James maybrick diary jack the ripper
Aaron kosminski
More than a century after his death, Maybrick was accused of being the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper, owing to his own words in a diary, but critics countered that the diary and confession are a hoax.
James maybrick diary jack the ripper
Michael Barrett, a scrap metal dealer from Liverpool, came forward with a diary reputedly written by a cotton broker named James Maybrick, who died in In this diary, James Maybrick .
Jack the ripper crime scene photos
At no point was any connection between the Maybricks and the Jack the Ripper murders ever made until the diary was revealed.
Jack the ripper identity revealed
There were four versions given as to how the diary, in which James Maybrick describes himself as Jack the Ripper, was first discovered: 1.