by Ivor Edwards
‘The most intelligent of people are not necessarily the wisest.’
In memory of George and Olwyn Edwards and Kevin Edwards.
Dedicated to Emily Edwards.
CONTENTS
Title Page
Dedication
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
HOW IT ALL STARTED
CHAPTER 2
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LONDON
CHAPTER 3
THE FIRST VICTIM
CHAPTER 4
THE SECOND VICTIM
CHAPTER 5
THE THIRD VICTIM
CHAPTER 6
THE FOURTH VICTIM
CHAPTER 7
THE FIFTH VICTIM
CHAPTER 8
ANALYSIS OF THE DEATH SITES
CHAPTER 9
JACK THE RIPPER’S OCCULT PLANS FOR THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS
CHAPTER 10
RIPPER MYTH AND INACCURACY
CHAPTER 11
WHO WAS JACK THE RIPPER
CHAPTER 12
A CLASSIC CASE OF MISHANDLING BY POLICE AND PRESS
CHAPTER 13
THE REAL STORY OF JACK THE RIPPER
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1
D’ONSTON’S CHRONOLOGY AND OFFICIAL RECORDS
APPENDIX 2
MAP-READING MADMAN
APPENDIX 3
GENERAL INFORMATION ON SACRED GEOMETRY AND VESICA PISCIS
APPENDIX 4
THE ORIGINS OF OCCULT INTIMIDATION AND TERROR TACTICS
APPENDIX 5
PRESENT DAY OCCULT RITUAL MURDER
Copyright
INTRODUCTION
UNTIL IVOR EMAILED me about his discoveries relating to the Jack the Ripper murders, it had never occured to me that these events might be occult in nature. Ivor referred me to his publisher’s website, which briefly described his work and its relationship to sacred geometry. He wrote to me in response to seeing my website, which relates sacred geometry to the human form.
My work grew out of an analysis of the Vesica Piscis, an ancient geometric symbol which has been used to express both natural principles and notions of Christian theology. Ivor also pointed out a reference to ‘The Bubble Universe’, a concept recently developed as a result of observations in astronomy. The Bubble Universe refers to the formation of galaxies within structures common to intersecting spherical energy wavefronts (which have a diameter of millions of light years).
The Vesica Piscis is formed by two intersecting circles that share a common radius, and it is perhaps the primary two-dimensional image of sacred geometry (the branch of numerology and geometry that describes the distribution of elements in three dimensions). The Golden Mean, Pi and other mathematical constants are a natural consequence of the properties of three-dimensional space, and these constants are an integral part of the lexicon of sacred geometry. This geometry is sacred by virtue of the way the deity constructed three dimensions, thereby generating a set of geometric and numerical ratios and constants.
When I read that Ivor discovered the Vesica Piscis as the geometric pattern overlying the location of the victims of Jack the Ripper, I realised that this symbol could be used to express both the good and evil in humans – a true reflection of human nature. The fact that these locations drew not only a Vesica Piscis and nested Vesicas (including a cross oriented to the cardinal directions), but also the profile of the Great Pyramid and other occult symbols is evidence that the murders were rooted in black magic ritual. As the facts relating to the five murders are now presented by Ivor Edwards, it becomes evident that the occult connection must have been the prime motive, and this dramatically narrows the search for the identity of the killer.
This book is the result of nine years of full-time research. It focuses on the motive, planning and execution of the murders, and concludes with the naming of a suspect that had escaped serious scrutiny by the London Police due to their less comprehensive investigation. The evidence that Ivor Edwards has collected and presented reveals an astonishing confluence of facts supporting a most convincing case about the possible motive behind Jack the Ripper’s murders.
The locations of the murders comprise key points forming a cross, a Nazi symbol and a parallelogram on the map of London. These points orientate towards the cardinal directions and fall on positions that define that most ancient of geometric mystical symbols – the Vesica Piscis. Such symbols have been used throughout the history of the occult by secret societies, for good as well as evil purposes.
Included in this book as part of the investigation into the murders are:
POLICE RECORDS
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
KNOWN RECORDS OF VICTIMS AND SUSPECTS INVOLVED
METHODS OF THE MURDERS
WEAPONS USED
NATURE OF THE MUTILATIONS
BODY PARTS TAKEN FROM THE VICTIMS
MARKINGS ON THE BODIES
NATURE OF OCCULT RITUALS
HISTORY OF OCCULT MURDERS
NATURE OF OCCULT MURDERS
NATURE OF OCCULT SYMBOLS
MESSAGES AND MATERIALS LEFT BY THE MURDERER
LINGUISTIC CLUES
NATURE OF THE VICTIM’S LOCATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF EACH MURDER SITE
POSITIONS OF THE CORPSES
THE SURGICAL SKILL OF THE MURDERER AS NOTED IN THE POST-MORTEM EXAM
OTHER MEDICAL EVIDENCE
THE TIMEFRAME OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MURDERS
WALKING TIMES OF PROBABLE ROUTES TO AND FROM THE CRIME SCENES
THE MEASURED DISTANCES BETWEEN THE VICTIMS
HISTORY OF SERIAL KILLERS
On the basis of these investigations, Ivor has identified the most probable suspect, who was questioned twice by the police and released due to lack of evidence. The additional information and evidence documented here leaves little doubt in my mind that this case has at last been solved. The evidence and other facts that relate to this one particular suspect include:
HIS PERSONAL HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY
HIS SURGICAL EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
HIS INTELLIGENCE AND STEALTH
HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE OCCULT AS REVEALED IN WRITINGS AND ASSOCIATIONS
HIS ANALYSIS OF THE MESSAGE LEFT BY THE KILLER TO TAUNT THE POLICE
HIS HISTORY OF ASSOCIATIONS WITH PROSTITUTES
HIS WRITINGS FOR OCCULT PUBLICATIONS
HIS TRAVEL TO THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA TO STUDY MAGICAL CULTS
HIS LOCATION IN THE WHITECHAPEL AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE MURDERS
HIS ABILITY TO LEAVE AND RETURN WITHOUT DETECTION DURING THE MURDERS
HIS SIZE, AGE AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION AS REPORTED BY POSSIBLE WITNESSES
THE STATEMENTS BY THOSE WHO KNEW THE SUSPECT
THE MOTIVE OF REVENGE OF AN INFECTION PASSED TO HIM BY A PROSTITUTE
THE ADDITIONAL MOTIVE OF REVENGE FOR LOSING HIS JOB AS A RESULT OF THE INFECTION
By trying to understand the motivation behind the planning and execution of these murders, as revealed by evidence comprising police reports, newspaper accounts and other public records, Ivor has found new evidence of a motive relating to the occult. He has then compared these findings to the background and personal information of the one ‘closest fit’ suspect in order, finally, to identify Jack the Ripper.
Prof Charles R. Henry,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
CHAPTER ONE
HOW IT ALL STARTED
MY INTEREST IN the Whitechapel murders was aroused during 1963, after reading my first book on the subject. However, my curiosity did not lie with who the killer may have been, but rather with why he committed the crimes. Serious research commenced during 1993 after viewing a Thames Television programme entitled Crime Monthly. The programme laid the blame for the murders at the feet of a poor Polish Jew named Kosminski. When this man was placed in the frame I thought of the old verse:
Oh, it’s the same the whole world over,
And isn’t it a shame,
It’s the rich that get the pleasure,
And the poor that get the blame.
I did not know at the time how true these words were to ring. For the very idea of the killer being a lone, poor, mad Jew stalking his victims down fog-enshrouded alleyways could not be any further from the truth. Kosminski was aged 24 at the time of the murders. Many experts would agree that the killer was in the same age group as his victims. The programme did not let this point interfere with the story.
My first objective was to forget about all the myths and untruths which had ever arisen from the subject. The second objective was to obtain Ordnance Survey maps of the period from the British Museum map room in London. The same type was also obtained from Ordnance Survey at Southampton. My third objective was to locate the exact spots at which the killings took place. The area was checked out by day and by night. A book as the end result could not have been any further from my mind. If anyone had informed me then that my work would involve spending over nine years of my time and, thousands of pounds, and attending computer courses, I would have thought them quite mad!
The first myth about the killer to be placed on the rubbish heap was the one about him being a local man. The most efficient way to move from A to B is in a straight line. The killer moved in a straight line and on the main roads of the area. One can walk from the main crossroad which connects Commercial Road, Commercial Street, Whitechapel High Street and Leman Street to reach four of the five side streets in which a murder took place by simply walking in a straight line on the main roads.
From the main crossroads in Whitechapel one can walk in a straight line to:
Court Street, which leads into Bucks Row (site 1)
Hanbury Street, which leads into the yard at No. 29 (site 2)
Berner Street, which leads into Dutfield’s Yard (site 3)
Dukes Street, which leads into Mitre Square (site 4)
Dorset Street, which leads into room 13, at 26, Dorset Street (site 5)
(See plan section with the routes marked.)
It is very clear that the killer was using the four main roads to move about, Whitechapel High Street and Whitechapel Road in particular. Once all the sites were located, the exact locations were then placed on my map. It was at this point that sites 1, 2, 3 and 4 appeared to form a parallelogram and that sites 3-4 were located at the two ends of a straight, horizontal line when measured from the bottom of the map.
Believing this fact was more than coincidence, my next task was to do what, to my knowledge, no other person has ever done before me, and measure the distances from victim to victim, as the crow flies, on a map. They were also measured in the field with a surveyor’s wheel. The following facts emerged:
The distance from site 1 to site 2 was 930 yards.
The distance from site 2 to site 4 was 930 yards.
The distance from site 3 to site 4 was 950 yards.
The distance from site 3 to site 5 was 950 yards.
Other measurements that were taken proved just as conclusive. When compass bearings were taken in the field it was found that sites 1, 2, 3 and 4 were located due east, south, north and west! Facts such as these spoke for themselves. The solution was now forming, and it was not necessary to be an academic to realise the significance of what it all meant.
The next task was to locate the start of the plan and the end of it. This took three years to complete. At this stage the true motive for the murders became very apparent. Jack the Ripper was, it emerged, a ‘one off’.
There is no public record that the police or any person investigating these crimes has ever bothered to measure the distances from victim to victim. Neither had they worked out that victims three, four and five all lie on a 500-yard radius, nor numerous facts uncovered during my research. Many measurements shown in my research are unique.
This book has been compiled and illustrated to give a true picture of events. Photos are used in conjunction with plans, maps and diagrams to give the reader a true feel for the exact layout and nature of each site.
For the first time since 1888, the routes travelled by the killer are shown, including the distances and times involved. Therefore, the reader is in a far better position to judge the facts without the need to rely on imagination. Reconstructions were also taken in the field. All five sites were surveyed together with the general areas of Spitalfields, Aldgate and Whitechapel.
Most Ripper authors give a short breakdown of each murder without surveying any site in depth. The suspects list is next on the agenda, from which the author picks a likely suspect. A story is then woven around the chosen suspect until it fits. Unlike most other Ripper books this one does not contain a suspects list.
It is the first time since 1888 that such a comprehensive study of the sites and general area has taken place. An entirely different approach has been undertaken; no other work has ever been produced on the subject which dealt solely in such detail with the planning and execution of the Whitechapel murders. This is precisely why this unique work stands out from all the rest.
Melvyn Harris, world-renowned Ripper author, investigator, debunker of hoaxes and consultant to Arthur C. Clarke on 38 programmes, informed me, ‘You have taken this case further than me.’
CHAPTER TWO
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LONDON, THE EAST END AND CRIME IN THE CAPITAL
(AD 73–1888)
THE EAST END of London is the area on the north bank of Old Father Thames, and runs east from the Tower of London. The area takes in Tower Bridge approach, Aldgate, Houndsditch (so called because a Roman ditch was found in which lay the remains of many hounds), Spitalfields, Whitechapel (so named because the chapel was painted white), Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, Mile End, Wapping, Limehouse, Shadwell, Stepney, Poplar and the Isle of Dogs. Today the area is known as Tower Hamlets.
The centre of the Roman Empire, which covered at its widest extent 2 million square miles and housed 100 million people, grew out of a small settlement by the River Tiber. Another small settlement, this time by the Thames, would be destined to become the centre of the greatest empire the world had ever seen. Whoever controlled the Thames at this point also controlled the town and whoever controlled the town also controlled the country. This is why the Celts, Romans, Saxons and Normans built on the same site.
The Celts were trading on the banks of the Thames prior to the Roman invasion, which began in AD 43. The Romans named the area Londinium and used it as a military storage depot. In AD 61 it was burned to the ground by Boudica, Queen of the Iceni who revolted against Roman rule. It was rebuilt again by AD 100. A bridge was built on the site of London Bridge by the Romans and the area soon became the centre of Roman activity. It developed into a trading centre with the continent and was used as a port. By AD 400, its population numbered nearly 60,000.
When the Romans left in AD 410, London was plunged into the Dark Ages. From 460–600 it became a Saxon trading town. A church dedicated to St Paul – London’s patron saint – was located on Ludgate Hill as early as 604. It was here that the City developed, and grew in size and stature.
The Danes sacked the town in the 9th century and settled in the area. In 883 Alfred the Great defeated the Danes and drove them out. The town was then named Lunduntown. At the Battle of Hastings in 1066 (which took place at Battle in Sussex) the Normans won the day and Saxon rule came to an end with the death of King Harold. William the Bastard was crowned King of the English at Westminster after marchi
ng on London. He built the Tower of London to consolidate his position.
Tower Bridge is situated east of London Bridge. It crosses the river at the approach to the Tower. William built a stone bridge to replace the old Roman wooden structure. It was the only bridge to cross the Thames until 1750. William’s stone bridge was to last until 1832.
The first bomb ever dropped on British soil (from a Zeppelin) fell in Coopers Row (130 yards north of the Tower of London, which may have been the target), 630 yards from the main junction on the Whitechapel High Street, which is situated at the heart of the Ripper’s killing ground. The same general area was bombed in the Blitz during the Second World War.
Between 1176 and 1209 the area within the old Roman city grew rich and more powerful as the years passed and the outlying areas were eventually included. The Black Death of 1348–49 killed at least 60,000 people which accounted for about two-thirds of the population. During the Middle Ages the population never exceeded that of Roman London.
Three cases of Bubonic Plague took place between 1603 and 1636. While in 1665 another outbreak of plague accounted for another 65,000–70,000 lives. In September 1666 the Great Fire of London destroyed a very large area of the city. By 1700 the population had grown to 300,000 and was sustained, in spite of the high death rate.
Much of London was violent and filthy. The streets were filled with mud, offal, excrement and rubbish, and the stench was overwhelming. It was a breeding ground for rats. The Thames was little more than a filthy, sluggish and polluted stretch of water. Housing built for the workers, warehouses, factories, prisons, slums and all other manner of buildings were needed to support London. The expansion of the docks combined with the demand for entertainment by sailors, dockworkers and the masses gave rise to development of the outlying areas, hence the birth of the East End.
As the docks grew in size and importance, the crime rate grew with it. Half of the country’s shipping passed through London’s docks. So much trade attracted a vast array of specialist criminals. Gangs plundered entire cargoes and insurance frauds were commonplace. So massive were the thefts that the ‘fences’ established themselves in stores and warehouses.