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Uncle Jack (Paperback)

by Tony Williams (Author), Humphrey Price (Editor)
2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ); Export/Airport Ed edition (18 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752872079
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752872070
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,511,922 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'...this is a fascinating and convincing solution to one of history's most blood-curdling crimes.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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* The person identified as the killer of five women in London East End in 1888 has never before been named a suspect in more than a hundred years of intense speculation. * The co-author of the book is the great-great-nephew of the killer, who discovered extraordinary evidence while researching his illustrious ancestor. He did not set out to find Jack the Ripper, and did not want to believe that his great-great-uncle could have been responsible. But the evidence is incontrovertible. * The killer was a very eminent man in his field, and naming him will cause huge shockwaves in the places where he is still venerated. * No one has ever been able to find any evidence linking any of the suspects to the victims. This book puts forward clear evidence connecting the killer to three of the five victims, and circumstantial evidence connecting him to the other two. * Patricia Cornwell's international bestseller PORTRAIT OF A KILLER may have established that artist Walter Sickert wrote incriminating letters, but all other authorities (including the police) have always believed that the letters were a hoax and were not written by the killer. * The authors prove that their suspect was in Whitechapel at the same time as the crimes were committed, and had the knowledge and skills which the nature of the murders required. * For the first time, the book presents a consistent and plausible explanation for every aspect of the case, meeting all the key criteria of method, motive and opportunity. It also explains why the murders stopped as suddenly as they started. * The authors have even discovered what they believe to be the murder weapon. Further forensic testing may be able to establish this beyond any reasonable doubt. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars lies and nothing but lies, 30 April 2009
By Susan Belcher "Su B" (St Helens, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uncle Jack (Hardcover)
We all know that Jack the Ripper is big business. Unfortunately it also seems to have become a big moneymaking scam for the con artist and fraud as well.

At the 2005 Jack the Ripper conference in Brighton this book "Uncle Jack" came under investigation by Jennifer Pegg. What she discovered was nothing new, but the extent of the fraud sent ripples through the Ripperologist world.

A summary of Jennifer Pegg's findings can be found in Ripper Notes issue number 24 "Death in London's East End" pages 12 to 22 - Ripper Notes: Death in London's East End.

Jennifer Pegg (like many ripperologist) decided to do her own research on the theory presented in this book, and her findings were shocking. Much of Williams and Price's evidence lies within the rumour and several altered documents, and so-called word of mouth family stories.

Author Tony Williams is apparently the first cousin five times removed of the so-called suspect, Sir John Williams obstetrician to the Royal family and founder of the National Library of Wales. Mr. Williams claims his distance relationship as an inside track to the man he states is Jack the Ripper.

In order to prove his Williams thesis uses several documents (or should that be miss-uses). It is suggested that Sir John first met MaryAnn (Polly) Nichols three years before he murdered her when he performed an alleged abortion. They claim to have found an entry for Polly Nichols in a notebook belonging to Sir John in the library that he founded. This entry is reproduced in their book. Unfortunately for the authors Jennifer Pegg got a copy of the original document from the library in question; when laid side by side the alterations to the signature of MaryAnn Nichols, etc, become apparent.

That isn't the only record which is used to back the authors' fraudulent claim, Whitechapel workhouse infirmary records are also used. The problem here is not alteration of the record but deliberate misreading of what is written: the letter T is deliberately misread for the letter J. This is done to prove that Sir John was in Whitechapel at the time of some of the murders.

Sir John's own diaries (which he kept intermittently) are used against him; missing pages and non-entries are used by the other as a proof that Sir John removed evidence that he was Jack the Ripper. When a person uses a diary or notebook intermittently there are bound to be missing areas, missing dates and times, just because you don't write in a diary every day it doesn't mean that you have become Jack the Ripper.

Letters, work schedules, his ill health, etc, were all used against him to prove his distant relations claim.

When Ms Pegg contacted the authors via their publisher their response was to suggest that the copy at the library had been altered. The publishers themselves refused to comment.

It is a shame that people will stoop to such lowly actions in order to make a quick buck. If you are going to read this book then I truly recommend that you read the Ripper Notes article (Ripper Notes: Death in London's East End) in conjunction so that you can see the problems and alterations to the "evidence" provided.


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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A Terrible Shame, 15 Feb 2006
This review is from: Uncle Jack (Hardcover)
With the seeming explosion of literary frauds, one more example is hardly worth an eye-blink it seems. While this case will never be discussed on Oprah, it is worthy of note to those with a passing interest for truth in research.

In the publication wars, ethics have fallen by the wayside. Researchers commit fraud on both the large and small scale. From multi-million dollar stem cell research fraud, to the hoards of students who have no qualms about buying entire papers and submitting them as their own, or just peppering their papers with minor bits of fraudelent or plagiarized data.

The most important piece of evidentiary data in the book is forged. There is no question about that. The picture that is in this book does not match the picture that is on record in the library archives from which it was taken. Neither the authors, nor the publishers are willing to go on record and explain how such a "mistake" could have occurred. Yet another sad example of a growing trend in the "non-fiction" field.

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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended, 12 Mar 2006
By A Customer
This review is from: Uncle Jack (Paperback)
This book has two major flaws

Firstly it produces only very tenuous links between Dr John Williams and the Whitechapel murders. No more than would have existed for many thousands of people alive in the 1880s. No compelling links or anything approaching evidence for suspicion is produced. There is however one tantalising connection in the appearance of one of the victim’s names in a list of patients in his archived papers.

Unfortunately this leads to the second problem. On initial inspection this entry appears suspect, at the end of the list not in the same handwriting as the others and with a different style of pen. Some Internet research compounded this suspicion by the discovery that there are two versions of this entry in existence. This clearly cannot be the product of reliable research.

Don’t waste your money.

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1.0 out of 5 stars [..]
Once again, a Ripper book that promises to solve the mystery, and dismally fails. The book starts fairly well and the information about the life of John Williams is relatively... Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2007 by Indiscriminate Reader

3.0 out of 5 stars some good theories but too many inconsistencies
Authour Tony Williams is related to Sir John Williams, the emminent Victorian Obstetrician. As a relative Tony Williams offers a new angle to the Ripper case as he starts his... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2006 by F. Abberline

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I have studied Jack the Ripper for over 35 years, being a world expert on the subject.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Crime Solved
I have studied Jack the Ripper for over 35 years, being a world expert on the subject.
I have read every single book available. Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2006 by Papamona

1.0 out of 5 stars don't bother
as a biography of an obscure victorian doctor, this book is a good if not hugely interesting read. as the 'solution' to the jack the ripper case, it is almost comical... Read more
Published on 20 April 2006 by C. Gough

5.0 out of 5 stars No1 Suspect
Just finished reading Uncle Jack, having read all other books on Jack the Ripper- John Williams has to be the No1 suspect! Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2006 by Thomas Lewis

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money
In this book the following words and phrases are repeated ad nauseam: 'if','might have','perhaps'. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2006

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it...
... at least, don't buy it until you've read Ripper Notes issue 24 (available from Amazon).
This starts off as a weak theory - OK, we've come to expect that from books in this... Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2006

2.0 out of 5 stars No Answers Here!
For years I have been enthralled by the case of The Ripper and so I was only too happy to pay the hardback price for Uncle Jack. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2005 by Erasmus

2.0 out of 5 stars Uncle is not Jack
I have read a variety of books on the Ripper and so was keen to read this when it was released. How disappointed I was when I did spend my money on it. Read more
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