“The key evidence for the existence of the Ripper — a serial killer responsible for at least seven bestial murders — came in the form of two letters to the Central News Agency, from a man who identified himself as the killer and called himself ‘Jack’. These letters can now be plausibly traced back to shadowy tabloid journalists — not intent on solving the crime, but on boosting their careers and their papers’ sales. The effect of these poison pen letters combined with the gruesome crimes was to give the tabloid media its first hate figure and to boost the circulations of ailing newspapers. The media had discovered the power of a national witch-hunt.”
Andrew Cook: Jack the Ripper. Case Closed. Amberley Publishing 2009. Verlagsanzeige. Beim Casebook Jack the Ripper gibt’s ein Interview mit Cook (MP3), das bei mir freilich in schlechter Qualität angekommen ist. Cook belegt die plausibelste These zur Jack-the-Ripper-Fiktion, indem er die Namen ihrer Erfinder nennt. Doch auch das wird nix helfen.
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