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This grave may belong to notorious serial killer 'Jack the Ripper'. (AAP)By Penny BrandVIEWS: 0| FLOCKS: 0| 0 comments so farA Brisbane cemetery may be the resting place of one of the most notorious homicide suspects of all time, Jack the Ripper.

On the eve of the 120th anniversary of the first of the murders of five prostitutes in London's Whitechapel area, keen Ripperologists have made the chilling claim he could be buried at Toowong Cemetery, in Brisbane's west.

They claim the man they think was Jack the Ripper was Walter Thomas Porriott, known to police as Andrew John Gibson.

The headstone where he was buried in 1952 does not even mention his name.

Instead it reads: "Bessie" died 25th June 1957 and her husband.

A grainy image on the headstone, depicting a caped-man raising a dagger, adds to the mystery.

Porriott was a convicted killer and fraudster who had 20 wives and was buried at Toowong Cemetery beside his last wife Eliza, known as "Bessie".

He lived in London when all five murders were committed and sailed to Australia after the murders stopped.

The latest Brisbane theory is one of hundreds about the identity of the never caught killer, who went on a brutal rampage through London for five months in 1888.

Brisbane historian and Ipswich City Councillor Paul Tully said the latest claim was "sketchy in detail".

"All of the theories are based on circumstantial evidence and a lot of supposition," he said.

"That's why being another theory, I don't think this is... Jack the Ripper. But it can't be ruled out."

Cr Tully said exhuming the grave for DNA testing would be "inappropriate".

"I don't know that digging up people on a speculative basis would be appropriate."

Mr Tully has previously claimed Ned Kelly's younger brother Dan and fellow gang member Steve Hart survived the famous Kelly gang shoot-out at Glenrowan 125 years ago and came to live in Ipswich.

He has now become a self-professed Ripperologist who is writing a book which details the notorious killer's connection to Australia.

"It is possible we might still find out one day who Jack the Ripper was. It is equally possible that no one will ever know."

Porriott joins Frederick Deeming, who was hanged in Melbourne in 1892 for killing his wife, as the other Australian link to the Jack the Ripper mystery.

Deeming went to the gallows claiming he was Jack the Ripper.

OI....hands off....he's our tourist attraction...get your own

You're getting as bad as the Yanks

Rergards
JAS

We'll probably never know!

There was a documentary on recently where an experienced profiler from New Scotland Yard looked at the case in detail.
Her knowledge was based on dozens of serial killer cases since the Ripper.

There was also a guy with a system for determining the probable location(s) of a serial killer's home.

Based on their analysis, the Ripper was a local with a sociopathic condition formed from childhood experiences. His appearance and demeanor would have been 'normal' to the women he killed as he was able to earn their 'trust' before he set apon them (and actually killed them with strangulation). Also contrary to myth, he wasn't someone trained in surgical technique -he hacked his victims apart.

In the end though, they stopped short of naming anyone or explaining why the killings stopped.
Maybe he really did skip off to Australia!

And on the eve of the 120th anniversary of the first of the Whitechapel murders, an amazing ghostly image on the cross of Porriott's grave has been captured. The grainy figure shows a capped man, with his arm raised and a dagger in his hand high above his head - as if he were ready to pounce on his first victim.



and the rest of the tombstone

Funny, it looks like a piece of rock to me.

regards,

REB

JAS wrote:OI....hands off....he's our tourist attraction...get your own

You're getting as bad as the Yanks

Rergards
JAS

we got ned kelly

and you have to remember australia is the 52nd state of the usa

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:

JAS wrote:OI....hands off....he's our tourist attraction...get your own

You're getting as bad as the Yanks

Rergards
JAS

we got ned kelly

and you have to remember australia is the 52nd state of the usa

Everyone knows that 'Jack' was one of the royal grandkids and was hushed up by Victoria

You keep Ned...we'll keep Jack

Lots of love
The 51st State

JAS wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:

JAS wrote:OI....hands off....he's our tourist attraction...get your own

You're getting as bad as the Yanks

Rergards
JAS

we got ned kelly

and you have to remember australia is the 52nd state of the usa

Everyone knows that 'Jack' was one of the royal grandkids and was hushed up by Victoria

You keep Ned...we'll keep Jack

Lots of love
The 51st State

that explains the whole royal family

didnt you hear JACK IS BACK - at the start of the year

JAS wrote:OI....hands off....he's our tourist attraction...get your own

You're getting as bad as the Yanks

Rergards
JAS

I did the Jack the Ripper walking tour around Whitechapel earlier this year. It is fantastic. It's guided by one of the famous 'Beefeaters' who reside in the Tower of London.

You see all 5 sites of the Rippers murders, and although 2 of them have been lost to a new office block and a 5 story car park, 3 other sites are still very much in tact, including the Ten Bells pub which was frequented by at least 3 of the victims and most probably the Ripper himself. The pub still contains the original decor, including the tiles from the Ripper era. It's a brilliantly preserved piece of history. I think it was the 4th murder that was committed in the old stable to the rear of this pub.

So if anyone happens to make their way to london, make sure you look up the Jack the Ripper walking tour. It costs £6 and is probably the best value tourist attraction in London if you're into your history.

P.S. the evidence on our tour poited towards the Ripper being a doctor (given the precise nature of his butchering of victims, but I can't recall his name) and that he died in London not long after the last murder.

It looks like the Jack The Ripper case has been solved and no he wasn't buried in Brisbane!

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Jack the Ripper unmasked: How amateur sleuth used DNA breakthrough to identify Britain's most notorious criminal 126 years after string of terrible murders

DNA evidence on a shawl found at Ripper murder scene nails killer
By testing descendants of victim and suspect, identifications were made
Jack the Ripper has been identified as Polish-born Aaron Kosminski
Kosminski was a suspect when the Ripper murders took place in 1888
Hairdresser Kosminski lived in Whitechapel and was later put in an asylum

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rders.html

Our own News Ltd:

THE search to uncover the identity of Jack the Ripper appears to be over.

DNA on a shawl found near one of the victims, Catherine Eddowes, reportedly contains a match to both her and one of the chief suspects, Aaron Kosminsky.

The Polish hairdresser, who moved to England with his family in 1881, was committed to a mental asylum at the peak of Ripper hysteria.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/worl ... 7050842205

The daily mail isn't exactly a reliable source, but if true, interesting

I went on a Jack the Ripper tour last year in London and it was very interesting.

A more detailed article

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014 ... hrough-dna