So, let me get this straight: He had a mistress for over 20 years, and 5 children by her. He finds out that his wife is having an affair and becomes upset. He has been financially supporting his 2nd family, but he tells her to stop spending so much money. He dies, possibly due to his long-time addiction, and she is convicted of his murder.
"Crazy modern feminists" are responsible for changing the laws so husbands cannot legally rape their wives, and changing laws that permitted past sexual history of victims to be brought into courtrooms during rape trials, and making birth control legal, safe and accessible. Maybe you should thank the women you call "crazy modern feminists" and rethink deriding them like that!
@@lovelessissimo I am a modern feminist and environmentalist, and I can assure you that I'm committed to the betterment of society and my community and quite sane. However, I am wondering about your mental health that you would single out any group of people and label them in such a derogatory fashion.
James was slowly poisoning himself. His addictions probably took there toll over the years and that's what ended up killing him. Arsenic, strychnine and cyanide are all known poisons. I think Florence was convicted because of her affair.
Yeah he deserved it. It's a horrible thing for women to have other men aside from their husbands? Yet these filthy husbands can impregnate many women to their liking?? 🙄
Nah, she was guilty of killing him too. Now, dude was a piece of shit...BUT I'll hold her responsible for her actions just like I would WHEN the man is the killer.
No women for sure in the jury. Nevertheless in victorian period the result would have been the same, even if tgere were female jurors (not sure if the spelling is right).
@@jasminasusulic3307 oh God, women serving on a jury would have been a huge no no in the Victorisn era. They wasnt intelligent enough and couldnt be relied upon because of their hormones....That was the way people thought back then. They could end up with their husbands shoving them in an asylum just for having opinions of their own if they were unlucky as well ad losing everything they owned upon her marriage. The history of that era can be pretty disturbing reading.
I do not believe that he was Jack the ripper. I also do not believe that she was given a fair trail. He was unfaithful from the beginning and already on drugs. Thank you for another great video!!
I read the ‘Diary of Jack the Ripper’ book before it was debunked. It was a really good read and really well crafted - was written in a way where it made Maybrick extremely plausible to be JTR, but not ridiculously blatant about it. The only thing that bothered me was that he was ‘famous’. It just seemed too coincidental that this guy was part of a very well known criminal case. If the supposed author was a previously unknown guy it would have been really really believable in absence of the forensic testing of the journal.
Mayberry not the Ripper. You simply must read Patricia Cornwell's book, closing the case on Jack the Ripper, which DNA showed to be an artist of the time, in whose possession were paintings featuring some of the crime scenes. They got DNA off the stamps on the envelopes Ripper had sent taunting Scotland Yard. They matched it to DNA on the artist's canvases. I forget the subject's name, but he had undergone painful surgeries to his genitalia as a child, to try to correct some defect. This would account for the psychological profile of the Ripper. Nothing so simple as run-of-the-mill betrayal would have created the Ripper.
The double standards are outrageous... Like he had a mistress and five children with her, and when confronted, he told Florence to just accept it. But when she got a lover, he had the audacity to be offended? I am not saying she was right or innocent, but I am glad she was not killed and was able to write her own version of her life. I think it seems unlikely for James to have been Jack the Ripper.
@@commonberus1 that's really not all he did considering how women didnt have rights back then. she couldnt have left him or she'd have nothing, in that case murder... might be more about freedom
Poor woman, I believe she was innocent of her husband's murder. Guilty of an affair and the men of the day believed that was enough for her to die for. Women had no options on that time. I wouldn't even feel bad if she did kill him.
Just finished listening to last week's story again. Finally heard the ending. I have terrible insomnia however, this gentleman's voice can let me sleep when nothing else will. Even though the stories are fascinating. I am grateful for these stories. Thank you.
@@prettymommy6579 Not the same narrator. do listen again and you can hear the differences for sure. ObsoleteOddity his voice is lower and sounds older.
@@prettymommy6579 Obsolete Oddity is from New Zealand (I think) but lives in Switzerland and Brief Case is definitely English so they're not the same person. They are both excellent narrators though so good on you promoting Oddie! ❤
Very interesting story. I wonder why the “other woman” wasn’t called to court. A long going affair with 5 kids. That was ok and her affair was not. Suprised the lawyer did bring that into court. Hum. A wife, a common law wife and possibly Jack The Ripper... Good story BC.
Good Shout, What happened to the other deluded woman who had a long term liaison with the lying drug addicted Bstd that she had five children with? NOW THEN that would be a good tale
What an outstanding case, BC. I’m actually shocked that his doctors were never called about the medication they gave her husband having poisons I’m them. So glad she was let go after 15 years. Thank you for sharing
@@jamesfracasse8178 yes as explained in the video a pocket watch emerged believing to be the property of James Mzybrick was found with the initials of Jack's victims scratched and the words I am Jack. It's certainly possible as he was in the area around the same time.
@ThinkAboutWhatYoureSaying maybe if he hadnt been cheating on her for all those years and remained with the same woman during his courtship as well as continued the relationship supporting the same woman while Florence was too frightened to open the door in case she came face to face with a debt collector while giving another woman a huge some of money as £100 was back then, Florence may not have entered into another relationship on the 1st place.
Maybrick was so drugged up he very well could've been Jack the Ripper. Such a messed up situation for Mrs Maybrick though. She didn't stand a chance to a all male jury and a biased judge.
tas tiger ~ he didn’t necessarily have to be all that smart to “Get away with it “ back then. No DNA or databases, only a rudimentary understanding of the sciences, how the body works, and medicine. We’ve come a long way, baby.
@@NannupTiger Sometimes a druggie gets more imaginative under the influence of drugs. I remember seeing chefs in restaurants back in PR that cooked better on drugs, also helped them with anxiety of the rush, they were all happy back on the kitchen. Also some writers (including films) take drugs and write amazing stories...I remember having a friend in college that she was a mess in Chemistry, but whenever she smoke weed she would leave the professor in shock.
@@rachelacevedo660 Interesting comment and I agree with you that SOME people have enhanced cognition, but the problem with drug use is sustaining the state.
I'm so happy to wake up on Monday mornings and get ready for work while listening to briefcase..makes Monday mornings a little earlier to deal with. Thanks BriefCase💖
Hello Jaxx, Mondays video will probably be of interest to you - I have 2 x JTR, the one I think was probably responsible and the one I would like it to have been - Thanks :)
Another great video, I really love these older ones and love your channel. I feel bad for women in those days, men could basically do what they wanted but women could not. She was tried for murder and convicted of adultery, masquerading as murder and her defence team certainly didn't fight enough for her.
My Great Great Grandfather, RG Brook, from St. Helen's, UK, was a juror on the Maybrick trial. I have been most fortunate to have visited her grave twice over recent years, and just his past year, her homestead property in the USA where she spent her final years.
Cheers, BC, another well done story. I've never heard of this story until now, it's quite fascinating. Excellent case on how women weren't treated equally and subjected to biased, discriminatory actions. I'm glad she wasn't put to death but sorry that she went through so much. Thanks again and keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to your next vid.
Okay! How come THIS GUY can say "Mobile" (Alabama) properly, but 80% of Americans can't?!?!! I freaking love you, dude. Also, your stories and delivery are top notch. Thanks a million.
Thanks for posting this now! I've been up all night, watching random ridiculous things on TH-cam.. So I was excited when I received the notification for the video!!
Thank you for the time and effort put into each case. Put together so well. I will always make it my business to hit the like for every case so interesting. Thanks again B.C. 😃
Particularly because the poor girl was conned into signing her life away at 18 by that lying 42 yr old creep. She deserved to experience real life. The husband was just a POS.
@Jesus Christ - You must be exhausted from reaching so far! That's not at all what Tiffany Doug said, nor did she imply it. Her comment was about this particular case, and she is completely correct. But you clearly have anger issues with women, and you seem incapable of using any rational, common sense.
Cyanide for dispepsia, an addiction to arsenic and Strychnine, but his wife killed him. 🙄These people were out to get this lady simply because they didn’t like her. How sad that she lost her children and 15 years of her life for a crime she didn’t commit.
I remember reading a book about this case, and the Jack the Ripper theory as well. If I recall correctly, her son died of a suspected suicide and her daughter never had children so as to end the lineage, it seems everyone around Florence deemed her guilty. Fascinating story!
Thanks for another interesting case! About the possibility of Maybrick being Jack the Ripper- I thought that one of the hallmarks of those murders was that whoever committed those murders had surgical /or butcher knowledge? Did Maybrick have that? Would it be possible to establish that he was in London when the murders were committed?
The Jack the Ripper intrigue is terrific. I wonder?! The way you tell a tale is just wonderful. I so appreciate your talent. Thank you for your efforts and hard work to bring these to all of us. Cheers.
I hate the moral standard of judging a woman for having a lover but the man could and can do as he pleases.I know quite sure this man was not the Ripper
I could listen to these for hours. To hear what went on back in the 1800's and how people were investigated on murder. Please keep these segments coming!!!
What a wonderful way to end a long day at 7am. Another great case file as always, and I appreciate that you brought up the possible link to jack the ripper.
I am going through this channel slowly but I'm loving ❤ it thank you and thanks for not using the electric voice it makes listening to these a pleasure xxx
So when Florence finds out about his mistress and 5 kids he tells her to concern herself with other things? 😆 She should've went on and filed for divorce. I think she would've gotten enough sympathy to win and get her children....even back in those days! Ugh. While the husband was a scumbag I doubt he was actually Jack the Ripper. Between work and dealing with 2 families plus supporting 7 kids and poisoning himself where would he find the time to troll the streets killing and mutilating women? I think that was someone who lived in the area and did have knowledge of butchering animals, probably lived alone. Did Florence poison James? Yeah I think she did..or at least added to what her old man was already doing to himself. Biggest mistake was writing to her lover at all. I read a book on this case years ago and I seem to recall that Brierly guy testified against her in court. She was doomed and damn lucky she didn't hang for it.
Unfortunately, divorce was really, really hard to get in England at that point, especially for a woman -- a man's infidelity wasn't considered ground for divorce (unless he got an STD from it), because Victorian England sucked. She'd have been a lot better off if she took the kids on vacation to America, and just never went back.
What a complex tragedy! Another great one Brief Case! What fascinates me about so many of your cases are (1) the very short deliberation time of juries in the past, and (2) the rapid transit from verdict to execution or incarceration. Nowadays the juries in murder cases tend to deliberate for ages, no matter how clear cut the evidence might appear. As for final disposal of the guilty party - that is another story. If and when someone is executed nowadays, only the victim's family might recall the actual murder! Is justice delayed denied?
This is such a sad, sad story. Personally, I don’t blame Florence one damned bit. With the “Jack The Ripped” association, she may well have saved countless lives. Her “husband” was a philandering cad at best, perhaps a serial killer at the worst. It is good to know her sentence was amended to set her free. Her trial by jury was far from a “jury of her peers”, not a single female thought or voice was that jury room. Thank you for another outstanding, “Brief Case”. Do take care out there.
As always, excellent presentation, BC! This woman is nothing compared to the one you profiled last week! I’m not even sure of her guilt. And the judge did her no favors in his grossly one-sided directions to the all male jury.
I believe he was Jack The Ripper. Florie died in Connecticut with only one person knowing who she was. A neighbor who found out accidentally 20 years earlier, she kept her secret. Florie was known for her many cats and was a recluse. I don't believe she killed James. Footnote; Their son (James) died at age 28 accidentally drinking poison at his job instead of his water, he worked in a Laboratory. Thank you for sharing this case and wishing you a lovely day... ☠ Ruby*
As soon as he said Whitechapel that thought hit like bolt of lightning 🌩 and then he alluded to this at the end. I think it was him. He looks like a woman butcher tbh. With that scraggly facial hair. Defo has the look and the twitch. Seriously though it is really compelling.
@@alexandercarder2281 The funny thing about this is how I just read the book, The Diary of Jack the Ripper. I finished it last night, a very strange coincidence. Yes he was a very disturbed person with a dangerous drug habit. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and wishing you a lovely week... 📝 Ruby*
I don't think Maybrick was smart enough or well practiced in surgery or anatomy to have been Jack the Ripper. Definitely looks like the type who would have gotten a power trip making others believe he was. Idk, my bet is on Arthur Conan Doyle. He was a Mason, went to college to be a surgeon, his father died of a venereal disease contracted from hookers, and he obviously was genius when it came to mysteries and crime. Seems much more plausible than Maybrick in my opinion.
Love these old cases. I am torn on whether she's guilty or not guilty. Yes, she could have murdered her husband making it look like he overdosed on his medicine or she was innocent and resigned to the fact she was in this marriage and that he died from his own addiction. It's just if she did do it I can understand why because he lied to her from the beginning and she was stuck, plus she felt isolated. He didn't really care for her just probably wanted a trophy wife. I think that guy deserved what he got whether by his wife's hand or his own. He was never going to change and probably would have wound up dead from an overdose. No, he is not Jack the Ripper because Jack hated women with the violence he did to them. This man had a wife, a mistress, and children whereas Jack would probably abhor this whole thing.
@mathew lawton This is definitely true and there are cases of serial killers who are different when they are with family and no one would suspect them of any heinous crime, but then years later are shocked to find out their family member was a serial killer.
Every single one of these cases are educational to me as I've never heard of any of them. This channel is in my top 4. Always really good content and so fascinating. Love you BC 💯👍💜
This is one of my favourite stories and I thought I knew all about it but you've found some extra bits of interest. I'd love to get hold of a copy of her book "my fifteen lost years". Thank you xxxx
I'm thinking she probably did hurry along her husband's inevitable death from his addictions. Though it wasn't really frowned upon for men to have mistresses, women in that era had to be very discreet and she certainly wasn't and you see that lack of discretion again in her attempts to add a little extra poison to his food, right in front of the maids and the nurse. Happy to hear she ended up with 15 years instead of life or death, but how sad that she died alone.
They were very dysfunctional . The whole case is horrible . It comes out in “they all love jack” which blames the brother Michael as being JTR. Insanely dark history If at all true
I love hearing about cases that are from all over and lots I haven't heard of before. I do think we need a horrifying and disturbing thesaurus connection going on. And these aren't that horrifying. But I love them, just constructive criticism. Keep up the good work ✌
@@alexandercarder2281 Sorry, but I have to disagree. He didn't simply carve up his victims completely with no skill. How he took out some of the organs clearly showed he knew what he was doing. That aspect of Jack The Ripper had only very recently been put in doubt by somewhat dubious so-called experts. True, perhaps he wasn't a doctor or surgeon. But he had some skill. Perhaps a butcher or a barber. (Keep in mind that barbers at the time did far more than just cutting hair or trimming beards. They often performed certain tasks for their customers we'd today only associate with as being a doctor's territory only.)
We are not given any information on this man's skills as an alarmist from this story...if he had been an avid hunter he would have had basic skills..maybe he was a butcher as a youth..we dont know enough about him.
He would have had to know enough to be able to remove a uterus or kidneys in a matter of 10 minutes in the dark without anyone noticing. That sounds pretty skilled to me.
Another awesome job and fascinating case. I’m so glad I found your channel and turned me to the crime reel. Adore both your channels and look forward to your uploads. Happy New Years from Wales 🏴
The judge was removed from the bench after the trial on the grounds of mental incompetence. He directed the jury to disregard all expert evidence put forward by the defence. Much was nade of her alleged infidelity, as if that somehow made her a murderer. Hypocrisy. Maybrick's addiction to arsenic was probably a result of its being used to treat him in the past for syphilis. Bet he hadn't told her about that.
Brief Case, you are right Derry is part of Northern Ireland. I have friends who came from the "Old Sod" and they were from County Cork. Which is near the city of Dublin, Ireland.
I love this and all your shows. I'd like to share them on my personal history site called History's Hidden tales. I am a history buff that love the stories that are never going to be in the history books. Thanks for all your hard work and great show.
@@cymbolichuman433 that's why some people hit the dislike. it still causes attention to the video, same as being a like, but there is no list and it doesn't harm the video.
I kept wondering about her children. That is so sad. She should have told her husband she wanted to take her children to visit her mom and just never come back. If her mother was that wealthy looks like she could’ve hidden her. And if the defense attorney was so good, why didn’t he make sure that James’ Addiction wasn’t presented?
I wonder if she even poisoned him. He had a small amount of arsenic in his system. He had been taking arsenic based medicine and was addicted to it along with other medications. He probably was getting more drugs off of the streets of London than his doctors were prescribing and being ill had no access to them. Knowing that the arsenic based drugs helped alleviate his drug cravings he may very well have asked his wife to spike the meat juice with the arsenic that she used for her complexion. They may have told no one about this since they would want to keep his drug addiction a secret. The fact that he did not have enough in his system to kill him and his death was ruled to long term consumption of the arsenic, coupled with his long term use of arsenic based drugs should have been reason to acquit her...But then again she was an unfaithful wife in a time where unfaithfulness was only accepted when a man did such things. I'm glad that she got to live a long life, but it is sad that she never saw her children again.
@@BriefCaseOfficial I think it's like everything we do regularly and enjoy doing, we improve with time and although I would not pick fault with your early ones as I have enjoyed each one, you do seem more relaxed as time has gone by 😃
I have no sympathy for her drug addict adulterous husband. He killed himself with all that poison he swallow every day. Poor Florence. Thank you BC. You just know how to make a Monday not so blue.🌹
I’m very surprised her mother did not help her financially! If I were her, I would have left him, go back to New York, and marry Alfred!! And having an affair, I would have mailed the letter myself!!
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So, let me get this straight: He had a mistress for over 20 years, and 5 children by her. He finds out that his wife is having an affair and becomes upset. He has been financially supporting his 2nd family, but he tells her to stop spending so much money. He dies, possibly due to his long-time addiction, and she is convicted of his murder.
Yeah, that's what I got from this.
That was the shitty part about being a female back then. I don't agree with the crazy modern feminists, but I can understand why it all started.
"Crazy modern feminists" are responsible for changing the laws so husbands cannot legally rape their wives, and changing laws that permitted past sexual history of victims to be brought into courtrooms during rape trials, and making birth control legal, safe and accessible. Maybe you should thank the women you call "crazy modern feminists" and rethink deriding them like that!
@@Rabbitsarewonderful the crazy modern feminists are not the ones you are referring to.
@@lovelessissimo I am a modern feminist and environmentalist, and I can assure you that I'm committed to the betterment of society and my community and quite sane. However, I am wondering about your mental health that you would single out any group of people and label them in such a derogatory fashion.
James was slowly poisoning himself. His addictions probably took there toll over the years and that's what ended up killing him. Arsenic, strychnine and cyanide are all known poisons. I think Florence was convicted because of her affair.
@ Very true.
I agree.
If you're right, that's horrid.
As was Edith Thompson.
The only thing Florence was guilty of was of marrying such a horrible man.
That’s what she gets for being a gold digger!
Yeah he deserved it. It's a horrible thing for women to have other men aside from their husbands? Yet these filthy husbands can impregnate many women to their liking?? 🙄
Nah, she was guilty of killing him too.
Now, dude was a piece of shit...BUT I'll hold her responsible for her actions just like I would WHEN the man is the killer.
@@rodrickhatton8636 dude was an addict, he just poisoned himself
He poisoned himself from his addiction.
The best thing about this channel is I've never heard of any of these cases. That's rare for these kind of channels. Well done!
Yahhh our boy has done his research well
Awesome channel 👍
I love his stories.
True that ... are we morbid?! 😯
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I wonder how many members of this all male jury also had mistresses of their own... Disgusting.
I bet MOST of them
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No women for sure in the jury. Nevertheless in victorian period the result would have been the same, even if tgere were female jurors (not sure if the spelling is right).
@@jasminasusulic3307 oh God, women serving on a jury would have been a huge no no in the Victorisn era. They wasnt intelligent enough and couldnt be relied upon because of their hormones....That was the way people thought back then. They could end up with their husbands shoving them in an asylum just for having opinions of their own if they were unlucky as well ad losing everything they owned upon her marriage. The history of that era can be pretty disturbing reading.
Most of them
I do not believe that he was Jack the ripper. I also do not believe that she was given a fair trail. He was unfaithful from the beginning and already on drugs. Thank you for another great video!!
Agreed
I read the ‘Diary of Jack the Ripper’ book before it was debunked. It was a really good read and really well crafted - was written in a way where it made Maybrick extremely plausible to be JTR, but not ridiculously blatant about it. The only thing that bothered me was that he was ‘famous’. It just seemed too coincidental that this guy was part of a very well known criminal case. If the supposed author was a previously unknown guy it would have been really really believable in absence of the forensic testing of the journal.
She was guilty
Mayberry not the Ripper. You simply must read Patricia Cornwell's book, closing the case on Jack the Ripper, which DNA showed to be an artist of the time, in whose possession were paintings featuring some of the crime scenes. They got DNA off the stamps on the envelopes Ripper had sent taunting Scotland Yard. They matched it to DNA on the artist's canvases. I forget the subject's name, but he had undergone painful surgeries to his genitalia as a child, to try to correct some defect. This would account for the psychological profile of the Ripper. Nothing so simple as run-of-the-mill betrayal would have created the Ripper.
@@quickchris10comcast Thanks for the suggestion! I just checked out the ebook.
The double standards are outrageous... Like he had a mistress and five children with her, and when confronted, he told Florence to just accept it. But when she got a lover, he had the audacity to be offended? I am not saying she was right or innocent, but I am glad she was not killed and was able to write her own version of her life. I think it seems unlikely for James to have been Jack the Ripper.
Her kids never saw her again? Sad as hell.
That hurt my heart the most
SHE never saw her children again. There's a difference.
@@GwendolineMerricksakicatnpix ... no there isnt ? If the children didnt see her, therefore she didnt see the children. ?
her son died aged 29 after he drank cynide mistaking it for water...
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
He only had himself to blame
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same
If he was only guilty of an affair he did not deserve to be killed.
@@commonberus1 that's really not all he did considering how women didnt have rights back then. she couldnt have left him or she'd have nothing, in that case murder... might be more about freedom
Poor woman, I believe she was innocent of her husband's murder. Guilty of an affair and the men of the day believed that was enough for her to die for.
Women had no options on that time. I wouldn't even feel bad if she did kill him.
Just finished listening to last week's story again. Finally heard the ending. I have terrible insomnia however, this gentleman's voice can let me sleep when nothing else will. Even though the stories are fascinating. I am grateful for these stories. Thank you.
Right. It usually helps me sleep also.
You should also listen to " Absolute Oddities". I'm not sure if it's the same narrator, but sounds a lot like him! And interesting content
@@prettymommy6579 Not the same narrator. do listen again and you can hear the differences for sure. ObsoleteOddity his voice is lower and sounds older.
Me too! His voice puts me to sleep everytime. It takes a few go's to finish the video.
@@prettymommy6579 Obsolete Oddity is from New Zealand (I think) but lives in Switzerland and Brief Case is definitely English so they're not the same person. They are both excellent narrators though so good on you promoting Oddie! ❤
Very interesting story. I wonder why the “other woman” wasn’t called to court. A long going affair with 5 kids. That was ok and her affair was not. Suprised the lawyer did bring that into court. Hum.
A wife, a common law wife and possibly Jack The Ripper...
Good story BC.
Thanks :)
If husband had a mistress was considered normal, but not for wives. They havent heard we are sort of ecqual.
@@BriefCaseOfficial you r welcome
Good Shout, What happened to the other deluded woman who had a long term liaison with the lying drug addicted Bstd that she had five children with?
NOW THEN that would be a good tale
@@jasminasusulic3307 Not much change there then x
What an outstanding case, BC. I’m actually shocked that his doctors were never called about the medication they gave her husband having poisons I’m them. So glad she was let go after 15 years. Thank you for sharing
The best part of a Monday morning is a new Brief Case episode.
Cheers!
Sounds like James Maybrick was a horrible person.
No other way to put it. Lol. Right on.
Wasn't he dubbed Jack the ripper at one point during the late 19th century? Some one please elaborate more on the subject?
@@jamesfracasse8178 yes as explained in the video a pocket watch emerged believing to be the property of James Mzybrick was found with the initials of Jack's victims scratched and the words I am Jack. It's certainly possible as he was in the area around the same time.
@ThinkAboutWhatYoureSaying maybe if he hadnt been cheating on her for all those years and remained with the same woman during his courtship as well as continued the relationship supporting the same woman while Florence was too frightened to open the door in case she came face to face with a debt collector while giving another woman a huge some of money as £100 was back then, Florence may not have entered into another relationship on the 1st place.
@ThinkAboutWhatYoureSaying Your exactly right! She had other choices. One would have been go home to mama and start your life over again.
Maybrick was so drugged up he very well could've been Jack the Ripper. Such a messed up situation for Mrs Maybrick though. She didn't stand a chance to a all male jury and a biased judge.
Can a druggie really be THAT smart? To get away with 5 brutal murders?
tas tiger ~ he didn’t necessarily have to be all that smart to “Get away with it “ back then. No DNA or databases, only a rudimentary understanding of the sciences, how the body works, and medicine. We’ve come a long way, baby.
He wasn't JTR
@@NannupTiger Sometimes a druggie gets more imaginative under the influence of drugs. I remember seeing chefs in restaurants back in PR that cooked better on drugs, also helped them with anxiety of the rush, they were all happy back on the kitchen. Also some writers (including films) take drugs and write amazing stories...I remember having a friend in college that she was a mess in Chemistry, but whenever she smoke weed she would leave the professor in shock.
@@rachelacevedo660
Interesting comment and I agree with you that SOME people have enhanced cognition, but the problem with drug use is sustaining the state.
I'm so happy to wake up on Monday mornings and get ready for work while listening to briefcase..makes Monday mornings a little earlier to deal with. Thanks BriefCase💖
Poor Florence. If she did kill her husband, who could blame her? But I don’t think she did.
Great story again BC, What a great case plus the twist at the end is amazing. I wonder if JM was Jack The Ripper?
No it was walter Sickert. Read Patricia Cornwells book.
Interesting i I have read alot about Walter. There are many credible suspects of which he is one :)
I believe jtr was a group of people. 🤷♀️
Not just one.
Although, there was 1 reason WHY they killed n it was for 1 person as well.
He wasn't JTR, neither was Walter Sickert.
Hello Jaxx, Mondays video will probably be of interest to you - I have 2 x JTR, the one I think was probably responsible and the one I would like it to have been - Thanks :)
Another great video, I really love these older ones and love your channel. I feel bad for women in those days, men could basically do what they wanted but women could not. She was tried for murder and convicted of adultery, masquerading as murder and her defence team certainly didn't fight enough for her.
Eating pizza and hot chocolate, and an episode of Brief Case in the morning!! Grossly underrated channel!!
I believe, eating pizza with hot chocolate in the morning might be underrated, too.
The mantra: "So sit back" causes me to blindly walk to the kitchen and make a cup of tea☕😍
He was already taking cyanide pills.... It was bound to happen anyways. Regardless, I have no sympathy for the husband. I guess I'm cold-hearted.
@@personincognito3989 Cad? Does that mean junkie?
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No. A cad is more a charming liar & cheat
@@melissaivy5309 what he said
No you are not cold hearted.. you just tell it like it is. Respect ✊
@@melissaivy5309 a rascal.
My Great Great Grandfather, RG Brook, from St. Helen's, UK, was a juror on the Maybrick trial. I have been most fortunate to have visited her grave twice over recent years, and just his past year, her homestead property in the USA where she spent her final years.
Wow that is so interesting, Thankyou so much for sharing :)
Cheers, BC, another well done story. I've never heard of this story until now, it's quite fascinating. Excellent case on how women weren't treated equally and subjected to biased, discriminatory actions. I'm glad she wasn't put to death but sorry that she went through so much. Thanks again and keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to your next vid.
Another great Brief Case story! Thank you for your hard work, your narration and my fav background Myuu's music!
Okay! How come THIS GUY can say "Mobile" (Alabama) properly, but 80% of Americans can't?!?!! I freaking love you, dude. Also, your stories and delivery are top notch. Thanks a million.
Thankyou, people are so quick to let me know when I say something wrong it was nice to get some positive pronunciation feedback :)
Thanks for posting this now! I've been up all night, watching random ridiculous things on TH-cam.. So I was excited when I received the notification for the video!!
Omg love this channel and that chapter, you both bring stories I've never heard .. love your channel, a subscriber forever here 😁
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Thank you for the time and effort put into each case. Put together so well. I will always make it my business to hit the like for every case so interesting.
Thanks again B.C. 😃
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So it’s not wrong for him to mess around and have a bunch of kids but not acceptable for her to find happiness?
Welcome to the proverbial double standard for women that still exists.
Particularly because the poor girl was conned into signing her life away at 18 by that lying 42 yr old creep. She deserved to experience real life. The husband was just a POS.
Guilty of being a woman.
Spot on!!!
@Jacques Matteo de Lusignan vagina
@Jacques Matteo de Lusignan hilarious 😉
Hannah Riley I can only say that a vagina can surely put a smile on MY face.🤗😊
@Jesus Christ - You must be exhausted from reaching so far! That's not at all what Tiffany Doug said, nor did she imply it. Her comment was about this particular case, and she is completely correct. But you clearly have anger issues with women, and you seem incapable of using any rational, common sense.
Cyanide for dispepsia, an addiction to arsenic and Strychnine, but his wife killed him. 🙄These people were out to get this lady simply because they didn’t like her. How sad that she lost her children and 15 years of her life for a crime she didn’t commit.
I remember reading a book about this case, and the Jack the Ripper theory as well. If I recall correctly, her son died of a suspected suicide and her daughter never had children so as to end the lineage, it seems everyone around Florence deemed her guilty. Fascinating story!
Been up all night all over the web, binge watching Baby Yoda stuff, about to fall asleep and get a BC notification, sleep can wait.
binge watching baby yoda stuff 😂 the cutest reason to lose sleep
Baby Yoda is the cutest thing ever.
I've been binge watching your true stories. Thank you. I really enjoy them. Your voice is very soothing.
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The diary of JTR, fascinating book. I've read it numerous time over the years. Can't wait to watch this.
Yet again, another fascinating case with excellent research . . . Love your work!!
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Thanks for another interesting case! About the possibility of Maybrick being Jack the Ripper- I thought that one of the hallmarks of those murders was that whoever committed those murders had surgical /or butcher knowledge? Did Maybrick have that? Would it be possible to establish that he was in London when the murders were committed?
The Jack the Ripper intrigue is terrific. I wonder?! The way you tell a tale is just wonderful. I so appreciate your talent. Thank you for your efforts and hard work to bring these to all of us. Cheers.
I hate the moral standard of judging a woman for having a lover but the man could and can do as he pleases.I know quite sure this man was not the Ripper
I could listen to these for hours. To hear what went on back in the 1800's and how people were investigated on murder.
Please keep these segments coming!!!
Thanks for listening
Happy Monday BC 👋 😁☺️and folks👋. How was your weekend? Have a great day btw😏
What a wonderful way to end a long day at 7am. Another great case file as always, and I appreciate that you brought up the possible link to jack the ripper.
I look forward to every new story you tell. I ❤ briefcase.
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Thank you. I was having a tough night and this got me out of my funk. Great video!
Another riveting case! Loved the footnotes at the end!!
I am going through this channel slowly but I'm loving ❤ it thank you and thanks for not using the electric voice it makes listening to these a pleasure xxx
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Wow! This leaves many questions unanswered about the Jack the Ripper connection! fascinating history!
I thoroughly enjoy Brief Case Narratives and save them all. Great work. Thanks for the historic narratives.
So when Florence finds out about his mistress and 5 kids he tells her to concern herself with other things? 😆 She should've went on and filed for divorce. I think she would've gotten enough sympathy to win and get her children....even back in those days! Ugh. While the husband was a scumbag I doubt he was actually Jack the Ripper. Between work and dealing with 2 families plus supporting 7 kids and poisoning himself where would he find the time to troll the streets killing and mutilating women? I think that was someone who lived in the area and did have knowledge of butchering animals, probably lived alone. Did Florence poison James? Yeah I think she did..or at least added to what her old man was already doing to himself. Biggest mistake was writing to her lover at all. I read a book on this case years ago and I seem to recall that Brierly guy testified against her in court. She was doomed and damn lucky she didn't hang for it.
Unfortunately, divorce was really, really hard to get in England at that point, especially for a woman -- a man's infidelity wasn't considered ground for divorce (unless he got an STD from it), because Victorian England sucked. She'd have been a lot better off if she took the kids on vacation to America, and just never went back.
@@FunSizeSpamberguesa Great idea....if he would let her go off alone like that.
What a complex tragedy! Another great one Brief Case! What fascinates me about so many of your cases are (1) the very short deliberation time of juries in the past, and (2) the rapid transit from verdict to execution or incarceration. Nowadays the juries in murder cases tend to deliberate for ages, no matter how clear cut the evidence might appear. As for final disposal of the guilty party - that is another story. If and when someone is executed nowadays, only the victim's family might recall the actual murder! Is justice delayed denied?
This is such a sad, sad story. Personally, I don’t blame Florence one damned bit. With the “Jack The Ripped” association, she may well have saved countless lives. Her “husband” was a philandering cad at best, perhaps a serial killer at the worst. It is good to know her sentence was amended to set her free. Her trial by jury was far from a “jury of her peers”, not a single female thought or voice was that jury room. Thank you for another outstanding, “Brief Case”. Do take care out there.
Thanks you too
I knew this had something to do with Jack The Ripper! Great story!! You always have such great stories!😯
Thank you BC for making Monday mornings bearable you are the Man
I just love listening to your narations so relaxing plus very informative keep it up x
Housework done, time for a cup of tea and Brief Case.
As always, excellent presentation, BC! This woman is nothing compared to the one you profiled last week! I’m not even sure of her guilt. And the judge did her no favors in his grossly one-sided directions to the all male jury.
I believe he was Jack The Ripper. Florie died in Connecticut with only one person knowing who she was. A neighbor who found out accidentally 20 years earlier, she kept her secret. Florie was known for her many cats and was a recluse.
I don't believe she killed James.
Footnote;
Their son (James) died at age 28 accidentally drinking poison at his job instead of his water, he worked in a Laboratory.
Thank you for sharing this case and wishing you a lovely day...
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As soon as he said Whitechapel that thought hit like bolt of lightning 🌩 and then he alluded to this at the end. I think it was him. He looks like a woman butcher tbh. With that scraggly facial hair. Defo has the look and the twitch. Seriously though it is really compelling.
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The funny thing about this is how I just read the book, The Diary of Jack the Ripper. I finished it last night, a very strange coincidence. Yes he was a very disturbed person with a dangerous drug habit. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and wishing you a lovely week...
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She died in Mobile Alabama not Connecticut
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No. South Kent, Kent Connecticut.
October 23rd 1941.
I don't think Maybrick was smart enough or well practiced in surgery or anatomy to have been Jack the Ripper. Definitely looks like the type who would have gotten a power trip making others believe he was. Idk, my bet is on Arthur Conan Doyle. He was a Mason, went to college to be a surgeon, his father died of a venereal disease contracted from hookers, and he obviously was genius when it came to mysteries and crime. Seems much more plausible than Maybrick in my opinion.
Amazing channel. Been hooked for months. So well narrated and fascinating true crime stories from yesteryear. Keep up the good work 👏
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Love these old cases. I am torn on whether she's guilty or not guilty. Yes, she could have murdered her husband making it look like he overdosed on his medicine or she was innocent and resigned to the fact she was in this marriage and that he died from his own addiction.
It's just if she did do it I can understand why because he lied to her from the beginning and she was stuck, plus she felt isolated. He didn't really care for her just probably wanted a trophy wife.
I think that guy deserved what he got whether by his wife's hand or his own. He was never going to change and probably would have wound up dead from an overdose.
No, he is not Jack the Ripper because Jack hated women with the violence he did to them. This man had a wife, a mistress, and children whereas Jack would probably abhor this whole thing.
@mathew lawton This is definitely true and there are cases of serial killers who are different when they are with family and no one would suspect them of any heinous crime, but then years later are shocked to find out their family member was a serial killer.
Every single one of these cases are educational to me as I've never heard of any of them. This channel is in my top 4. Always really good content and so fascinating. Love you BC 💯👍💜
Wow, thank you!
Finally I’m not here a year after everyone else! ..now I don’t know what to say:) Hi BC, we really ❤️ you
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This is one of my favourite stories and I thought I knew all about it but you've found some extra bits of interest. I'd love to get hold of a copy of her book "my fifteen lost years". Thank you xxxx
I'm thinking she probably did hurry along her husband's inevitable death from his addictions. Though it wasn't really frowned upon for men to have mistresses, women in that era had to be very discreet and she certainly wasn't and you see that lack of discretion again in her attempts to add a little extra poison to his food, right in front of the maids and the nurse. Happy to hear she ended up with 15 years instead of life or death, but how sad that she died alone.
They were very dysfunctional . The whole case is horrible . It comes out in “they all love jack” which blames the brother Michael as being JTR. Insanely dark history If at all true
Thank you for sharing these fascinating stories! You do a fab job🌻
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Lunch break and I see this, thank you!
Awesome as always!
I love hearing about cases that are from all over and lots I haven't heard of before. I do think we need a horrifying and disturbing thesaurus connection going on. And these aren't that horrifying. But I love them, just constructive criticism. Keep up the good work ✌
This is my new favorite episode!!! SERIOUS 🤩
Jack The Ripper? Not likely. He lacked the training to have been able to so skillfully dissect his victims as the real one could.
The real one wasn’t actually that skilled. That was hyped up notion for publicity. His knowledge was basic at best but not skilled one bit.
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Sorry, but I have to disagree. He didn't simply carve up his victims completely with no skill. How he took out some of the organs clearly showed he knew what he was doing. That aspect of Jack The Ripper had only very recently been put in doubt by somewhat dubious so-called experts.
True, perhaps he wasn't a doctor or surgeon. But he had some skill. Perhaps a butcher or a barber. (Keep in mind that barbers at the time did far more than just cutting hair or trimming beards. They often performed certain tasks for their customers we'd today only associate with as being a doctor's territory only.)
We are not given any information on this man's skills as an alarmist from this story...if he had been an avid hunter he would have had basic skills..maybe he was a butcher as a youth..we dont know enough about him.
Anatomist
He would have had to know enough to be able to remove a uterus or kidneys in a matter of 10 minutes in the dark without anyone noticing. That sounds pretty skilled to me.
Another awesome job and fascinating case. I’m so glad I found your channel and turned me to the crime reel. Adore both your channels and look forward to your uploads.
Happy New Years from Wales 🏴
I only have one Channel, I'm curious to know the other one you think is mine :)
The judge was removed from the bench after the trial on the grounds of mental incompetence. He directed the jury to disregard all expert evidence put forward by the defence.
Much was nade of her alleged infidelity, as if that somehow made her a murderer. Hypocrisy.
Maybrick's addiction to arsenic was probably a result of its being used to treat him in the past for syphilis. Bet he hadn't told her about that.
Technically it was a mistrial on grounds of the judge’s incompetence…Stevens was a drug addict and had dementia apparently.
Thanks for bringing these cases to the forefront. Most interesting!
Thankyou
Infidelity doesn't equate to murder...
She's one of the least compelling murderers I've heard of.
I find these murder stories absolutely fascinating!
Brief Case don't ever stop! You are on a definate "roll"!
Hello Liz, I am not an expert on these things but I believe Derry was in Ireland until Northern Ireland came to be in 1921
Brief Case, you are right Derry is part of Northern Ireland.
I have friends who came from the "Old Sod" and they were from County Cork. Which is near the city of Dublin, Ireland.
@8:19 "He prescribed a cyanide based medicine"
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Great Video As Always!!! Thanks!!!👍😎💯
Loved it! Keep on with the victorian era love it!!
Hello, I actually wanted to throw in a more modern case, hope thats OK
I live near the city where Florence was born so it's neat that this week's case is somewhat local. Thank you for another great story Brief Case!!
Makes my commute to work so much more bearable.
Great. Stuff.
Stuck in traffic now. 💆
I just got lectured over ear buds at work. I told my boss I can't help it because these jokers are constantly talking about inane bullshit.
86crud without earbuds at work I’d kill myself. Or someone else.
I love this and all your shows. I'd like to share them on my personal history site called History's Hidden tales. I am a history buff that love the stories that are never going to be in the history books. Thanks for all your hard work and great show.
1k views and many stingy sods who didn't hit the like button. 🙄
I find that if I have a queue list...its almost impossible for me to thumbs up...I'm always doing other things n listening whilst I "do".
The like button puts the video on a like list.
@@cymbolichuman433 that's why some people hit the dislike. it still causes attention to the video, same as being a like, but there is no list and it doesn't harm the video.
Is it a crime or bad thing not to like or subscribe to a channel?
I always hit the like button first to thank Brief Case for uploading.
Love listening to your videos on long trips 💯💯💯👌
I kept wondering about her children. That is so sad. She should have told her husband she wanted to take her children to visit her mom and just never come back. If her mother was that wealthy looks like she could’ve hidden her. And if the defense attorney was so good, why didn’t he make sure that James’ Addiction wasn’t presented?
Great story, that closing bit about the diary and the watch really add some intrigue, imagine James being Jack the Ripper.
I wonder if she even poisoned him. He had a small amount of arsenic in his system. He had been taking arsenic based medicine and was addicted to it along with other medications. He probably was getting more drugs off of the streets of London than his doctors were prescribing and being ill had no access to them. Knowing that the arsenic based drugs helped alleviate his drug cravings he may very well have asked his wife to spike the meat juice with the arsenic that she used for her complexion. They may have told no one about this since they would want to keep his drug addiction a secret. The fact that he did not have enough in his system to kill him and his death was ruled to long term consumption of the arsenic, coupled with his long term use of arsenic based drugs should have been reason to acquit her...But then again she was an unfaithful wife in a time where unfaithfulness was only accepted when a man did such things.
I'm glad that she got to live a long life, but it is sad that she never saw her children again.
Fantastic Mr.BC this was a good one!
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Thank you BC ❤️
I gotta say I really enjoy your channel. I'm very lucky that I work for myself, so I have your channel playing as I work. Thanx for the narrations 🙂
Thanks for listening :)
@@BriefCaseOfficial I'm working my way thru all your videos, so thank you for making them 👍
Thankyou, I hope you find the narration has improved since the fisrts ones :)
@@BriefCaseOfficial I think it's like everything we do regularly and enjoy doing, we improve with time and although I would not pick fault with your early ones as I have enjoyed each one, you do seem more relaxed as time has gone by 😃
Good morning from Chilly Florida! Please keep our Australian Mates in your thoughts!!!
Thank you for your videos I have never heard of these cases and I find them compelling
Thankyou so much :)
I have no sympathy for her drug addict adulterous husband. He killed himself with all that poison he swallow every day. Poor Florence. Thank you BC. You just know how to make a Monday not so blue.🌹
Another great story, BC. Thank you for being so damned entertaining! Happy New Year to you.
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I’m very surprised her mother did not help her financially! If I were her, I would have left him, go back to New York, and marry Alfred!! And having an affair, I would have mailed the letter myself!!
Wow! Very Good Video! Very Interestin! That's So Crazy that She got Crapped on for doin the Same thing as her husband did! This was an Excellent Story! The Twists! Thanks😊💖
"James however did not tell the young lady everything", no, no he in fact left out quite abit about himself
Excellent! Happy Monday and keep them coming 😊♥️
Buzzfeed Unsolved’s episode on Jack the Ripper discusses James Maybrick as a suspect. Personally I don’t think he was.
Very interesting and well presented, as always! You folks do great work.
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