Just watched the programme about the evidence or lack of it re. the case against those accused , not charged with the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia , Italy , last December .
Which raised doubts but did'nt seem to present any really compelling evidence for or against their guilt , or if it did , I missed it through tiredness : It's much easier to stay awake when interactively 'on the computer' , rather than passively watching tv .
It does seem extraordinairy that many people are still obsessively researching the 'jack the ripper' murders , in the east end of London , 120 years ago .
There seem to be at least half a dozen or so known , plausible suspects , even including men who at some point apparently admitted to the murders .
I'm not including James Maybrick , who's 'diary' has never been properly authenticated , or the 'royal conspiracy' theory which has virtually no evidence to support it , and as for the painter Walter Sickert , okay he just , possibly could have been involved although there's precious little convincing evidence of that .
The chances of conclusive evidence of who the culprit was turning up now seem remote in the extreme , and , who's to say that the culprit may never have been , and never be named as a suspect ?
But the pseudo-science of 'ripperology' continues , and , I'm sure that , all the known theories will be endlessly re-examined , and , possibly , one or two not entirely implausible new ones formulated , for centuries to come .
I once posted a 'spoof' Jack the Ripper theory on a previous 'blog , involving Oscar Wilde , 'Bosie' , Queen Victoria , Walter Sickert , the 'Masons , etc . . .
The life story I recently read of possible 'ripper' suspect James Kelly , who escaped from Broadmoor soon before the killings began is fascinating , regardless of whether he was the world's first known serial killer , which I somehow doubt .
The differences and similarities between Victorian and contemporary Britain fascinate me , as do enduring mysteries .