JACK THE RIPPER TOURS

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Before deciding which Jack the Ripper Tour to take REMEMBER...with other London Walks you will be marched round in a group that may well number more than 200 people all struggling to hear and see one guide!

WOULD YOU HONESTLY ENJOY THAT?

We do not think that is fair on you (nor on the guide for that matter!) We limit the number on our tours to around 36 to 39 people. This way you'll see more, hear more, and get much more of the real atmosphere.

THAT IS WHY WITH OUR TOURS BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.

SO JOIN LONDON'S LEADING JACK THE RIPPER TOURS

THE ONES THAT ARE HEARD NOT HERD

MEETING POINT: ALDGATE EAST UNDERGROUND STATION

WE MEET OUTSIDE THE TOYNBEE HALL EXIT.

(District Line. Hammersmith and City Line.)

THIS IS IN ZONE ONE.

JACK THE RIPPER WALK DESCRIPTION

It is the autumn of 1888, and a sinister serial killer is loose on the streets of London's East End. At first he is known simply as 'The Whitechapel Murderer'. But in time, thanks to a mysterious letter sent to a London news agency (a copy of which you will be shown in the course of the walk) , he will become known as 'Jack the Ripper,' in which capacity his name will become famous throughout the world.

On this fascinatingly dramatic Jack the Ripper Walk we will transport you back to that long ago era and take you on a journey through the very streets where the infamous Whitechapel murders occurred.

You will join the Victorian police as they race against time to stop Jack the Ripper before he can kill again. We will also explain the reasons why they found it so difficult to hunt him down.

Your journey will wend its way through a veritable warren of  back alleyways where you will have the opportunity to peruse original documents, see actual police photographs of the crime scenes, and even of the poor victims themselves. You will sift through the evidence, eliminate suspect after fascinating suspect, and hear the most up to date theories concerning the killer's true identity.

This lively and informative Jack the Ripper tour will then cover the night of the double murder, the 30th of September 1888. This is the night when the police came closest to catching the ripper, and the night when Jack left his only clue behind.

We will discuss the importance of that clue and explain how it answers several questions about the murderer's identity, and about the condition he would have been in as he fled through the very streets that you will walk through tonight.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and so your experience will be enhanced with historic photographs of the streets through which you pass and the sites on which you stand as they were in 1888. This way you will get the full atmosphere of the area.

* You will visit the site of 'Prostitute Island' (and we guarantee you will be surprised to see what it actually is!)

 * You will see the actual doorway on which Jack the Ripper may have scrawled a sinister message.

* You will be introduced (in narrative at least) to the leading suspects, and have the opportunity to discuss them with your guide.

 * You will learn of the terrible aftermath of the murder of the second of Jack the Ripper's victims, Annie Chapman, when one newspaper was forced to lament that "there may soon be murders from panic to add to murders from a lust for blood."  

* You will learn the full Jack the Ripper history, and find out why he is still remembered to this day and why his legend refuses to die.

All in all, this is a truly atmospheric Jack the Ripper Tour through a part of London that few people venture in to. But, as with many who have taken this fascinating walk, you will be pleased that you dared join us on a journey into the abyss as the twilight hours slowly envelope you in their eerie shadows.

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