Can you buy the Diary of Jack The Ripper?

Answer 1

The actual diary that came to be known as Jack The Ripper's Diary has been studied and deemed a 'hoax'. The diary was from the Ripper's era, Victorian age London. That part was authentic. But the book was written by English businessman James Maybrick, not the real Jack The Ripper.

The idea that Maybrick could have been the Ripper is quite amusing. At the onset of the Ripper murders, Maybrick was well into his 50s. Lived way outside London, with a considerable commute time, and most prohibitive of all was the fact that Maybrick was a long-time arsenic addict. Arsenic, a heavy metal poison, had taken a huge toll on Maybrick by the 1880s. He was weakened, had numbness in his feet and hands that was spreading, and spent most of his waking moments when not doing his business, in the pursuit of his next 'fix'.

To make matters worse, Maybrick had a wife that had taken on a lover, Maybrick all to aware of this, seemed to be in a quandry as to what to do about it. This was the supposed reason for him roaming the east end hacking up down-and-out prostitutes.

The whole idea is rediculous. The crimes of Jack The Ripper are sexually motivated, not revenge. They were not about a cheating wife. And Maybrick, by the time of the murders, was having problems physically due to his due to his long-time addiction. So if we look at the entire picture, Maybrick was the wrong age, wrong personality, had no motive, he was not in the city at the time of at least several of the murders.

The actual diary as far as I know was never published. You can find books about the diary and about Maybrick and although the diary is from the Victorian era, since it really has nothing to do with the real Ripper case it has more or less faded from the spotlight.