More than a century after his death, the ghost of James Maybrick would rise from his grave in an explosion of furor and excitement that would rock the foundations of many crime historians, lecturers and most certainly wannabe detectives, all of whom had spent decades trying to uncover the real identity of the world's most notorious murderer, the grandfather of the modern day serial killer, if you will; that of Jack the Ripper.
Back in 1991, a 'diary' was uncovered, lying dormant underneath the floorboards of a bedroom within 'Battlecrease House', the former home of James and his wife Florence.
The room in question was James Maybrick's bedroom, and the place he had spent the last few weeks of his life in excruciating pain, suffering from acute poisoning that would eventually claim his life. But it was whilst Battlecrease House underwent some renovation work, workmen came across the diary; a leather bound scrap-book, with many pages missing but containing 63 pages of legible writing with around 9,000 written words.
The diary itself is perhaps one of the most intriguing and possibly most important historical pieces of work to ever be discovered in terms of its importance in solving the most unsolvable puzzles of all time - who was Jack the Ripper? But for this, we need to delve into the life of James Maybrick.
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