Date: 07/08/2009
By: Snopes
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Gang Activity in Redmond
Not much on your history, are you? The Gaslight Ghoul was one of the monikers for Jack the Ripper, a serial killer from a few hundred years ago. His MO was to kill prostitutes and dismember them. The legend attributes all kinds of qualities to him: I've heard everything from preAwakening Infected, or a mage using blood magic to keep mystic powers before the Awakening. Then you've got the really crazy stuff: time traveling friend of HG Wells, member of the Illuminati or Freemasons, whathaveyou.
None of this changes the fact that the cases occurring in the barrens bear a striking resemblance to the same crimes from so long ago.