In February, 1889, newspapers in America and Britain carried reports that a series of Jack the Ripper style murders had been carried out in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua.
Apparently, the crimes were every bit as ghastly and depraved as the Whitechapel murders had been the previous year; and this led to speculation that Jack the Ripper had left London for Central America.
No sooner had that story broken, however, than newspapers began reporting on a similar series of atrocities that had occurred in Jamaica at the end of 1888, and so the press began to wonder if the Whitechapel murderer had made his way to Nicaragua via Jamaica.
In this video, you will learn the full story of how these murders were reported, and will discover a bizarre twist as to where they had actually come from.
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My number one suspect changes every week. Last week it was Levy now I am leaning towards Tumblety. Then again surely a 6 foot American would stand out like a sore thumb in the east end of London? Awesome video as always.
Love it! 😄
No – next question?
The Canonical 5 format ? That kind of backs up the theory of staged murders?
I remember reading somewhere that there was no trace in any Nicaraguan newspapers of murders of the kind the British and American newspapers were reporting. Somehow the story got into Ripper lore and was uncritically repeated in subsequent books without anyone checking for the original sources. Thanks for your efforts and safe journeys!
I think was a royal
I suspect that Jack the Ripper had a very small geographic profile. He was probably born close to where he committed the murders, and died close to where he committed the murders. He probably never traveled very far from London in his short and otherwise insignificant life.
Thank you, Mr. Jones, for another wonderful JTR episode! Love the history behind it all! ❤
that is a realy good vid Richard but seem to have played this theirey down the ships in question were Smiths City Line see Lloyds Redgister .Jamaker is anew site to me of course jamaker is well known for cattell Smithfield coudent get enough beefonthehoof the other ports were in Texas you have lifted the lid on areal can of worms welldone .I wounder wot TrevorMarriott has to say on thisthere is more watch this space ttfn&ty
What next…..JTR kills in the Kalahari? Antarctica? Mt Everest?
Riparagua
I love your stories and follow you whenever I see a new one. But, I beg of you, please learn how to pronounce Nicaragua properly…lol
Heard of something simular in what was British guiana. Georgetown I believe. Could be wrong?
Interesting. If they were real, I don't think it was the Ripper.
When you go on Youtube you will learn that Jack-the-Ripper type murders had taken place in all ages and all locales. The world's a bloodthirsty place.
Maybe the policeman fancied another holiday 😂.
Unbelievable how the police and or presses manipulated stuff then as now.
Not only lost themselves in the investigation but to this day have us running up and down a blind ally.
And with all the lost, destroyed, evidence & statements we have to investigate the most remote and or ridiculous in case it's that missing bit of the jigsaw👍
I am a serious student of this case for 40 years…..and I stand by the notion that when we all stand before our God and ask "Who was Jack The Ripper?" and He tells us the name, we'll all gasp and collectively say "WHO?!?!?" 😃
No.
Not sure but if Jack brought his surfboard he could've Surfed Nicaragua 🤘🏻
I think that just like the Yorkshire Ripper, Jack the Ripper had all the luck in the world but unlike Sutcliffe, Jack did not operate long enough to have that one piece of bad luck
In Jamaica? Case closed! Bob Marley was the rippa'! How do you explain "No Woman, No Cry"?
HI RICHARD, WAS EITHER THE EDITOR WHO WROTE THE DEAR BOSS LETTER OR ANY JOURNALISTS ON THE CASE LOOKED INTO. MAYBE TO CREATE SALES BY COMMITTING THE MURDERS?. JUST SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED.
Too far Fetched!…The Police could not catch him in london?..And the Police in Nicaragua could not catch him either?
Boring.
Great story! Loved the tongue-in-cheek narrative-a wonderful change of pace!
Loved it! Thank you, Richard.
Did you travel by AI flight, lol ? Very good video as usual, Richard. Thanks❤
I love true crime and some spooky things. I however have never been into Jack The Ripper, but I have been binge watching you channel for a couple of months. Suddenly I am now very interested. I love your story telling. So thank you from an American who loves London 🇱🇷🇱🇷
Thank you for addressing my question so exemplary quickly Mr. Jones!
Much appreciated! Hat tip.
To be quite honest I wasn’t even aware of the Jamaican connection.
However, If I’m not entirely mistaken there have been a couple of theory’s that the Whitechapel murderer may have been a sailor, or at least worked in some capacity, on a merchant ship, partly due to a witness description (Joseph Lawende) and partly because Edward Larkin, a clerk in the British Customs Statistical Department in 1888, and much later former murder squad Detective and author Trevor Marriott, who both independently suggested that the killer may have been a merchant sailor.
Excellent information!
Thank you Richard, will watch tonight 👍
Well at least you got to see Central America and the cute Latina women!😅
A journalistic ruse, huh? Though I'm curious as to why after the "Double Event," JTR didn't kill again for over a month. Was he away for work? As a sailor?
Thank you for another wonderful video 🍻
9:28 you are a master of sarcasm.
It would make sense if he was in a Sailor in the Navy
Thank you.
👍as usual 👋
The only way this story could be better would be if Fred Best of The Star had been the journalist who had been the one to push it.
Jack the ripper was a German merchant seaman called Carl feigenbaum when he shipped out to the Americas the London murders stopped. He could well have done these murders. He was executed in the u..s later!
It’s amazing that after all this time and analysis and information nobody can make a good case for who is Jack!?!?
Great stuff! 🙂
It's been proven that was actually Carlos the Cutter
Another Ripping video Richard! What were the police up to with this nonsense? Were they really trying to get him to strike again? Or just trying to persuade the public he had moved on? It would be really good to hear your take on the N America "Ripper" murders.
I could not imagine Jack the Ripper amongst the palm trees sipping a rum cocktail 🤣 sorry.
No he didn't.
Oh, wow. What a crazy story. I was thinking, "What? I've never heard of this before." LOL Crazy. And interesting.
You really need to adjust & raise the volume up a tad 😢. Thank You So Much
Jack is buried right here in London. I think I found his grave. Just a gut feeling.
There was the Belize Ripper murders from 1998 to 2000 the killer was never caught