When Mary Jane Kelly was found slaughtered inside a locked room at 13 Miller's Court, Scotland Yard blamed a phantom serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. But what if the lead detective completely missed the real butcher sitting right across the interrogation table?In this episode, we tear apart the final hours of Mary Kelly's life. We examine the massive three-hour hole in her ex-boyfriend's alibi, and the explosive, window-smashing fight that left Mary completely vulnerable. Was this the work of a criminal mastermind, or a tragically ordinary domestic cover-up?Watch the evidence, hear the timeline, and let me know in the comments: Does the Joseph Barnett theory pass The Pub Test?About the Host:Owen is a fiction writer who loves exploring real-life mysteries and forgotten stories.Check out his books 👇📚 The Power of History📚 Corporate Jungle🎧 Audio Credits:Bar Crowd – Logans Pub – Feb 2007.wav by lonemonk — License: Attribution 3.0OpenBeerDrinkIt.wav by samule44 — License: Attribution 4.0

In 1788, a medical student waved a severed arm out of a New York Hospital window and joked, "This is your mother's arm!" It was a prank that sparked a riot, burned down the hospital, and left 20 people dead.But the "Body Trade" didn't end in the 18th century. It just evolved.In this episode of The Pub Test, we trace the dark history of the medical black market. From the "Resurrectionists" who dug up graves for science, to the "Burkers" who murdered for profit, and finally to the terrifying theory that Jack the Ripper wasn't a maniac—but a merchant filling an order for a wealthy American collector.And if you think this is ancient history? Think again. We wrap up with the 2026 scandal at the Harvard Medical School morgue, where the manager was caught selling human heads to buyers he met online.The tools have changed from shovels to PayPal, but the crime remains the same.About the Host:Owen is a fiction writer who loves exploring real-life mysteries and forgotten stories.Check out his books 👇📚 The Power of History📚 Corporate Jungle🎧 Audio Credits:Bar Crowd – Logans Pub – Feb 2007.wav by lonemonk — License: Attribution 3.0OpenBeerDrinkIt.wav by samule44 — License: Attribution 4.0

A dissection scalpel in his pocket, a poem about "ripping" women in his notebook, and a bed just yards away from the final murder scene. Today, we put the "Mad Poet" theory to The Pub Test.We usually look for Jack the Ripper among royalty, doctors, or foreign sailors. But what if the answer has been hiding in the English Literature section of the library the whole time?In this episode, we investigate Francis Thompson—a celebrated Victorian poet who was also a homeless, opium-addicted medical school dropout living in the heart of Whitechapel during the Autumn of Terror.Based on the research of Richard Patterson and Dr. Joseph Rupp, we examine the terrifying possibility that Thompson didn't just witness the horrors of 1888... he wrote them down as a confession.In this video, we cover:The Proximity: How Thompson lived at Providence Row, directly backing onto the site of Mary Kelly’s murder.The Motive: The "Saviour" prostitute who abandoned him and sparked a deadly rage.The Evidence: A forensic look at his poem "The Nightmare of the Witch-Babies" and the short story "Finis Coronat Opus."The Weapon: Did his medical student's scalpel match the autopsy reports?The Verdict: Does the "Mad Poet" theory actually stand up to scrutiny?Featured Research:Francis Thompson: A Ripper Suspect by Richard Patterson.Was Francis Thompson Jack the Ripper? by Dr. Joseph C. Rupp (1988).About the Host:Owen is a fiction writer who loves exploring real-life mysteries and forgotten stories.Check out his books 👇📚 The Power of History📚 Corporate Jungle🎧 Audio Credits:Bar Crowd – Logans Pub – Feb 2007.wav by lonemonk — License: Attribution 3.0OpenBeerDrinkIt.wav by samule44 — License: Attribution 4.0