The Author
Australian author and researcher, Richard Patterson, first saw that the English poet Francis Thompson could be the Ripper in 1997.
He has since travelled the world researching his suspect, including visiting the Burns Library in Boston, which holds the worlds largest collection of Thompson s work and letters. He has researched in Lancashire, Thompson s birthplace, and London s East End, the scene of the murders. Patterson has been a guest speaker, on his research, at the annual UK Jack the Ripper Conference, in 2005 in Brighton and more recently, in 2016, in London. Patterson's research has resulted in articles, in papers, radio, podcasts, and television..
He has since travelled the world researching his suspect, including visiting the Burns Library in Boston, which holds the worlds largest collection of Thompson s work and letters. He has researched in Lancashire, Thompson s birthplace, and London s East End, the scene of the murders. Patterson has been a guest speaker, on his research, at the annual UK Jack the Ripper Conference, in 2005 in Brighton and more recently, in 2016, in London. Patterson's research has resulted in articles, in papers, radio, podcasts, and television..
Born in Melbourne in 1970, In Melbourne, Victoria, Patterson has spent most of his professional life as a Secondary School Teacher of English, but now works in marketing and research. Patterson's investigation on the Ripper crimes has made him a speaker at the 2005, UK Jack the Ripper Conference, held in Brighton and the 2016 London Conference. He has had articles published on the theory in newspapers, magazines and journals. He authored the Francis Thompson page on the Ripper Casebook, the world's most visited Ripper website. His research into this suspect has made news headlines around the world. Media interest includes, The UK Express, The Lancashire Evening Post, The UK Daily Mail, The UK Huffington Post, The Christian Science Monitor Magazine, The New York Daily News, The UK Sun, The UK Daily Star, The Examiner.com, The UK North West Tonight News & Sydney’s 2UE Radio Station, The Echo, and The Northern Star.
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Patterson's research relies on press reports, police documents, letters, biographies, uncut-volumes, and the first hand examination of historical and artefacts relating to the case. These include the Ripper’s infamous ‘Dear Boss’ letter of which Patterson personally handled, at London’s Kew Archives. He also visited the Burns Library at Boston College in the US, where Patterson read Thompson’s notebooks of 1888, and many other original documents including Thompson's private letters.
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Patterson's other interests include exploring and researching possible ancient archaeological sites.
Patterson also plans to run Gamescapes - A business that hosts the World's first and only instant game. For Team Building and Creative Thinking.
