Jack The Ripper was a singer songwriter who was protected by the Freemasons, claims Withnail and I author in new book
- Bruce Robinson thinks the killer was prominent musician Michael Maybrick
- His new book claims police deliberately botches investigation to protect him
- Claims both Maybrick and investigator Charles Warren were Freemasons
- Got the idea after reading Warren ignored anti-Semetic graffiti near scene
A new book claims that the killer was Michael Maybrick, a popular singer of the time and a Freemason, and a known Freemason
Jack The Ripper was a popular singer songwriter who was protected by the police in the Freemasons who sabotaged evidence so he could avoid capture, a new book claims.
The explosive new theory comes from Bruce Robinson, the author of Withnail and I, who has spent 15 years on the mystery that has plagued historians since the five victims were killed in 1888.
He claims he is now almost certain that the killer was Michael Maybrick, a popular singer of the time, who was 'protected by servants of the Victorian state'.
Robinson, the author of Withnail and I, said a strange fact of the case led him to believe that the police were deliberately trying to protect the killer, reports The Telegraph.
Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes were found dead on September 30, 1888, within hours of each other, the third and fourth victims within four weeks.
Charles Warren was called to the scene to inspect some graffiti on nearby Goulston Street, near where a bloodied apron belonging to Eddowes had been found.
It read: 'The Juwes are the men that will not be blamed for nothing,’ which Warren ordered to be immediately washed off the wall - widely accepted as an attempt to avoid an anti-Semitic riot.
Robinson said the strange act was 'a ligtbulb moment' in what eventually turned into a 15-year investigation, leading to 800-page book They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper.
Robinson said: ‘We’ve got this rampaging maniac in the East End, but it suddenly occurred to me – what if they didn’t want to catch him? Is there any mileage there? Let’s go down that street.’
He claims that both Warren and Maybrick, who he believes was the killer, were members of the Freemason Society.
Bruce Robinson, the author of Withnail and I, claims that Jack The Ripper was never caught because he was protected by the Masonic Society and police who deliberately botched the investigation
He claims that Maybrick was 'protected by servants of the Victorian state' in his new book The All Love Jack: Busting The Ripper, right, after five killings shook London in 1888
The author originally thought it would take year to research and another year to write when he took on the challenge, but was almost defeated by the sheer weight of evidence he ended up analysing.
He said that he almost gave up on the quest, feeling he couldn't face another day with the 'repugnant man and his repugnant protectors,' when he was 500 pages in.
Mr Robinson persevered but admits that after 15 years, even if the book sells well, it will never make back what has been invested in it.
However, he feels almost certain that Michael Maybrick is the notorious killer, and thinks that even the many prominent researchers in the field that has become known as 'Ripperology' could not pick apart his theory.
Maybrick had been put forward as a suspect in the past, but Robinson feels his is the most convincing argument, and that the prominent composer and singer, who wrote a number of religious songs, was in fact the killer.
He plots his journey around the country and compares it to postmarks allegedly written by The Ripper to reinforce the theory.
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