Author: Richard Jones

An interesting feature of the Jack the Ripper murders is that they focussed attention on the East End of London in general, and the quarters of Whitechapel and Spitalfields in particular, with the result that. to many people, […]

By this time in April 1888 the first of what we now know as the Whitechapel Murders had occurred. Emma Smith had been attacked in the early hours of  the Easter Tuesday of that year and, although she […]

The question we get asked time and time again on our Jack the Ripper walking tour around the streets of the East End of London is “who do you think that Jack the Ripper was?” We have to […]

Today John Bennett puts pen to paper, well fingers to keyboard, and tells you what to look out for as you arrive at the start of the walk.  As you wait for the Jack the Ripper Tour to […]

As you finish our Jack the Ripper tour in Mitre Square, chances are you will walk back towards Aldgate Underground Station, passing the church of St Botolph on the way. According to Daniel Defoe in his Journal of […]

Think of a Beatles location in London and you’d probably think of the Abbey Road Pedestrian Crossing. After all, it is, arguably, the World’s most famous pedestrian crossing ever since the fab four, chose it to appear on […]

Today sees the first blog by star guide and leading Jack the Ripper researcher Lindsay Siviter.  Lindsay will be reporting weekly about many aspects of the case and also about her work at the Crime Museum at New […]

Tomorrow sees the first blog by leading tour guide Lindsay Sviter who has written a great article on major Jack the Ripper suspect Sir William Gull. Lindsay has been studying the case since she was ten years old […]

Today’s blog is by internationally renowned Jack the Ripper expert Philip Hutchinson who will tell you about some of the celebrities he has encountered whilst in the process of conducting his Jack the Ripper Walk.  Take it away […]

Today we welcome back the author and broadcaster John Bennett who has discovered a fascinating link between the Jack the Ripper and Frankenstein. Do tell John! For many people, the figure of Jack the Ripper is one of […]