Author: Richard Jones

On the 4th of March 1882, another attempt was made to assassinate Queen Victoria as she rode in her carriage from Windsor Station to nearby Windsor Castle. The would-be assassin name was Roderick Maclean, and the following detailed […]

A recurring theme that crops up time and time again in newspaper reports about the 19th century poverty in the East End of London, is the plight of the children of the poor, who, if they were able […]

In July 1889, the murder of Alice McKenzie reignited interest in the “unfortunates” of Whitechapel, from whom all of Jack the Ripper’s victims of 1888 had been drawn. The more “respectable” classes began pondering, once more, how it […]

On the 23rd of August 1888 the inquest was resumed on the death of Martha Turner, whose body had been found on the landing of George Yard Building’s on the 7th of the month. Since the regular coroner, […]

One thing that is certain about the Whitechapel Murders is that they brought to the area people who would never have dreamed of venturing into the streets of the East End had it not been for the Jack […]

You could be forgiven for believing that it was the Jack the Ripper murders that led to a fascination with the crime, vice and grinding poverty of the East End of London. After all, today we tend to […]

One of the interesting exercises when it comes to studying the police officers who investigated the Jack the Ripper murders, is tracing them in the newspapers and official records before their names became synonymous with the Whitechapel atrocities. […]

Frequent mention is made of the Lord Mayor in relation to the Jack the Ripper murders. However, it mostly happens that the articles that make mention of him, do not actually provide any information as to who, or, […]

A few minutes walk from St Paul’s Cathedral, in London, you will find a picturesque garden that offers a welcome respite from the rush and noise of the 21st Century metropolis. It is called “Postman’s Park”, and it […]

Welcome to the August 2017 Jack the Ripper quiz. Below you will find 10 questions on various aspects of the Whitechapel murders. The question is, how many of them will you be able to answer correctly? If you […]