George Hutchinson - Was He Jack The Ripper Or Just A Witness?

In this video we take a close look at George Hutchinson, a witness who claimed that he saw Mary Kelly, the last victim of Jack the Ripper, in the company of a man on Commercial Street on the morning of her murder.

We reveal what he said he saw, and assess the veracity of his claims.

In recent years George Hutchinson has found his way onto the ever expanding list of Jack the Ripper suspects, and so the video also considers the case, both for and against, his candidature as the infamous Whitechapel murderer.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
02:09 - George Hutchinson Witness
02:40 - The Wicked Quarter Mile
02:53 - Known Facts About George Hutchinson
03:28 - The Victoria Home, Commercial Street
04:15 - 9th November 1888 Hutchinson Returns To Whitechapel From Romford
04:41 - Meets Mary Kelly On Commercial Street
05:25 - Sees Mary Kelly With A Well-Dressed Man
06:17 - Hutchinson Follows Them To Miller’s Court
07:20 - Hutchinson Describes The Man
09:23 - First Red Flag About George Hutchinson
10:16 - An Important Witness
10:46 - Doubts Raised About Hutchinson’s Veracity
11:34 - Inspector Abberline Believed Hutchinson
12:39 - The Woman Who Saw Hutchinson At Miller’s Court
13:51 - More Questions About Hutchinson
15:00 - Was Hutchinson An Attention Seeker?
15:15 - An American Newspaper’s Assertion
16:09 - Did Abberline Have Doubts?
16:45 - The Man Was Taking A risk
17:07 - Was The Man “Slumming” In Whitechapel?
18:18 - A Closer Look At Hutchinson
21:24 - Was Hutchinson Planning To Mug Jack The Ripper?
21:36 - Was George Hutchinson Jack The Ripper?
22:47 - George Hutchinson An Escaped American Lunatic
23:56 - George Hutchinson Murders A Prostitute In Chicago
24:32 - The Chicago PD Sets The Record Straight
25:40 - Abberline Would Have Spotted The Accent!
25:48 - The Case Against George Hutchinson
27:20 - No Need To Come Forward
27:32 - Sarah Lewis Saw Another Man
28:48 - Three Possibilities For Hutchinson Coming Forward
29:11 - Conclusion
30:16 - Closing Credits