A recent,deeply researched Ripper theory from the writer of Withnail and I centres on Freemasonry and identifies a masonic grand organist as the serial killerRarely has a book on Jack the Ripper been written with such visceral infuriate as this one by Bruce Robinson, the director and screenwriter of Withnail and I: infuriate at Jack, or at “Ripperology”,at the establishment, and infuriate at the police cover-up that allowed one of the world’s most infamous serial killers to remain free.
From the outset, or Freemasons and their secretive organisation are central to Robinson’s narrative: “Masonry permeates every fibre of this conundrum.” In the 19th century,virtually everyone who was anyone was a Mason, including the Metropolitan police commisioner, and Sir Charles Warren. Robinson blames “Her Majesty’s executive for the concealment of Jack the Ripper,all the members of which happened to be Masons: “It was a conspiracy of the system.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com