The Batty Street Lodger - Was He Jack The Ripper?

The story of the Batty Street lodger is both confusing and intriguing in equal measure.

In essence, it features a bloodstained shirt that was left with the landlady of a house in Batty Street in the early hours of the 30th of September, 1888, the night of the murders of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

In this vide we trace the story of the Batty Street lodger as it appeared in the newspapers between October the 15t and October the 29th 1888.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Where is Batty Street?
00:43 - The Murder Of Miriam Angel By Israel Lipski 1887
01:28 - The Mysterious Man In The Batty Street Pub
02:44 - Batty Street The Possible Lair of The Whitechapel Murderer.
03:00 - The Arrest Of A German Suspect
03:49 - The Bloodstained Shirt
05:00 - Sergeant William Thicke's Involvement
05:49 - The Story Of The Batty Street Lodger Begins
06:12 - The Police Watching The Murderer's Lodgings
07:01 - Bloodstains Found On His Shirt
07:51 - A Reporter Visits The House
09:00 - The Police Deny The Story
10:34 - The Killer's Escape Route From Berner Street To Batty Street
11:27 - The Police Saying Nothing About The Lodger
12:07 - Latest News On The Bloodstained Shirt
12:58 - Mathew Packer Claims To Know The Lodger
14:03 - The Landlady, Mrs. Kuer's Denials
14:28 - The Lodger Explains The Blood Stains
15:24 - A Newspaper Interview With Mrs. Kuer
16:26 - A Fellow Lodger Corrects A Newspaper
18:06 - Was The Lodger Dr. Francis Tumblety?
18:38 - Conclusion
19:02 - Closing Credits

We look at the various different accounts of the mysterious "lodger", and look at the truth of whether or not the blood-stained shirt was actually related to the Whitechapel murders.

We also assess the suggestion that has emerged in recent years that the Batty Street Lodger was none other than Jack the Ripper suspect Dr. Francis Tumblety.