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u/captnkurt · 31 pointsr/UnresolvedMysteries

OP, I recommend The Cases That Haunt Us by John Douglas. He digs into a lot of the cases already mentioned here: Jack the Ripper, JonBenet Ramsey, Zodiac, Lizzie Borden... it's a very good read.

u/BuckRowdy · 13 pointsr/UnresolvedMysteries

Have you ever heard of a book called "The Cases That Haunt Us" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker? It has the most compelling explanation for who Jack the Ripper was that I've ever come across and I've read a good bit on him.

u/thetenfootlongscarf2 · 10 pointsr/MorbidReality

The case is covered in this book by John Douglas. I had to read it for a 3000 level Criminalistics course.


He covered the Ramsey case from it's beginning. According to the book (Chapter Six), here are facts:


The body (DOA) was found in the basement (hereafter referred to as F0).

The note was found on the bottom steps of a staircase that lead from the top floor (F2) to the ground floor (F1). It was written on three sheets of white lined legal paper, in all capitals, with a black felt tip pen.


The note was found around 6 A.M. local time.

The police were called around then, and arrived shortly thereafter.

A little after 8 A.M. VISA allowed a credit line of $118, 000 to be approved- the money could be wired to any local bank in order to pay the ransom.


The parent state that the night prior, they left the White's house around 8:30 P.M. local time. They made two stops before returiong home. Jon fell asleep in the car and had to be carried to her bed.

Due to short staff, after the window of communication with the kidnapper (8-10:00 A.M. local time) had closed, there was only one officer left to watch seven civilians.

A around 1:00 P.M. local time, John and Fleet White requested to search the house.

Dective Ardnt gave them permission.


They (John and Fleet) entered the basement (F0) around 1:10 local time. A window leading into the basement was found opened, and a suitcase was underneath.


Sometime between 1:15 and 1:35 local time, the body was discovered in a wine cellar (F0.2)


It is important to note that the detective thought John was responsible for his daughter's death due to personal conjecture.



Here are documents from the case:



Handwriting analysis of P. Ramsey by Tom Miller


Handwriting analysis of P. Ramsey by Cina L. Wong


Handwriting analysis of P. Ramsey by David Liebman


The case was looked at again in 2010


There has been speculation in the legality of the case for years.


Docs from the FBI Vault, p.181-185, search: Jon


Collection of documents from JBR case, '97+


Complete collection of documents in JBR case, '97-'01




EDIT: grammar

u/HereComesBadNews · 5 pointsr/UnresolvedMysteries

You might like The Cases That Haunt Us, by John Douglas. I read it a while ago and found it interesting, especially the section on JBR--he's one of the only experts I've found who honestly believes the parents didn't kill her.

u/PAHoarderHelp · 3 pointsr/JonBenetRamsey

> It doesn't matter whether Mary Lacy believed him or not.

Team Ramsey hired him.

I recently read the JBR chapter in his book

https://www.amazon.com/Cases-That-Haunt-Us/dp/0671017063

The Cases that Haunt Us.

I like John Douglas a lot, but this was written in about 2000 or so, and he makes some "deductions" based on his experience that turn out to be erroneous in retrospect.

As I recall, one was "strangulation before head injury", and I am pretty sure forensic scientists have determined it was head injury, then strangulation as coupe de gras. He made some assumptions based on his presumed sequence that I do not think fit.

>Edit: It was mentioned they put up a reward,

I think the reward kind of faded away many years ago?

u/roguewhisker · 3 pointsr/JonBenet

John Douglas's The Cases that Haunt Us has a chapter devoted to it.

u/faithfury · 2 pointsr/serialkillers

I own two that I think are really good in the sense that they're really useful in examining the case, but I'm not sure if that's the 'good' you're looking for in terms of vacation reading!

If you want something entertaining, but isn't overly long and dry, you might pick up a book called 'The Cases That Haunt Us' by the "real life" Jack Crawford, John Douglas. That book has overviews of several different famous, unsolved cases, including an interesting section about The Ripper (link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Cases-That-Haunt-Us/dp/0671017063). This one is probably the best vacation reading sort of book.

If you don't mind something dry & academic, I like 'The Ultimate Jack The Ripper Companion' by Stuart Evans & Keith Skinner (link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Jack-Ripper-Companion/dp/0786707682). It's the only contemporary source material encyclopedia that I know of.

Finally, there's a book that sort of marries these two types called 'Complete History of Jack the Ripper', but Philip Sugden (link: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-History-Ripper-Philip-Sugden/dp/1841193976). Like the one above, this one is pretty long, but is written in a more accessible way.

If you have a tablet or other mobile device that you're bringing with you, you can always enjoy my favorite Ripper website, http://casebook.org/

u/DrUsual · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Hey, congratulations on the husband's new job! And welcome to RAoA, very cool that you're doing your first contest. :)

16 bucks an hour!!

I love both mysteries and true crime, so I'm going to link [this book] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671017063/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=WF8NZ0PKFW15&coliid=I2F7D4AGX4CCJQ) about unsolved mysteries. I've read other stuff by the author, Mark Olshaker, and really liked his work, so I'm eager to read this one.

Thanks for the contest!