The Jack the Ripper Conference is an annual premier event in which history buffs and people from all over the world gather for a weekend in which delegates present topics on Victorian History and Jack the Ripper. The November 2016 conference will include Richard Patterson as a delegate who will speak on Francis Thompson - A Ripper Suspect.
A Facebook group that seeks to know more on Francis Thompson as a person of interest in the Whitechapel murders of 1888.
Patterson's Casebook Website's entry on Francis Thompson & the forum containing discussions on this suspect.