Jack the Ripper: Light-hearted Friend

by Richard Wallace, Colin Wilson (Preface)

Proves that legendary children's author Lewis Carroll was really Jack the Ripper!
-- Movie rights sold.
-- Endorsed with an introduction by British expert, Colin Wilson.
-- Praised by reviewers for the quality and thoroughness of it's research -- a complete circumstantial case.
-- Presented by Harper's Magazine in November, 1996.
-- Author's sequel to The Agony of Lewis Carroll.
This work presents a complete circumstantial case rivaling any others thus far. It analyzes the unique method of communication Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) used in books he published after the murders to "confess" to the killings. Also includes a motive, psychological profile, knowledge, and opportunity, along with a specially commissioned forensic handwriting analysis.

Genres: Crime, Nonfiction, History

293 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

Reviews

[Osiris Oliphant · Rating 4 out of 5]

page 228:
"in another coincidence, "42" appears in the murder of Martha Tabram, stabbed thirty-nine times. assuming the autopsy results were correct, was the repeated stabbing the result not of frenzy, but of careful calculation and execution? was there a goal to combine both the "Rule 42 of the Code" and the mysterious "Rule of Three" by finishing just three strokes short of forty-two? Was it coincidence that thirty-nine also was Martha Tabram's age? had the Ripper determined her age in the course of disarming conversation? was the frenzy a counting frenzy, an obsession for precision, not that of a lunatic out of control? was there a meaningful selection process going on? was there a subtle message to the police to pay attention to numbers in efforts to solve the crimes? "

oh, "Rule 42 of the Code"?
it represents Charles Dodgson's manifesto to bluff the world, creating a totally false image as his life's goal, his road to immortality.

[Jason · Rating 1 out of 5]

A ridiculous hatchet-job sullying the legacy of Lewis Carroll. The author has ZERO evidence to back up his claim that Carroll was the Ripper. Instead, he presents himself as ( o lord not another one) The One Who Has Discovered The Code and, therefore can read the Truth in Carroll’s fiction; the Code is the reworking of written lines into anagrams that purport to reveal the sinister side of Carroll. The anagrams reveal mother hatred and homosexuality but not a horrific maniacal serial killer. There is no evidence in his life serial violence, that he hated his mother or that he was gay. There is evidence, however, of his being sexually obsessed with young girls. He seems to have been the Michael Jackson of the Victorian age, his fame allowing him to have private playtime with pre-pubescent girls. This aspect of his life should have been explored in this book, not the absurd Ripper accusation.

[Edward]

Lewis Caroll is Jack the Ripper?! The audacity!

[Shane · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kinda fun. Lewis Carroll as the Ripper?

[Martin Bode · Rating 1 out of 5]

The anagrams and codes were tortured nonsense. Don't waste your time.