Jack wasn't Britains only Ripper
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
March 1, 2017 11:54pm CST
Except, unlike Jack, this man would be brought to justice.
It is war time in Britain. A Chemist, the "Black Out Ripper" 's first victim, has just arrived in London. She's on her way to Grimsby where she is to take up the position of Chemist there.
She would never report to that job. She unfortunately, would be charmed by a man in RAF uniform. She wouldn't be his only victim. Over the course of several nights, he would savagely mutilate and kill four other women.
The Police would catch a break. One woman would be saved by the sudden brightness of a torch (flashlight) and Cummins would flee the scene. In his haste, he dropped his RAF issued gas mask, and this would lead the police to Cummins'
Two women, the woman mentioned above and a Pro (we all know what this means, I am sure the mylot word filter would tell me off I spelled it out) would be the only ones to survive his attempts, bruised but otherwise unharmed.
When they found Gordon Cummins' they would also find several mementos he kept from his spree. He would try to insist the mask was not his, but of course it was.
He was hung on the 25th of June 1942.
I found out about this man by watching a documentary "Murder Maps" but I provide an article here as reference for those who want to know more.
I do warn you though, it does show photographs of one of the weapons he used, and they don't exactly mince words in the article either.
Cummins' might be a different Ripper altogether, but there have been several other "suggestive cases" that authorities have tried to link to Jack The Ripper. One such case happened in America, several years before the spree in London.
If you are interested in Jack The Ripper I'd suggest trying to find all such cases where authorities atleast tried to link together.
Still reeling from the Luftwaffe blitz that had shattered the city and claimed so many lives, Londoners were haunted by a different kind of killer.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Mar 17
The story of Gordon Cummins would make a great movie or TV mini-series.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Mar 17
I am sure it would, but it's not as well known as Jack the Ripper. The fact that it was also solved makes it not as appealing to viewers as well. It should be featured on some sort of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" type way though.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
3 Mar 17
There have always been and will always be copycat killers.. that always makes it difficult to figure out who is doing what..

@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
3 Mar 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum I'd probably rather not know.. those sorts of stories give me nightmares!
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
3 Mar 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum I guess London was never a great place to live.. especially if you were a pro!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
3 Mar 17
@katsmeow1213 I cannot say as I blame you. As for how much I say Id love to have lived in the late 1800's, I don't think I'd have wanted to be anywhere near London. I can't imagine how scared the people were. I wouldn't have wanted to live in the 1940's London either for that matter.

@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
2 Mar 17
Jack the Ripper will always remain a mystery. Unless they have any DNA evidence! I have never heard of that other chap.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Mar 17
I doubt they'd have any DNA evidence, it wasn't really developed until a few decades later. Even then it wasy very minimal.
I can't say as I'd want to be gathering DNA evidence in the dirty and grimey streets of 1800's London though..





