Jack The Ripper Indentity

Jack The Ripper's Identity Finally Revealed

A birth certificate that has been found in a loft during the filming of 'Cash in the Attic'
"It's an incredible find. It says - Jack the Ripper born 1859, but there's more. We've found even more documents. His school report - 'Jack shows a keen interest in Biology, good attendance' and a document confirming his wedding to Jill the Ripper (nee Tart). It lists his job as Royal serial killer and hers as a prostitute." said the shows producer.

Police have investigated the new material. They always believed the name was a hoax and are pleasantly surprised to find that it was indeed his real name. "Initially, we looked up 'the Ripper' in the phone book and found a few with that name and we've now managed to trace relatives through a family tree website and the Rippers are currently living in Yorkshire, Australia and the Falklands."

Bob the Ripper confirmed he is a relative and had always known about his famous ancestor. "I often felt a connection but couldn't quite put my finger on it. One day I went back checking my family history and everything fitted. We decided as a family not to reveal what we had found." said Bob, 35, a local family butcher.

A census at the time has revealed that Jack and Jill the Ripper lived at a Whitechapel address and actually lived at the house of one of the murders. A note found at the scene - Back in five minutes, I'm just sharpening my knife upstairs - was believed, at the time, to have been left there by a previous tenant.

Ripper specialist Terry Bosnan and author of 25 Ripper books including 'I know Who The Ripper Is' and 'Ok, This Time I'm Definite Who The Ripper Is' and 'No No, This Is him, Trust Me' said it was a great day for finally finding the real Ripper, but was a bad day for himself and fellow authors. He's currently penning 'I Was Wrong But Was Right That It Was A Bloke.'