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As London came to terms with the murders of Mary Nichols and Annie Chapman, which had taken place on the 31st of August and the 8th of September respectively, other deaths were occurring in London, which were overshadowed […]

In a previous article, I brought you the story of the attack on Helen Watt, that took place in Aberdeen in October 1888, which the press was quick to attribute to Jack the Ripper. Helen Watt’s ordeal left […]

Once the infamous “Dear Boss” letter was made public in early October 1888, the name Jack the Ripper caught on amongst the press and public alike. Indeed, throughout October numerous letters from Jack the Ripper were sent to […]

The 1888 Jack the Ripper murders, exposed the horrific social conditions in the area where the atrocities occurred, and laid bare the plight of the many homeless women in the district. However, many philanthropic endeavours were being undertaken […]

In early August, 1888, the American actor Richard Mansfield brough his performance in the dual role of Dr. Jekyll ad Mr. Hyde to the London stage, where it opened at the Lyceum theatre on the 4th of August. […]

As the Jack the Ripper atrocities increased with such alarming ferocity, people began looking for any motive that could have driven somebody to carry out such atrocious crimes. At the time the study of mental illness was a […]

During September 1888, most of the English newspapers were starting to increase their coverage of the Whitechapel murders. The murder of Mary Nichols had occurred on August the 31st, 1888, and a week later, Annie Chapman was murdered […]

For us today, trying to get a impression of the sheer horror of the Jack the Ripper crimes, and to understand how those crimes impacted on those who had to deal with their aftermath, can be both a […]

Hello everybody. Well, April is upon us and so too is our latest Jack the Ripper Quiz Are you read to test you knowledge of the history of the people, places and dates associated with the Whitechapel murders? […]

November 1888 saw the first anniversary of the protests in Trafalgar Square that had culminated in “Bloody Sunday” on the 13th of November 1887. However, the issues that lay behind Bloody Sunday were still being discussed a year […]