Diary of Jack the Ripper

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Summary: Is this still going around?.... I see others notice that too
Review: Okay, say the name on the tip of your tongue - The Diary of Jack the Ripper - and watch as the dollar signs flicker before your eyes. It was bound to happen sooner or later. The reason why the Diary is still popular today is because a few Ripperologists attached their name to it and few have had the guts to actually say that they where wrong and walk away from it. The Diary is essentially a mini-volume of notes allegedly written by James Maybrick, around the time of the Whitechapel murders, that sign at the end as "Jack the Ripper". So how does it read? Well it is reasonably fair to say that it is very creative reading and does keep you entertained, but then again that is exactly what it is meant to do. What we know today is that it is undoubtedly a forgery because the owner of the book Michael Barrett simply admitted to forging it himself. End of story, really. So you might enjoy this book but remember that it is only fiction and the case is still far from solved.

What one must remember is that James Maybrick is still a Ripper suspect and was a Ripper suspect long before the advent of the Ripper Diary so don't discount this suspect just on the bases of this book being a forgery.

Click on the authors name and have a good look around. I am sure you will be impressed and the message will finally sink home. Shame about the Ripperologists who went pair-shaped hooking up with this book as the Real McCoy. There have been a few causalities because of it.

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Summary: You just can't put this one down!!!!
Review: The diary or Jack the Ripper was the first book I ever read about the Whitechapel murders. And it left me wanting more. Although the diary has now been proven to be a forgery. This book makes you believe that James Maybrick was in fact Jack the Ripper. Everything seems to point to it. The book gives detailed accounts of all the Ripper murders and presents the evidence against Mr. Maybrick in a very convincing way. It also brings you inside the Maybrick home to show you why this man could be Jack the Ripper; what would have provoked him to commit these murders. You will be on the edge of your seat the whole way thru.

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Summary: Wonderful book that keeps anyones attention
Review: This book keep me reading the diary was so real and made it seem like you kept the discovery of Jack the Ripper in your hands. The only negitive thing was the debating in the book about the materials of solving the case (i.e. the watch, and the discription of the murder scenes). But overall the book was informational and a really good novel.