Author: Richard Jones

By the 18th September 1888 it was becoming more than apparent that the Metropolitan Police were no nearer to catching the perpetrator of the Whitechapel Murders than they had been at the beginning of the month. As a […]

Well, another month as gone by and, with May 2016 upon us, it’s time for our latest murderously fiendish Jack the Ripper quiz. So, it’s time to get those fingers poised to hit the keys, time to get […]

In the last instalment of our blog on the murder, in July 1895, of Emily Coombes in Plaistow East London we revealed how her 13-year-old son, Robert, was charged with the crime. If you missed the previous instalment, […]

Photography was most certainly around at the time of the Jack the Ripper crimes, it it was starting to be used by the police, but, and as far as we know, not really to record the scenes of […]

Emily Coombes was worried. Her sister-in-law, also named Emily Coombes, had not been seen since July the 6th 1895. The two women had known each other for many years. Not only did they share a common Christian name, […]

Recently, our photographer in residence, Laura Prieto, joined our guides for a Saturday night tour around the various Jack the Ripper haunts and got some great images of the tour and of the area. Laura is a fantastic photographer […]

A newspaper story came to my attention this week that appeared in several newspapers over the week of February 4th 1889. The story is of interest for several reasons, not least of which being the fact that it provides […]

“Theories! we were lost almost in theories; there were so many of them.” Inspector Abberline. INSPECTOR FREDERICK GEORGE ABBERLINE Of all the detectives working on the Jack the Ripper case, the one whose name is, probably, the most […]

I wonder what London will be like in 2108 – 92 years from now? No doubt somebody – probably a film maker – even as I write these words with my trusty quill, is pondering the future for […]

Before getting into the details of this story, it should be noted that the church referred to in the newspaper articles was a predecessor to the one shown in the photographs. Aside from the horror of the Jack […]