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- Hyam Hyams, photographed at Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum in 1899, has been named as a key suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives Hyams, a cigar maker who lived in the area where the murderers were committed, was an epileptic and alcoholic who was in and out of mental asylums.
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Jul 16, 2023 · Sarah Bax Horton has named Hyam Hyams as the man she claims is responsible for the murders of at least six women in or near Whitechapel, east London between August and November 1888.
- Matt Mathers
- 1 min
Hyam Hyams, a cigar-maker in his mid thirties, was a Jewish lunatic first uncovered by author Martin Fido during research for his book The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper while searching for the identity of the police's Jewish suspect, although he ultimately concluded it was another man (see David Cohen above).
On the 30th of August, 1889, after four and a half months, Hyams was discharged from Colney Hatch as being “recovered” but only ten days later, on the 9th of September, he was admitted to the City of London Lunatic Asylum at Stone, Kent, as an “insane person” after attacking and stabbing his wife.
Jul 16, 2023 · Her detective work has led her to Hyam Hyams, who lived in an area at the centre of the murders and who, as a cigar-maker, knew how to use a knife. He was an epileptic and an alcoholic who was...
- Dalya Alberge
Jan 4, 2024 · Through examining medical records of the era, Horton says she has identified cigar maker Hyam Hyams as the real man behind Jack the Ripper.
- Michael Natale
- News Editor
- michael.natale@hearst.com
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Apr 5, 2024 · Colney Hatch AsylumHyam Hyams, a Jack the Ripper suspect whose name has recently been brought to the forefront of the conversation. Hyams was a cigar maker living in Whitechapel at the time of the killings. He was an alcoholic and an epileptic who was frequently in and out of mental asylums.
