TRYING TO PROVE that a historical figure was not Jack The Ripper was the beginning of 15 years of research. At each turn, whether it be motive, opportunity, psychological profile, etc., I could not remove him from suspicion. What I found only kept pointing more and more toward he could have done it. It was painful not be able to cross him off my list.
As we have learned mass-murderers come in various shapes and sizes. Theodore Robert Bundy by all appearances was a well groomed, well-mannered model of young manhood and yet underneath that facade lurked the cold heart of a killing machine. My suspect does not fit that mold on the outside but was thought to possess a spiritual soul and kind heart.
Could he have also hidden a dark side? A dark and hideous side that could also patiently wait? Wait to grow strong and lash out at the progenitors of his deep and repressed hatred?
