Month: September 2015

Since the 30th September 1888 was a Sunday, few newspapers went to press that day and so Londoners at large only heard rumours of another two murders in the East End of London that had happened that day. […]

As you make your way around the East End of London you encounter many locations that are still much as they were in 1888 at the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. These wonderful locations are almost […]

Adam Wood has, over the years, made a huge contribution to Jack the Ripper studies and to the study of Victorian and East End history in general. He has published scholarly  articles on major players in the investigation, […]

It was on this day (September 24th) in 1888 that George Bernard Shaw’s letter entitled Blood Money to Whitechapel was published by The Star newspaper. Today, of course, the name of George Bernard Shaw is famous throughout the […]

On Saturday 22nd September 1888, The East London Advertiser reported that the inquest into the murder of Mary Nichols – which had taken place in Buck’s Row, Whitechapel on August 31st 1888 – had resumed on the previous Monday. […]

One of the things that many people who join our nightly tour notice is just how much wonderful and colourful street art adorns the walls of the buildings that we pass as we go round. So, for today’s […]

In a previous post we discussed the East End tragedy of Soloman Galaman, aged 11 who was run over on Commercial Street whilst saving the life of his little brother and who is now remembered on a poignant […]

The murder of Mary Nichols, who is believed by many to have been the first victim of the killer who became known as Jack the Ripper, took place in the early hours of the 31st August 1888. Over […]

Dorset Street in Spitalfields is synonymous with the murder of Mary Kelly, whom many consider to have been the last victim of Jack the Ripper. However, in 1909, another murder took place in Dorset Street – the name […]

Mary Kelly, whom many believe to have been the final one of Jack the Ripper’s victims, was murdered in Miller’s Court on the 9th November 1888. However, her’s was not the only murder to have taken place in […]