Author: Richard Jones

A bit like the rolling news channels that we take for granted today, The Illustrated Police News was on hand throughout the Whitechapel Murders to bring its readers the latest lurid details on the crimes. The paper prided […]

In early December 1888 the sensationalist newspaper stories that had fired the Jack the Ripper scare over the previous few months had largely abated. With no new murders since that of Mary Kelly on 9 November 1888, the […]

Today we take a look at the case in 1889 when Florence Maybrick was accused of poisoning her husband James Maybrick. James would later become a suspect for the mantle of Jack the Ripper, based largely on the […]

On Sunday 8th March 1896, Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper, reported on the retirement of a detective who had been much involved in the hunt for Jack the Ripper. That detective was Inspector Edmund Reid, and the article spoke with affection […]

I don’t know about you, but I love a nice Christmas tree. And, I must admit, London has got some terrific ones up at the moment. You’re just walking along, full of festive frivolity and, there it is, […]

Imagine if you were a clergyman just going about your everyday duties, such as hearing confessions, when, from the dark of the confessional’s other side, a gruff voice confesses his sins and admits to being “Jack the Ripper.” […]

Although it is apparent that the police believed the Whitechapel Murders had ended by 1892, it is apparent from several newspaper reports that  the newspapers were still scouring the crime reports for any hint that Jack the Ripper […]

Throughout the closing weeks of November 1888 it was becoming apparent to many observers that the police investigation into the Jack the Ripper murders was in total disarray. With the resignation of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Charles […]

On Monday 19 November 1888 the newspapers were discussing the lack of progress in the hunt for Jack the Ripper. However, several newspapers mentioned the fact that the police had received some promising information concerning the movements of […]

In today’s blog I thought I’d just do a simple round up of the people whose names crop up in connection to the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888. JOHN MCCARTHY John McCarthy was the landlord of Jack […]