Author: Richard Jones

The following intriguing article appeared in The St James’s Gazette on Monday, 10th September, 1888. It is of interest because it highlights the fact that, just two days after the murder of Annie Chapman, the press and the public had, […]

There can be no doubt about it. September, 1888, was a month when Londoners as a whole were subjected to a barrage of gruesome events. Since the murder of Mary Nichols on the 31st of August, 1888, not […]

On Tuesday, 11th September, 1888, The Aberdeen Press and Journal  decided to provide its readers with a summary of what the newspapers were saying about the latest murder, that of Annie Chapman, which had taken place in Hanbury […]

On 10th September, 1889, the finding of a female torso beneath a railway arch in Pinchin Street, Whitechapel, led to speculation that the murderer, who was now universally known as “Jack the Ripper” had returned to the East […]

In early September, 1888, the unease in Whitechapel that had come about as a result of the murder of Martha Tabram – which took place on 7th August, 1888 – suddenly gave way to outright terror and panic […]

On the 7th of September, 1888, news was spreading throughout the country that a horrible murder had taken place in Whitechapel on the 31st of August. The victim had, in fact, been identified as Mary Nichols, but news of […]

How well do you know the Jack the Ripper case? It’s a question we ask month after month as we launch our quiz on the case that has fascinated people for 130 years. TAKE THE QUIZ 2018 is, […]

Not so long ago, on our Facebook page, I posted a photograph of a lady and asked if people could name her, and say how she was connected to the Jack the Ripper case. If you didn’t happen […]

By September, 1889, the name “Jack the Ripper” had, most certainly, caught the public imagination, despite the fact that the police were no nearer to catching the perpetrator of the atrocities than they had been the previous autumn. […]

On August 31st, 1889, a year had passed since the murder of Mary Nichols, in Buck’s Row, Whitechapel, albeit the newspapers were still dedicating print to the antics of “Jack the Ripper.” However, another debate was raging in […]