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In this fascinating crossover of true crime and astrology, hosts Elena and Ash team up with astrologer Aliza Kelly to analyze the Jack the Ripper case through astrological charts. They examine the birth and death charts of the five canonical victims, key investigators, and suspects, revealing stunning cosmic coincidences and patterns. The episode challenges the recent DNA 'solution' and builds a compelling astrological case that George Chapman may be the real killer, not Aaron Kosminski.
Why the DNA Evidence Doesn't Solve Jack the Ripper
Elena delivers a passionate rant explaining why the much-publicized DNA evidence allegedly identifying Aaron Kosminski as Jack the Ripper is fundamentally flawed. She systematically dismantles the claims about the shawl found at Catherine Eddowes' crime scene, questioning its provenance, the credibility of how it was obtained, and the limitations of mitochondrial DNA. The evidence comes from researcher Russell Edwards, whose track record Elena finds questionable, and the DNA can only eliminate suspects, not definitively identify them.
- The shawl allegedly from Catherine Eddowes' crime scene has no documented provenance - it doesn't appear on the exhaustive list of her possessions
- Sergeant Amos Simpson, who supposedly took the shawl, was Metro Police and had no jurisdiction at Mitre Square (City of London territory)
- The DNA is mitochondrial, which can eliminate suspects but cannot identify them - thousands of people in the maternal line could match
- Researcher Russell Edwards previously falsely claimed to have found victim Keith Bennett from the Moors Murders case
" It can eliminate a suspect, but it cannot identify a suspect. Anyone in the maternal line of this DNA match can also be the person. This can be thousands of people. Thousands of people in London can match this DNA. "
" Aaron Kosminski is not Jack the Ripper. "
Mary Ann 'Polly' Nichols: The First Victim Sets the Pattern
The first canonical victim, Polly Nichols, was born under a Virgo sun and Gemini moon - both Mercury-ruled signs indicating communication and intelligence. Shockingly, she was murdered when the sun was in Virgo and the moon was in Gemini, creating an exact mirror of her birth chart. This establishes a profound astrological signature for the entire murder series, suggesting her death chart became the 'birth chart' of the Jack the Ripper legend. The cosmic coincidence of these placements is astronomically unlikely.
- Polly Nichols was born August 26, 1845 with Virgo sun and Gemini moon - both Mercury-ruled placements
- She was murdered August 31, 1888, just days after her 43rd birthday, under the exact same sun and moon signs
- Her death chart is also the birth chart of the Jack the Ripper murders - establishing the cosmic signature of the entire case
- All victims had strong communication signatures in their charts, yet all had their throats cut first - silencing them immediately
" She was murdered when the sun was in Virgo and the moon was in Gemini. Shut up. Whoa. Yes. Oh, that's weird. What are the odds? "
" We don't have Jack the Ripper if we didn't have Polly Nichols. And it's almost like perhaps there was something about her and their encounter in particular that set off this killing spree. "
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