quick.

@markusbunzenberger177

7 ай бұрын

But there are organized and unorganized killers. Jack the Ripper whoever hides behind that synonym, was definitely an unorganized killer, looking for the victim of opportunity, there is no great thing of planning. It's right the offender knew the area and this was alongside with luck the reason why never caught.@@titanman9000

I am totally convinced Lechmere is that infamous culprit. Over the many decades, the story matastised into extreme theories. All along, he was in plain sight. An ordinary man, leading an ordinary life, doing an ordinary job. A local man. How marvelous that you and Christer Holmgren (l recommend reading Cutting Point) solved the mystery. It's a real relief and not before time. You're both heroes in my book. Thank you!!!

@thehouseoflechmere9407

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

My viewing for the evening.

When I realized the Pinchin Street connection, it gave me chills down the spine as well

Wow, Mr Stow I did not know that the body of the Pinchin Street Murder victim was found on the same plot of land where Lechmere's mother had one time lived. I am stunned at that.

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

His connections to these crimes are staggering

Less than a minute’s walk away from the arch where the torso was deposited were two lock-up cats meat sheds. We know that Lechmere’s mother, Maria, was selling cats meat (horse flesh) out of a shop in St George Street by 1891, but when did she get into that business? When the torso was deposited in July, 1889 she was living in Cable Street, and the cats meat sheds were on the corner of Cable Street and and Backchurch Lane. They couldn’t have been in a more convenient location for dismembering and storing a body prior to its being deposited in Pinchin Street. A survey in 1887 identified a cats meat vendor named Jackson living in Mary Ann Street - a close neighbour of Maria - but he seems to have given up the business by 1891.

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

Damn interesting information you presented!

Best investigative reporting of the Ripper. You had me convinced by the end of your first series and since then you’ve only reinforced my opinion on the matter with more information and better videos. I can’t believe how anyone could watch your videos and still think someone else did it, but there will always be people that don’t like the truth.

@OoxB505

20 күн бұрын

I think some long time Ripperologists are in a way jealous that they didn’t ‘solve’ this first. Lechmere is the only named suspect that you can place at one of the crime scenes.

Emma Kenny, a clinical psychologist, with a channel where she details a lot of serial killers, always emphasises that serial killers look first for vulnerability, and if the possible victim is not vulnerable, in most cases the killer can wait until there's both vulnerability and convenience (safety) for the killer. Attractiveness, or how a victim fits into the killer's chosen victim pool is a long way last. So I agree that whoever Jack was, he almost certainly had scouted locations and victims and not felt safe to act. It goes a little bit of the way to explain the increased savageness with each victim.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

Good points. I don't think he needed to scout locations though. He'd already know them as he was very familiar with the area due to his day to day living. Work, family life etc. 👍

@ErnaldtheSaxon

Жыл бұрын

He may of scouted and timed the police beats. That would be a logical step. One thing about Jack can be stated for sure, he was a "organised killer" not a disorganised one.

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

I’m impressed with your use of the words attractive & vulnerable. Like most psychopathic serial killers choose sex workers as victims because they lead the killer, known or unknown to them, to a private area which becomes the place where their life ends. That is an attractive reason to choose them.

Lechmere or known as cross is the most likely to have been the ripper because he was living and working in all the areas at the time of all the murders , makes you think don't you think ???

My mum was really into all the theories on the ripper, we visited London England in 1972, ( from Australia)and she took me to all the ripper murder site's. She'd love to know that Charles Allen Lechmere, was the most convincing person as the Ripper and would be so interested in this.

@simonyip5978

Жыл бұрын

Did your mother take any photos of your visit to any of the murder sites?

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

I definitely would have loved to talk to your mom. I became fascinated with the JTR mystery in 1977. Decades of learning the old theories was extremely interesting. When new theories emerged it was exciting and I would think, “. The mystery has been solved! Then I would research and realizing that the facts excluded each theory. Still exciting Then the headlines, “ DNA proves Aaron Kosminski is JTR! DNA! I thought this has got to be it. Once again, I was wrong. That was the turning point for me. I decided that we might never know but that we could prove JTR wasn’t. Renewed energy! Then I came across House of Lechmere. Wow, here was a theory grounded in verifiable facts. I really dove in and became more and more interested because I could NOT discount Charles Allen Lechmere. Pure excitement! Charles Allen Lechmere is Jack the Ripper. Absolutely no doubt in my mind. Lechmere dunnit!

What a coincidence! I said to my brother you hadn't done any videos recently 😀.. watching it later thanks 👍

Not to mention the witnesses contradict each other in this second murder. The woman says she saw a man and a woman talking at 5.30 while the other witness states he heard a woman goin “nooo” followed by sounds of something falling against the fence at 5.15.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

And highly unlikely anyone could identify a cold dead body on a slab days after merely walking past that person one morning. It doesnt add up.

Thank you for all your great work Edward, I am fully convinced Charles Allen Lechmere was Jack the Ripper after stumbling over this great channel of yours 👍😁

@thehouseoflechmere9407

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

Great video as always! just as a side note, for those unaware (I'm sure most are!) there is actual footage of 29 Hanbury Street , including outside shots, and the back yard. Search for "Jack the Ripper LOCATION: 29 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields. Annie Chapman " .

@davem8836

Жыл бұрын

With James Mason. I've watched it 50 times.

@hellooohowareudoing

Жыл бұрын

@@davem8836 Yes - - it's amazing footage!

@jane-margaret3299

Жыл бұрын

Thank you - wow amazing to see just how it was then! I wonder when the footage was taken and when the buildings were knocked down?

@kevinkenny6975

Жыл бұрын

@@jane-margaret3299 I think it was the late sixties

@dpnorton1680

Жыл бұрын

I have never seen this, thank you.

Another excellent presentation ! Thank you, Mr. Stow.

I find it odd that Lechmere never says if he heard or saw anything prior to finding Polly s body. There seems little doubt that Pollys killer was disturbed. Whoever that killer may have been

Thank you for this much awaited and exciting video. Riveting. Thoroughly researched with aspects I never considered and compelling deductive arguments.

Thank you Edward Everything is getting clearer for me

👏👏👏👏

Hell yeah! I’ve been absolutely craving the next episode. TY!

This is another great upload. Your coverage of JTR is second to none and Lechmere, in my opinion, is the Ripper.

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

Author Christer Holgrem refers to Edward Stow as the one who fired the starting gun on Lechmere.

That was great..cheers

Welcome back. Happy Holidays!

2023 - The year where the greatest mystery of all time is on the right track to be solved or deliberately kept alive - which will prevail? Will the nasty keyboard warriors still be hell-bent on in-coherent babbling? or will they start to make sense? Happy new year House of Lechmere and all followers of the most imfamous murder mystery of all time.

@chrisdavid1410

Жыл бұрын

We all known which clown you speak of.

More excellence from Ed.

Good work Ed… been looking forward to this instalment!! 👏🏽

Im no historian or researcher but ive digging around the ripper story for a long time. And im actually baffled at my ignorance..it had never occured to me to take a look at Mr.Cross..which is what i knew his name to be until i stumbled onto this youtube channel...Lechmere is a new name to me

Long time fan of the channel. Glad to see your doing collabs and new videos.

Interesting stuff as always, the fact that he links to many other murders in some way is very convincing. Personally, I'm convinced that Lechmere at least killed Nichols for a fact.

@MrMatt44000

3 ай бұрын

That's where I'm at. I think if I were on a jury I'd perhaps vote him guilty there. But for me it's at present just a touch too far to make him both Jack the Ripper who killed everyone else and the Torso murderer. But he could have been. He could have been.... I've got much more to research and think about. But re Polly, the evidence against him I think is just too strong. There's just no time to fit anyone else in who killed her before he got to her and loitered for a while before Paul arrives. And then her blood only starts to flow when they've left and by the time the cops arrive. Her face is warm. There's no one else around, at all. If it's not Lechmere, it's practically impossible it was someone else. There just isn't the time. And I think this is often overlooked also, but there is really no NEED to insert anyone else into that picture BEFORE Lechmere gets to Polly. Why the need to insert someone else in BEFORE he is with her, when the evidence already makes it look very likely that there's no time for anyone else to be with her before he gets to her? We only look for another individual, one whom we all know as Jack the Ripper, because we've been indoctrinated to assume that it must have been someone else before Cross/Lechmere gets to her. But if we know nothing of a Jack the Ripper, hearing all the evidence here puts Lechmere as the prime suspect and the likely killer. 1. We know Lechmere was with Polly for a while before Paul arrives. Paul heard no footsteps and saw no one ahead of him from his house during that walk. Lechmere himself says he left home at 3.30 and it only takes 7 minutes. Paul gets to the street at precisely 3.45. Even if we're being very generous, Lechmere has to account for a good few minutes alone with Polly. And the reality is that he could have been with her for a lot longer, maybe even as much as 18 minutes. There's no way he just arrives into the scene, finds her and then immediately hears Paul. That scene never happened, it's a myth. 2. So the question is what's he doing with what we all know is a dead and mutilated body for at least a few minutes alone? Well, let's assume he enters the street and the Ripper hears him and runs. Lechmere sees nothing and hears nothing. He finds the body, and let's assume the throat has been cut by the Ripper within the last minute or two (that's probably being very generous, in timing). So the victim has already been bleeding from that very deep and wide wound for a few minutes by the time Lechmere arrives. Then we know Lechmere is with her for a few minutes alone. Then Paul enters the street and takes a minute or two to come to the body. Even IF this highly unlikely scenario took place, where we have inserted a third man (I.e. The Ripper) by this point I think it's obvious that blood would be visible. 3. Only, it's not. Neither man saw any blood. 4. But when the cop arrives a few minutes later, he's starting to see blood. And the blood gets worse from there. We haven't even mentioned the highly significant fact that this is the only victim who is clearly covered up, whose wounds are intentionally hidden from sight. Including the huge neck wound. So, although I'm not certain about this, it looks highly likely to me that Lechmere was the last person with Polly whilst she was alive.

Once is interesting. Twice is coincidence. Three times is a pattern.

Absolutely fascinating, as usual. The torso being under Lechmere's old house had my jaw on the floor. I'd feel happier if it could be confirmed by other experts before I get too excited but, if so...wow. What an unlucky fella Charles Lechmere was with all that death & dismemberment following him around from place to place.

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

One thing about Edward Stow’s research is that it is verifiable. You and I, if we had the inclination and time, can look up the facts that he presents. It’s all public information. Edward entered the JTR world only at the bequest of a descendant of Charles Lechmere. She became interested when a genealogist study revealed that Charles Cross was actually Charles Lechmere. Edward delved in expecting to find facts that would remove Charles as a suspect and set her mind at ease. He found the opposite and the rest is history.

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272 Your nonsensical statement just sent any shred of credibility that you might have mustered straight out the window. You made sure that that we are not to rely on you by name calling. Thanks for letting us know not to pay attention to you.

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272 No on Maggie. I did have a tía Maggie, short for Maguita. Her name was not pronounced in the English way. My real name is Margaret but family call me Margarita so I’ve adopted it in my old age. I am honored that you have associated my name with Susan as I respect her very much, and would very much like to meet her. That is unlikely as I have retired to live in the quiet little town of Belen, New Mexico. (Belen translates to Bethlehem.) Susan Clapp Lechmere is an Englishwoman who is at the moment hard at work on Edward Stow’s next video. She is the one who contacted Edward to clear Lechmere’s name after the genealogy study revealed that there was no existing Charles Allen Cross at the address he gave at the inquest. Genealogists examined the landlord’s records and discovered that Charles Allen Lechmere resided at that address. Charles. Cross did not exist. Edward looked into the matter expecting to set her mind at ease but instead uncovered a wealth of information about CAL. What most impressed me is the 114 documents, (which includes the landlord records.) I haven’t checked if there are additional documents in evidence but I expect that number has increased. CAL always used his name whenever he interacted with authorities. The two exceptions being his involvement at Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols and when he killed the little boy by accident. As for me, I am a retired secondary educator who taught the sciences in Albuquerque, NM. I partnered my school program, School within a School with Sandia National Labs as well as authored technical writing for an Educators Journal. It likely would be boring to a layman such as yourself but it did garner me a bit of nationwide attention in the nineties. I also dabbled in poetry. Google History of Santa Fe, New Mexico records and my name, Margaret Palladino to find my poetry. I am especially proud of my poem, El Festival de Otoño. It made the front page and I have been informed that it is read at the festival. All that is old history as I now enjoy my well deserved retirement in the country. I did write something a few years ago. Pick up a copy of “The Monkees Then and Now volume 2, International Edition.” Well then, if I have not yet convinced you that I am not Susan, then I never will. If you would like to converse with Susan, just reply to any of her comments on Jack the Ripper threads. I assume you are English as well, (I apologize if I am mistaken), and perhaps Susan might consider a meetup. I wouldn’t think so as you have been quite insulting and juvenile. You have chosen to publicly represent yourself as a negative, argumentative, uneducated man and I myself would not care to meet you.

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272 The Monkees Then and Now, Volume 2 International Edition was written by Fred Velez. I am a contributor. I am proud of that particular work because it was the international edition. The first edition was the U.S. Edition. The international competition made it much harder for my piece to to find a spot in his book. If you are so inclined, you can contact Fred as he is a public person and inquire of him if I truly exist.

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272 2 days of you being silent. 🤔 Are you okay with the fact that I exist?

Another great one!!! Keep em coming!!!

Another great video in this series! Can't wait for the next one. Thank you

Another great episode - by far the best channel / theory on Jack the ripper. Edward is fantastic.

charles cross knew about the slice marks he gave them to polly nicholls that is the reason he would not sit her up when asked he is the ripper

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Except we know now his name was never Cross

Great Channel. Looking forward to this and future episodes..

Elizabeth Long, a cart minder! Extremely interesting information drop.

Really great coverage, unbiased and completely enthralling. 👏

I wonder if he buried body parts at his mothers house? i hope you get well soon.

Love the dark background of this video. This is part 3 now I'm onto part 4, I've been watching These parts all night. Very interesting and your presentation is awesome 👍

@thehouseoflechmere9407

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Good work:) Happy new year! :)

Another excellent edition, Edward. Phillips was almost certainly correct about the time of death. JTR did not meet, kill and mutilate in morning daylight. He used the darkness as part of his tool. That was his MO. Not only that, but seeing as he didn't wash his bloody hands in the yard (before walking off in broad daylight among increasing throngs of people in the daylight) it can only be because it was too dark to have seen that the yard had such facilities, which it did. Richardson was fishy and added details later on and probably didn't even look properly into the yard, while Long and Cadosch don't add up in times. Long must have had superhuman memory to be able to identify a dead body on a slab days after she merely walked quickly past her on the street.

Brilliant evidence: -his mother sold catfood (butcher) -maybe he hated his dominant mother -was near to Berner Street (If he visited his mother at 1am) -was probably a psycho (cause Jack was a psycho)..... Why not Robert Paul as a suspect, we know nothing about him as well.

Love this channel.

Excellent presentation and content thank you .

Still playing catch up. Keep them coming as highly interesting and I'm with you on the person involved

Great video again Edward.

Love your videos. Been waiting for another one of these. Happy days, even got a beer on the go!

I love your research. Thanks so very much

Another excellent video.

Thank you Edward, these are very interesting and you present them well.

Another excellent episode Edward your content and knowledge is fantastic you sir are the best

That was fantastic Edd. See you in January. You're book will come January. I didn't realize publishing company closed mid December

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to both!

@warcrypublishing

Жыл бұрын

@@thehouseoflechmere9407 sorry, see you in March lol

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

My copy hasn’t arrived yet but I’m sure it’s cuz I’m in New Mexico, U.S. 😊

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

I got it! Turns out there was some sort of cyberattack on the mail system and international mail was halted temporarily. Sooo glad it’s here!

@jpearson568

7 ай бұрын

​@@warcrypublishingwhat is the name of the book please?

An interesting fact is that Mary Ann Street/Pinchin Street and the adjacent area was apparently a very rough area when Lechmere would have lived there. I've read a newspaper article from the early 1870's that refers to the area as 'Tiger Bay' and perhaps Lechmeres opinion towards prostitutes was formed as a youth living in the midst of a 'red light' area.

In the whole of the East end of London, this guy walks down Hanbury Street, right? And of course, that isn't all. I'm sorry it might have been, Christer Holmgren, himself, or someone else who wryly stated, something along the lines of, well if Charles lechmere isn't Jack the ripper, he's the luckiest man in London to have likely passed by pretty much every crime scene within moments of the weekday murders, seen and heard nothing, and avoided getting murdered himself for being a witness.

@MrMatt44000

3 ай бұрын

At a time of the early hours of the morning when the streets were deserted... There's almost no one else around. I think about that, I mean, Lechmere (assuming he isn't the killer) would be able to hear everything, a pin drop

I enjoy the long videos! Keep em coming!

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

Thanks keep watching

(2:20) I didn't notice. Happy new year by the way!

More! I’ve caught up and watched them all. Fascinating! I thoroughly enjoy catching the tremendous amount of omissions or fabrications other authors put into their work; all thanks to you presenting very clearly the source evidence.

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

Thank you,!

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Merry Christmas and happy new year thanks for the vids from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

Great channel,very engrossing.subscribed.

@thehouseoflechmere9407

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Another awsome video. Get well soon mate.

Make another one Edward. Can't wait!

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

Soon!

@walkawaycat431

Жыл бұрын

@@thehouseoflechmere9407 Thank you!

very interesting, i wait for the next episode , from mexico. happy new year 2023

I have watched all three episodes Edward and found them truly fascinating. Further backing Christer Holmgren's excellent work. These videos are superb and it has to be Lechmere. The case against him is overwhelming. And the link to the Thames Torso Murders I was completely unaware of. That was a real shock. The fact a torso was found on the site of one of his Mothers previous dwellings, surely cannot be a coincidence. There is only one question I have and you may have been asked this before, so please excuse a repeat question , if that is the case. Why did he stop ? And stop so suddenly ? The only other serial killer to have stopped as suddenly, that I know of, is The Zodiac. It would be great to get your take on this Edward, and anyone else commenting here. Thank you for your excellent work and look forward to more. A new subscriber here.

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

BTK stopped, the GSK stopped. They do stop... but I don't think Lechmere stopped for a while...

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

BTK & GSK did stop, but I tend to think that zodiac did not, the reason being that he was quite the media wh*re. He named himself, which is a thing that serial killers rarely do, and he communicated via his zodiac letters. I just think that something happened, something with finality. I feel that if he had simply changed M.O. he would not have been able to restrain himself from being in the public eye. Just my thoughts.

Very interesting theories he’s as good suspect as any, if indeed it was him. He lived in the area a long time, it’s equally possible some of these women may have known him or had done business with him and would have felt comfortable going along with him don’t you think ?

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

My thinking exactly.

@philnotley5138

Жыл бұрын

@@TiaMargarita you only have to look at the recent Suffolk strangler where Worboys was known to the prostitutes in the town being a cabby he gave them a lift from time to time they knew him and obviously he was able to lure them not a bad comparison really.

@OoxB505

20 күн бұрын

He’s the best suspect.

Great entertainment Edward, letchmere looks more sus by the minute 👍

LOVE IT!

Excellent analysis!! I try to keep an open mind on JTR identity but you’ve put forward the most forensic and compelling case I’ve seen. I’m divided between Lechmere and Kosminski but your videos help to keep Lechmere at number 1 for me. Looking forward to the next video! 👏🤞👍

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

Lechmere number one for me too. Zero evidence against Kosminski

@OoxB505

20 күн бұрын

Kosminski can’t be placed at any crime scene.

Syphilis which causes insanity was endemic.. It sounds to me that the Ripper was a slaughterman.. Lechmeres mother sold cat meat. Who did the slaughtering?? Two murders are near slaughter yards..

I think Martha Tabram and Alice McKenzie were Ripper victims as well. Many fascinating details you've uncovered, Ed. Thanks for another great video! I plan to watch and rewatch so as not have missed any facts.

@susanclapp1721

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272 No one forces you to watch them. Keep looking in all the same.

@steveanderson4515

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272 There is a complete lack of evidence for ANY suspect... But the geographical profiling has Lechmere 1000% more likely than any other suspect. Lechmere, in my view, and I've read every book since the eighties, is by far the most likely candidate.

@steveanderson4515

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272 He wasn't 'Hanging around' so much as almost caught in the act. And we DO know Lechmere's likely movements, at least more than anyone else's... Anyway, perhaps you could enlighten us with some of your other valid reasons that explain how you know it wasn't him?

@steveanderson4515

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272 You know nothing about me, and you forgot to answer my question.😃

@steveanderson4515

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescorlett5272 Do you think you might stop deleting your own comments so people reading this get a linear picture of your rather poor argument? A good grasp of the English language would help too.

Another interesting one for the collection! He looks a cruel man by his eyes...99% sure he was the man involved. Excellent work Edward..well filmed

@davidmoore1477

Жыл бұрын

His eyes for sure!

off course its a working class local. not a doctor. not a lunatic in an asylum. not a foreginer nor a royal. its always the normal guy down the street

@thehouseoflechmere9407

8 ай бұрын

Of course!

Interesting, thank you!

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Working hours of an 1888 cart driver. Was he committed to start at a certain time or did he just get paid for the hours he worked? Did start times depend on what loads were to be delivered that day? Would a driver who had worked for a company for decades have some flexibility as to when he started, especially a very assertive and bold senior employee who might have been more akin to a manager of younger staff than solely a driver? Was he senior enough to have keys to the depot and let himself in at any time? We may have all encountered long established employees who seem to get away with pleasing themselves as to what they do and when. How do we even know that Lechmere was meant to start work at four or is that just what he told the police? Was he even a full time employee or did he just do some work for Pickfords when business was slack at the family cat food factory? Some commenters on Lechmere seem to assume that an 1888 manual workplace was akin to a modern workplace with clocking in, clipboard wielding supervisors and officious HR procedures but I wonder if a canny, devious, nefarious cartman at a busy depot could disappear for an hour during his rounds or turn up late without anyone at his main HQ even noticing. As examples, Peter Sutcliffe, Dennis Nilsen and Gary Ridgway managed to combine serial homicide with regular employment for many years.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't even need to be any of that. Chapman was likely killed at the earlier time,before 4.00 when Lechmere would have been going to work.

Searched up charles lechmere as i do now and then; hoping there would be new material and nice surprise: uploaded only a few hours ago from one of my favorite channels! The man’s in my top 3 suspects; the other two being Nathan Kaminski & Jacob Levy.

@TammyM36

6 ай бұрын

Jacob Levy is very suspicious imo

@OoxB505

20 күн бұрын

Lechmere is the only credible suspect.

Great work Edward. An age regressed image of Lechmere, showing how he may have looked at the time of the murders, would be interesting.

@OoxB505

20 күн бұрын

There is one that is often shown in these videos, it’s a de-aged Lechmere, as he may have looked during the time of the murders

Terrific investigative work. Nothing stated is outlandish and is quite practical. Great observations.

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

The photo at 5.05 reminds me of the scene in "The London nobody knows" where James Mason visited the house and stood on that very spot. The documentary from 1967 shows us the house and back yard hardly changed since the time of the murders. I suppose it was all demlished a short time later.

Really enjoyed this film. As I have the others. Thank you

Compelling case.

Lechmere dunnit

The fact that the Saturday night or bank holiday murders generally took place either much later or much earlier than the first 2 murders is a subject that deserves more attention. However the issue here is the Annie Chapman murder which appears to be an anomaly. As Saturday would have been a working day I presume. Was it a later start perhaps? Its seems to point towards a person having to be at work at 4am in the morning most days of the week and then able to relax and commit his crimes at a /earlier later timetable on his day's off...... by which I mean he would not have had to go to work afterwards. And therefore time would not have been a consideration leaving him free to kill either much earlier or much later than his typical 3.20-3.30 exit from his house to go to work. Now correct me if I am wrong but days off account for 3 out of the 5 canonical murders... Polly Anne Nicholls - Friday August 31st 1888. TOD 3.30-3.40 AM estimate. Working day Annie Chapman - Saturday 8th September. TOD 4.30-5.45 AM estimate. Working day ? How does this fit into a 4 AM work start? Elizabeth Stride - Sunday 30th September. TOD 1.00 AM Holiday Catherine Eddowes - Sunday 30th September TOD 1.44 AM. Holiday Mary Jane Kelly - Friday 9th November. Lord Mayor's Day celebration. TOD 3 to 9 hours before 10.45 AM discovery. From 2.45AM to 8.45AM. I think this is an important piece of circumstantial evidence that should point the finger at Charles Allen Lechmere and quite equally point it away from most other suspects..... There are however two potential counter arguments. The Annie Chapman timeline doesn't fit a typical workday. Unless Saturdays were different And the only murder obviously committed on his way to work would be the first one.

@fiachramaccana280

6 ай бұрын

Haha ok you may have explained the time issue with the Annie Chapman murder..... I should have waited until the end. Hence the broader point remains now that you have a possible explanation for the later time of the second one.

Ol’ Whitechapel may have been ultra dark but from the looks of it, the new one sure is annoyingly bright; like a frikin prison backyard. Even watching the footage made me feel like squinting my eyes. Precaution against ghosts of the past or wha 👻

Very interesting. It seems to me that the police of 1888 had just as much chance of stopping the Ripper as todays London police have of stopping all those doing all the graffiti! It’s everywhere you go!

Hi Edward. First I love the videos and your down-to-earth approach to conveying the information. How does Charles Lechmere theory sit with Dr Robert Anderson assertions that JTR was a Polish Jew (leaving Swanson marginalia to one side and the naming of 'a' Kosminski)? PS If this is not the right forum please let me know. Dave

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

Anderson had his opinions which weren't shared by the investigating officers on the ground.

541 / 5 000 Thank you very much for a very good episode! Listening to it, I thought of something that might be another aspect that points to Charles Lechmere as Jack the Ripper. The fact that he, if he is Jack, is disturbed in the act of murdering Mary Ann Nicols, may have meant that for the next murder he will have a more private crime scene, and thus find the backyard where the second murder takes place. Whereas if Lechmere isn't Jack, this other killer won't have the same bad feeling about being disturbed in the act, and wouldn't necessarily find such a private place.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

It'd be the same even if he wasn't JTR though, no? . The killer of Polly was still probably disturbed and didn't finish the job.

Did Pickford's operate canal boats as well in the 19th century? There was an especially absorbing and really brilliant episode of Inspector Morse where Morse, stuck in the hospital awaiting test results on his severely 'upset' tummy, is given a book covering Victorian cases of crime by the writer herself, and as he reads he begins to see problems, not only with the author's summation of one of the homicide cases she covers, but with the actual police investigation of the killing as well as the subsequent trial. One of the non-human characters in the piece is a 'Pickford flyboat', and the (fictitious) case was known as, 'The Oxford Canal Murder' Interesting if there is a connection there.

@ErnaldtheSaxon

Жыл бұрын

Certainly worth looking into, especially as Lechmere is possibly connected to the Thames torso murders. 👍

@philnewcomers9170

Жыл бұрын

Ther is a connection with the nikeragrear five murders City line steamers used to go upriver to Nicaragua City. Was charie a traction engine driver as well? The cargo back was cattel .Fowler were building plowing engines for the sugar industry .it probably more involved than is immediately apparent T Y Edward

Love this channel and the theory about Lechmere. Hugely impressed with the amount of detail. One question I have though, if he was on the way to work and that was the only time he had to kill, how would he make time to go to work on Mary Jane Kelly the way that he did? Surely that would have taken a long long time, would he have done that on the way to work? Wouldn’t he have to leave his house earlier and risked all the explaining that might have taken to his wife? Also, he would have potentially had to plan her murder in advance.

@thehouseoflechmere9407

4 ай бұрын

I Will do a full episode on this murder in due course, but he could easily leave an hour early and give an excuse. Whoever killed her would face many of the same issues. Also we don't really know the time of death. But I have theorised that he knew her for various reasons

@touring3604

4 ай бұрын

@@thehouseoflechmere9407 looking forward to that video!! Thanks for the response.

It certainly makes perfect sense and is believable imo

what everybody ignores is this : if i [ i don,t know about you ] walk somewhere ''dangerous'' i see and hear everybody and everything , because i would be on my guard . so if i was paul i would have heard AND spotted lechmere the second i walked into bucksrow even if he was on the other end ,, let alone 30 or 40 yards in front of me . i mean if a policeman hears his coworker at 100 yards away to signal him so could have the killer ,,, paul and lechmere . so i think lechmere did hear paul the second he entered that street ,,, but paul heared nobody walking BECAUSE there was NOBODY walking in front of him . the only person in front of him was reordering the clothes of his victim on his knees to there would also be no silhouette from that lone weak streetlight

Thank you for deleting the comments of those folks who go out of their way to be rude, nasty and wildly disrespectful. Discussion of opposing opinions is healthy. Even discussions of wildly opposing viewpoints is entirely acceptable as long as the dialogue remains civil. Sometimes emotions run high. Completely fine. Denigration, bad language and out of control raging have no place in any conversation.

@susanclapp1721

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Margaret. These people come here not to debate but to insult and cause aggravation. They should be deleted from their very first nasty anti spiteful comment.

@triggerskull

Жыл бұрын

But i miss matthew and his ragings in capitals.. :/

@TiaMargarita

Жыл бұрын

@@triggerskull He was definitely entertaining until he wasn’t.

If you imagine, say quarter of a million people live in the area...has the ripper case become so famous in the latter years? In the day, it would probably have been forgotten quickly by everyone struggling to live. These women have been made famous, though in reality they were nobody's who no.one cared about.

Thanks Mr. Stow! I watched all 3 episodes. Thoroughly enjoyed your view points. From a bloody Yank across the pond in the colonies, jolly good show!👍

There is also the Nicaragua 5 and also the series of murders in Huston Texas

@philnewcomers9170

Жыл бұрын

Boath cattle ports ,going to smithfield market!

Exactly 🤔🤗

Shove ten in Bob's house. Oh and another ten in Candymans.

Great videos. What's your opinion on Bruce Robbinsons theory that jack was Michael Maybrick?

@thehouseoflechmere9407

11 ай бұрын

It is 100% nonsense

Interesting video, I like how you're showing the possibility that lechemere was involved in the other murders. He certainly is a likely suspect. I definitely agree that the victims met the killer in a busier area before proceeding to the murder site, in fact it almost sounded like you read my comment on an earlier video. It would be good to address the issue of the murder weapon, Lechmere would have had to leave home with the weapon because he felt there may be an opportunity to kill and then keep it concealed after the fact. Not impossible but not simple either. To my knowledge there is no mention of him carrying anything ( like a lunch box) so he must have had it on his person and we're not talking about a small pocket knife.

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

The issue of the knife would be the same for pretty much whoever anyone proposes as the culprit.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

Can easily put it up your sleeve. I've got on buses with a bottle of beer up my sleeve. No problem.

@ErnaldtheSaxon

Жыл бұрын

There are gangs roaming around London right now with concealed machetes and combat knives. Not to difficult it would seem.

Where did you get Lechmere’s full body picture at 11:27 ? I’ve searched his name online everywhere but can only found the version zoomed in on his face

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

From the family

@alainprostbis

Жыл бұрын

@@thehouseoflechmere9407 how does the family feel about the Lechmere/Ripper hypothesis? Do they reject it? Are they defending it? That must be slightly weird...

@thehouseoflechmere9407

Жыл бұрын

@@alainprostbis Some are interested. Some aren't.