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James Maybrick was never a viable suspect in the Ripper murders. Maybrick was a business man who had a serious addiction to arsnic. By 1888 the years of addiction had rendered him weak and ill and his health was in decline. He had neither the strength or motivation and in fact for many of the murders he was not even in London.
Maybrick's confessed to being JTR in a diary, which surfaced in the 1970's and was ultimately deemed a fake.
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∙ 12y agoIn 1992 a journal sufaced that claimed to be written by a British businessman by the name of James Maybrick. Maybrick was a cotton merchant who was also an arsenic addict, with an occasional taste for strychnine and other equally poisonous chemicals. Maybrick had the habit of walking from his home or office, sometimes up to five times a day to replenish his supply of drugs.
The journal, which was found to be from the 1800s, and was Maybrick's confession to being the Whitechapel killer, became a book titled Jack The Ripper's Diary. Although the paper and ink was authentic for the time period (Victorian age) the words were found to be a fake.
There are many problems with Maybrick as Jack The Ripper. Maybrick lived and worked in Liverpool, several hours south of London by train. And although he did, on occasion, travel into London, for most of the murder times and dates he was confirmed to be in other places. Next was his motive. Maybrick's wife Florence (she preferred Florie) was having an affair with another man, and out of jealousy he claimed he went to London to kill prostitutes. When men are angry and jealous over the misbehaviour of their spouses, it is usually the wife that ends up missing, not down-and-out prostitutes in a distant city. By the year 1888 Maybrick was years into his addiction and was experiencing physical sypmtoms that left him weak with numbness in his limbs and exhaustion from the heavy metals he had been ingesting for years. The Ripper crimes were carried out be a younger, stronger and more daring man than Maybrick. And certainly one more available.
Maybrick finally succumbed to his addiction, and would have faded into obscurity had it not been for two factors. The diary and his wife Florie. After his death she was arrested and then convicted of poisoning her husband with arsenic. A gross injustice, Florie spents years in prison until the Queen granted her a pardon after public opinion demanded it. She moved to the United States where she was a servant in other's homes until her death.
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Was Jack the Ripper identified at his death?
There have been several 'deathbed confessions' , the most famous being from James Maybrick. In the 1970s a journal turned up labeled Jack The Ripper's Diary. It was proven to have come from the Victorian Age, the Ripper's time, and many believe it was written by Maybrick. That's not the problem though. Maybrick claimed to be the Ripper but has to be ruled out. He was not even availabe for several of the murders. Maybrick was a English businessman and was also an arsenic addict. He was well into his 50s at the time of the murders and had many health problems, mostly due to his addiction. Arsenic poisoning causes numbness and weakness and the Ripper crimes called for a younger killer, and most definitely a stronger one. Maybrick may have been an addict but he was not Jack The Ripper. All other 'confessions' have proven to be false, and so we still must wonder exactly who the Ripper truly was.
Can you buy the Diary of Jack The Ripper?
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.
What happened to Jack the Ripper's diary?
A diary surfaced in the 1970s that claimed to be written by the real Jack the Ripper. The book was written by an English buisiness man from the Victorian era named James Maybrick. Upon inspection the paper and ink were authentic and were a product from the right era. James Maybrick was the author of the diary but it was concluded a fake. Maybrick was an arsenic addict and had many physical problems due to his addiction. Most of JTR's crimes would have been impossible to execute with Maybrick's health problems. It was also proved that on the date that most of the murders took place Maybrick was not even in the country, let alone in London. The owner of the diary, and most ripperologists were disappointed to learn of the fraud. The diary was historic but not for the right reasons. Interesting fact:James Maybrick eventually died from acute and cronic arsenic poisening and although the entire community knew of his addiction, his wife was charged with murder, charges claiming she gave him a fatal dose of arsenic. She was imprisoned for many years and was finally given a full pardon by Queen Victoria. She moved to America where she lived out the rest of her life.
Why would James Maybrick make up lies and write them in a journal and claim that he was Jack the Ripper?
James Maybrick, a British businessman from the Victorian era, was having several major problems at the end of his life. This is when he wrote the journal that would later become known as 'Jack the Ripper's Diary". Maybrick was a known arsenic addict, he had a cheating wife, and serveral other things going on in his life. He claimed that he killed prostitutes in London because he was jealous of his wife's lover. At the time he was in his 50s. Although experts have authenticated the paper and ink in the diary as coming from the Victorian era, and maybe the writing is Maybrick's, the claims that he was JTR has been found to be a fraud. Maybrick was many things, but JTR was not one of them. He was already in his 50s when the crimes began. He didn't live in London at the time and was not available for at least 3 and possibly more of the murders. He was an addict that was having some serious physical problems which included numbness in hands and feet. At this time in Maybrick's life he was sick and upset. He probably knew he was going to die and maybe felt he needed to leave something noteworthy behind after his death. Or he may have been mentally addled because of the arsenic poisoning. Or maybe a little of both. It was a well known fact that he was upset about his wife having a lover. Whatever his mental state, he most certainly was not Jack The Ripper.
Did Jack The Ripper admit to murders?
Through the years there have been confessions in the crimes of Jack The Ripper. James Maybrick, a London buisness man, claimed to be the Ripper, killing prostitutes because his young wife took a lover. Dr. Thomas Neil Cream confessed with the words 'I am Jack The ....' as the trapdoor dropped and the noose snapped his neck. He was hung for murder by poison. Neither confessor proved to be the Ripper. If the real Ripper did confess to someone, they know how to keep a secret.
When was Michael Maybrick born?
Michael Maybrick was born in 1841.
When did Michael Maybrick die?
Michael Maybrick died in 1913.
When was Florence Maybrick born?
Florence Maybrick was born in 1862.
When was David Maybrick born?
David Maybrick was born in 1970.
When did Florence Maybrick die?
Florence Maybrick died in 1941.
What is the birth name of David Maybrick?
David Maybrick's birth name is David Little.
What has the author Florence Elizabeth Maybrick written?
Florence Elizabeth Maybrick has written: 'My fifteen lost years'
