Melbourne’s The Age today reports that local biomedical scientist Geoff Crawford is currently hunting the bones of an ex-pat Londoner named Frederick Deeming, executed in Old Melbourne Gaol in 1892 for the murder of his wife, because he believes DNA evidence will show that Deeming was the Jack the Ripper. Unsuccessfully defended by Alfred Deakin—who went on to become Australia’s second Prime Minister—serial killer Deeming was originally dismissed as a Ripper suspect, but has been re-implicated recently. It may not be a particularly desirable claim to fame, but it’s certain to draw the world’s attention to our Victorian capital city if it turns out to be true.