Well, although I don't think Holmes is Jack the Ripper myself, since we don't really know for sure who he was, I do think they had some very strange coincidences. They could "fit" their guy into the known elements along with many other suspects. I guess they had over 100? I didn't realize that.
I do think just watching the show for the Holmes information alone was worth the show. The final one being his grave and the weirdness surrounding his burial. That was quite intriguing.
It is my hope that someday, somehow, we can definitively know who Jack the Ripper was. As I stated earlier, they have DNA'd to death the things they can (scarf pieces, DNA on licked stamps or envelopes, and even then, we don't know if those letters came from Jack himself or copy cats). But, as science gets more intricate, maybe there will be some breakthrough test that will get us closer to knowing.
Did they ever get to pull anything out of the Chicago river to test? I do think that was an interesting idea that Holmes owned the concrete factory, but didn't sell any concrete. And the body of water right there on the docks of the business was loaded with significant artifacts in the water the size and shape of bodies-- I thought that was interesting. And from a historical point of view, I would think Chicago would have been gung ho to search those waters and bring things up to look at. Unless of course, too many bodies have been dumped there and the players are still alive and not wanting that information to rise from its watery grave.
I do think just watching the show for the Holmes information alone was worth the show. The final one being his grave and the weirdness surrounding his burial. That was quite intriguing.
It is my hope that someday, somehow, we can definitively know who Jack the Ripper was. As I stated earlier, they have DNA'd to death the things they can (scarf pieces, DNA on licked stamps or envelopes, and even then, we don't know if those letters came from Jack himself or copy cats). But, as science gets more intricate, maybe there will be some breakthrough test that will get us closer to knowing.
Did they ever get to pull anything out of the Chicago river to test? I do think that was an interesting idea that Holmes owned the concrete factory, but didn't sell any concrete. And the body of water right there on the docks of the business was loaded with significant artifacts in the water the size and shape of bodies-- I thought that was interesting. And from a historical point of view, I would think Chicago would have been gung ho to search those waters and bring things up to look at. Unless of course, too many bodies have been dumped there and the players are still alive and not wanting that information to rise from its watery grave.