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Re:Was Jack the Ripper a woman? by siegler on Thursday January 15, 2009 @02:31PM (#435547)
based on this analysis, he said, "it's possible the Ripper could be female".

Based on this quote I've concluded that the Ripper was either male or female. Startling information indeed.

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Re:Was Jack the Ripper a woman? by JulianMorrison on Thursday January 15, 2009 @03:21PM (#435656)
My prior would be p=0.167 (cite: Wikipedia, "one out of every six serial killers is a woman").
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Re:Was Jack the Ripper a woman? by reappear on Thursday January 15, 2009 @06:21PM (#435891)
That's still way too high (after conditioning on the nature of the murders). Most all female serial killers are angels.
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