1. Van Gogh Hid a Ripper Victim in His Painting




Dale Larner, the author of VINCENT ALIAS JACK, discovered the face and body of the Jack the Ripper victim, Mary Kelly, hidden in Van Gogh’s Irises painting. Mary's mutilated face is shown outlined above.

The same mutilation of Mary's face and the positioning of her body are seen in a photo of her on her deathbed. See the photo and painting comparison on the book website at VincentAliasJack.com.




2. Van Gogh’s Handwriting Matches the Ripper’s




This side-by-side shows just how well Van Gogh’s handwriting matches to Jack the Ripper’s. Characters on the left were pulled from a Jack the Ripper letter, and characters on the right from a Van Gogh letter. Even an untrained eye can see that the characters are strikingly similar. Additional matching characteristics are covered in VINCENT ALIAS JACK.

3. Van Gogh Killed for His Mother’s Birthday


Four London murder victims were discovered just before and on Van Gogh's mother's Sept. 10 birthday:

Sept. 5, 1873: While living in London. His first murder.

Sept. 8, 1888: The third Jack the Ripper murder.

Sept. 8, 1888: Same night, a Torso murder.

Sept. 10, 1889: His final murder, deposited body on Mother’s 70th b-day.


Vincent van Gogh was Jack the Ripper!

Photo Source: Van Gogh's Mother at The Vincent van Gogh Gallery

4. Van Gogh Lived in London


Many don’t know Vincent was transferred to London from Holland at the age of 20. The body parts of a woman were found in the River Thames just a few months later. Vincent had made his first kill. He made his second kill nine months later after he was rejected by his landlady’s daughter.

Additional details at VincentAliasJack.com.

Photo Source: Vincent at 19 at The Vincent van Gogh Gallery

5. Ear Cut Matches Gap in Ripper Letters


Sept. 24 to Dec. 23, 1888

157 Ripper letters received during this time, with the longest gap of not receiving a letter being 5 days.

Dec. 23, 1888 to Jan. 8, 1889

16 day gap between receipt of Ripper letters.

Dec. 23, 1888 to Jan. 7, 1889

Van Gogh cut his ear on the night of Dec. 23 and was admitted to the hospital the next morning. He remained in the hospital until his release on Jan. 7. The 16 day gap in the Ripper letters matches to Van Gogh cutting his ear and being in the hospital, unable to send his Ripper letters. Vincent van Gogh was Jack the Ripper!


The book is not yet available, but you can see more matches and hidden images at VincentAliasJack.com.

Painting Source: Van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889 at The Vincent van Gogh Gallery