Author: Richard Jones

The Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 tend to overshadow the other crimes that took place in the East End of London around that time. But, there were other murders and some of them certainly did generate press […]

Domestic violence was commonplace in the 19th century. Indeed, so common was it in the East End of London at the time of the Jack the Ripper murders that people had long learned to turn a blind eye […]

Sometimes it is easy to forget that other crimes were taking place in London during the Jack the Ripper scare. Indeed, so ubiquitous is the coverage of the Whitechapel murders that other crimes and perpetrators seldom get a […]

It is interesting to peruse the Victorian newspapers in search of the stories that the public were reading around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders, if only to gain an understanding of the wider picture of […]

There are many occasions, when studying the various newspaper reports about crimes that took place in Whitechapel in the 19th century, when you come across a tantalising case that grabs your curiosity and you find yourself desperately wanting […]

On Tuesday 18th of November 1890, Mary Pearcey appeared at Marylebone Police Court, charged with the murder of Phoebe Hogg and her baby daughter. Since her arrest, it had transpired that, although she was widely known as Mrs. […]

In the previous article we told the story of the murder of Phoebe Hogg and her infant daughter, Phoebe Hanslope Hogg, which took place on the 24th October 1890, and which became known as “The Hampstead Murder.” You […]

On the 24th of October 1890, a double murder took place in Hampstead, in the north of London, that truly shocked Victorian society, not least because the victims were a mother and her 18 month old baby daughter. […]

One of the most distressing things you come across when you read accounts of everyday life in the East End of London around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders, is the realisation of the sheer grinding […]

Almost as important as studying the Whitechapel Jack the Ripper murders themselves, is gaining a knowledge of the streets of the East End of London as they were around the time of the crimes. So much has changed […]