UK Asylum Releases Ripper Suspect's Notes

Victorian madman's 117-year-old medical records offer new clues

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 19, 2008 7:19 AM CST

(Newser) – A British institution for the criminally insane has released the medical records of a madman long suspected of being Jack the Ripper, the Independent reports. The documents contain no conclusive proof, but offer enough to keep Thomas Cutbush on the suspect list. The "very... Read full story »

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