Jack the Ripper Case Solved

I think we've all seen at least one movie based on the story about Jack the Ripper, or read a book about it, or taken a guided tour through the streets of Whitechapel, the area in London where he committed his gruesome murders in 1888. The name Jack the Ripper originates from a letter - believed to be a hoax - written by someone claiming to be the murderer.

Here are the the men suspected to be the culprit, and it's the man in the bottom right picture who now has been proven - as far as possibly can - to be the Ripper...

Aaron Kosminski was a Polish Jew who had fled to London with his family to escape the Russian pogroms in the early 1880s. His admission papers states that he was a hairdresser, and what is certain is that he was seriously mentally ill - probably a schizophrenic who suffered auditory hallucinations, and described as a misogynist prone to self abuse, a euphemism for masturbation.

In 2007 businessman and Jack the Ripper enthusiast Russel Edwards (above) bought a shawl allegedly handed down from a policeman who found it by the body of Catherine Eddowes, one of the Ripper's victims. With the help of Dr Jari Louhelainen - a world-renowned expert in analyzing genetic evidence from historical crime scenes - a long period of painstaking analysis of the shawl began. The police had always suspected Kosminski was the murderer, but they never had enough evidence to convict him, despite identification from an eye-witness. After holding him in custody for 24 hours, he was committed to mental asylums for the rest of his life.

By using cutting-edge scientific techniques, which would not have been possible five years ago, Dr Louhelainen found both blood and semen on the shawl. By comparing the blood's DNA with samples from descendants of the murdered victim, and the semen with DNA samples from Aaron Kosminski's descendants - and getting perfect matches on all tests - the case was solved. So it turns out Jack the Ripper was a crazy man getting sexual satisfaction from murdering these women in very gruesome ways...

So now I guess script writers and authors all over the world are thinking about making new movies and writing new books about the true Jack the Ripper! Or maybe Kosminski just happened to pass by the newly murdered body of Catherine Eddowes, felt aroused by what he saw and decided to masturbate over her, leaving his shawl behind. Who knows? But as he was one of the prime suspects for the crimes even from the beginning, I guess this new proof is true, and the case is closed!

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Burlesqueer

On Friday January 18, me and Elegy Ellem packed some poisoned wine and her Tommy Gun and went to Burlesqueer - Femme Fatale, at Bonden Bar in Stockholm. Ellem had been asked to create a burlesque number for the "Femme Fatale" themed event, and she asked me if I wanted to assist her as her maid. Of course I said yes!

This is her Tommy Gun (replica) by the way! I love it, and I want it! It's quite heavy though, and I was glad no one caught Ellem when she was carrying it to the show on the subway, with it's pipe sticking out of the bag...

Photo: Linda Merja Holmgren

The storyline of our number was that Ellem comes home from being out murdering some people. I'm her maid, that serves her as best as I can. The problem though, is that Ellem is a self centered diva, who treats me like shit - and I'm very tired of this! So in the end of the number, when she has stripped, I give her some poisoned wine...

Photo: Linda Merja Holmgren

...that kills her!!! Sexiest corps I've ever seen, by the way...When she's dead, I then take my apron off, and throw it over her. Then I put her black coat on, and steal her cigaret and Tommy Gun, and walk out. The end!

Photo: Elegy Ellem

Of course though, I didn't kill her for real! Since we're hoping to do this number together again, I thought it would be best to keep her around for awhile...Here is us after the show. You don't want to meet us in a dark alley at night. Just sayin'...

Photo: Elegy Ellem

And another one. This is how you clean a gun properly!

The rest of the evening was spent drinking and fighting, and I played with Ellem's snake-tongue. That's my finger there...

And here is also a video of our number, shot and edited by Alexander Valenkamph!