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  1. Robert James Lees (12 August 1849 – 11 January 1931) was a British spiritualist, medium, preacher, writer and healer of the late Victorian era and early twentieth century known today for claims that he knew the identity of Jack the Ripper, responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888.

  2. ROBERT JAMES LEES & VISIONS FROM HELL? By Jennifer D. Pegg. Robert James lees was a Spiritualist, a preacher, a writer and a healer. He had also worked as a journalist. At the time of the Jack the Ripper murders, in 1888, he was residing in the London area.

  3. Robert James Lees (12 August 1849-11 January 1931) was a British spiritualist who claimed to have known Jack the Ripper during the Whitechapel murders. Robert James Lees was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire in 1849, and he was raised in Birmingham.

  4. Lees, Robert James (ca. 1849-ca. 1931) British clairvoyant and pensioner of the Privy Purse who was often received at Buckingham Palace by Queen Victoria. He was also the subject of a hoax concerning the infamous Jack the Ripper case.

  5. The Victorian medium and author, Robert James Lees, is accredited by some as the sensitive whose messages helped the British police to arrest a suspect in the infamous 'Jack The Ripper' case in Whitechapel in Victorian London.

  6. May 6, 2009 · It is claimed that Lees was instrumental in the arrest of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer of 1888. It is further claimed that he assisted in the arrest of Irish Fenian terrorists.

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  8. On the 28 April 1895 the Chicago Sunday Times published a story in which it claimed the medium Robert Lees had received a psychic impression of the Whitechapel murderer. Seventeen murders later the police asked for his assistance.

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