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Frederick Deeming was
also suspected of being
the real Jack the Ripper

Deeming was one of
the central suspects in
the Langley murder

presented this as evidence in court, which the court
found hilarious as well as incompetent.
There were a string of arrests for the murder
(even, at one point, a dog!), but nobody was ever
convicted. There are still several suspects, but one
stands out more than the others – a man called
Frederick Bailey Deeming. He had already served
time in Hull Jail for fraud, and was released earlier
that month. He was not arrested for the crime, and
moved to Australia, where he brutally murdered
his first and third wives and four of his children
by cutting their throats. He was later executed for
these murders.
Deeming is also a Jack the Ripper candidate, William Mortimer
evidence pointing to him being in England at Edmonds worked as a
photographer
the time of the Ripper murders in 1888. Several
similarities also exist between his victims and the
Rippers murders. So there is a very possible chance Do you have any
that my great-great grandfather became embroiled family history to share
in a real-life Ripper case. The interest and intrigue with us?
surrounding the mysterious murder has even /AllAboutHistory
attracted Hollywood, and there are plans to turn it
into a film. @AboutHistoryMag
These two sketches
compare Deeming to
Jack the Ripper
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