Author: Richard Jones

In today’s blog author and guide John Bennett presents a summary of the life and times of East End gangland leaders Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Ronald and Reginald Kray have often been described as Britain’s only gangsters. For […]

Buck’s Row, which was the location of what is now widely believed to be the first Jack the Ripper murder, that of Mary Nichols on August 31st 1888. Buck’s Row is now called Durward Street and it is […]

Today we continue our look at the locations in the East End of London that featured in the Jack the Ripper story with a look along Whitechapel High Street. Not, only is Whitechapel High Street and important location, […]

It is an intriguing past time to look at the old photographs of Jack the Ripper’s London and compare the streets as they were in 1888, at the time of the crimes, to how they appear today. Some […]

Walking the streets of the East End of London today is an intriguing experience, despite the fact that the area has changed and awful lot in the last 126 years. It is intriguing because there are little pockets […]

One of the intriguing things about our Jack the Ripper Tour is that many of those who join us for a walk around the various sites and locations connected with the Whitechapel Murders have a terrific amount of […]

One of the big questions that all ripper enthusiasts, investigators and researchers, will, sooner or later, need to answer is – what became of Jack the Ripper? The fact that the perpetrator of the Whitechapel Murders was never […]

Well, it is the 31st October and Halloween is upon us again. The night when the Celts believed that the veil between this World and the next was at its thinnest, so the night when it is possible […]

It always seems strange to me when I read on line that none of Jack the Ripper’s London has survived. I couldn’t disagree more. But, when all is said and done, I suppose that it all boils down […]