Author: Richard Jones

Today sees the launch of another of our popular Jack the Ripper quizzes. This cunning conundrum challenges participants to answer 10 questions of the facts, locations ans people connected with the murder of Mary Kelly, which took place […]

  Today,  I though I’d make a few recommendations for the best places to go to to enjoy a truly haunted night out in London. So, without further ado, here are my top five ghostly locations. But, before […]

On 3 May 1879 the East London Observer treated its readers to the “Latest Intelligence” under the headline “An Extraordinary Ball -Men Dressed As Women.” It as an interesting article because it provides us with an insight into […]

Fog in London. It is what everybody immediately imagines when they picture the streets of the Metropolis in Jack the Ripper’s day. Dense, smoke-filled air, swirling its way through the narrow, cobbled thoroughfares of the East End of […]

On Sunday February 18th 1894, Reynolds Newspaper featured a headline that posed the question “Jack The Ripper – Is He In Dartmoor Prison Asylum?” Th article purported to be based around a similar article that had appeared in […]

Catherine Eddowes, murdered on 30th September 1888, was the fourth victim of Jack the Ripper. ProProfs Quiz- The Catherine Eddowes Murder Quiz Her murder is of interest for several reasons, not least of which is the fact that […]

One of the aspects that is noticeable from the press reporting on the Whitechapel murders is the fact that, to certain young men, the murders were being seen as a source of fun and they considered it a […]

On Friday 6th March 1885, the Pall Mall Gazette brought its readers the dreadful news that an attempt had been made to blow up a police station in the East End of London. Now, of course, 1885 was three […]

Today, millions of us, the World over, will enjoy a “Happy Halloween” and will dress up in all manner of costumes before heading out to trick or treat our way around our neighbourhoods or, in some cases, further […]

Today in business we’re told that it’s all about brand awareness. Get your brand name out there, those gurus from the business blogs and marketing seminars tell us, and the customers will beat a path to your door. […]