I've was reading about this earlier and I must say I agree with you Madame. I think it will remain forever a mystery 

Unless we eventually invent a machine that can travel in time 

I'm with you Madame Arcati... scooch over on the miserable old cynic bench so I can sit down 

Happy to oblige, Roger!

I think so too, Dame.  I've read a few books on the subject and every one of them throws up a different suspect that the author tries to convince the reader is the real JtR.

Many years ago Alan Coren wrote a book of humourous observations,  called it 'Golfing for Cats' and put a picture of a swastika on the cover.  Coren had a theory that for a non-fiction book to sell well it should be about cats, golf or the Third Reich (probaby would have to have mentioned the dreaded cupcakes, too, these days).  Old Jack has proven to be a bit of money-spinner down the years, too, and no doubt will continue to be so. Just his 'name' on the cover is guaranteed to flog books

I think we might need a LOOOOOOONG bench here - budge up!

i think the blokes says it wouldnt have belonged to the victim - but the ripper 

and 

anyway, im not sure i believe what bloke says

he reckons he's 'found' the identity of the ripper because it became a hobby to research & find the truth-not because he wants to write books & make money like others would

at the end of the article it tells you about the cost of his new book

if i was a serial killer id be

'the apple tart killer'

and id blow people away

it wasnt me!

i HATE marzipan

  *budges up for Fluffy*

Saw this and it made me laugh:

i doubt this bloke is right

but fair play he's worked hard at getting to this point

but

someone shoulda said to him

'oy the english dont really want this solved cos they love a mystery' i commend him for his work & his mate with his new found 'vacuuming' DNA test

but its not a recognised test

p!ssing in the wind i reckon

Would have fitted right in here.

* make room for another one * 

 @ Baz

I would just like to say I was second on this bench behind Madame...so those that can't fit on bring a camping stool  coz this chicken ain't budging any further 

* shoves the old boiler off the bench ! *

*biatch* 

seems odd it was polish man though and I wouldn't have thought DNA would last that long - hmmm suspicious and how would a shawl remain intact through all the changes in the police areas etc - tis rubbish

any need Rosie   

DNA can last for thousands of years - remember that the body of Richard III was recently identified from his DNA. However, a lot depends on the conditions in which it's kept, of course. Ideally you have to keep it dry, cool, away from sunlight and in an airtight container...
http://www.slate.com/articles/...g_does_dna_last.html

   its  terrible Dame terrible 

 The Romanov family were also identified by DNA compared to the queen's hubbie (he's somehow related to them). That also cleared the mystery about Anastasia.

Philip is the oldest living great-great grandchild of Queen Victoria, as well as her oldest living descendant following the death of Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg on 5 May 2012. Through his descent from the British royal family, he is in the line of succession to the thrones of the 16 Commonwealth realms.

In July 1993, through mitochondrial DNA analysis of a sample of Prince Philip's blood, British scientists were able to confirm the identity of the remains of several members of Empress Alexandra of Russia's family, several decades after their 1918 massacre by the Bolsheviks. Prince Philip was then one of two living great-grandchildren in the female line of Alexandra's mother Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, the other being his sister Sophie, who died in 2001.