Author: Richard Jones

Tomorrow sees the 125th anniversary of the murder of Annie Chapman, which took place in Hanbury Street on the 8th September 1888. We will be continuing with our Jack the Ripper documentary by releasing the latest instalment which […]

Today sees the launch of the next instalment of our on line documentary telling the story of the Jack the Ripper murders. We’ve introduced London as it was in 1888 and taken a look at the area where […]

Strange as it might seem, had you waylaid a resident of the East End of London as he, or she, made their way through the streets of Spitalfields and Whitechapel, 125 years ago today and asked them what […]

Had you stopped an East Ender on the streets of Spitalfields and Whitechapel 125 years ago today and asked them who was responsible for the recent murders that had occurred in the area over the previous months (Emma […]

Today we continue our Jack the Ripper documentary with a look at the police officers whose job it was to try and track down the killer in one of Victorian London’s most densely populated and crime infested quarters. […]

Today I though I’d share a story about the writing of my book Uncovering Jack the Ripper’s London that I often tell on my walking tour around the murder sites. As I’ve mentioned in several previous blog, the […]

On 1st September 1888 the inquest into the death of Mary Nichols was opened at the Working Lads Institute on Whitechapel Road. The Coroner at the inquest was Wynne Baxter, who had just returned from a holiday in […]

Today sees the 125th anniversary of the Jack the Ripper crimes and, as part of our drive to mark the occasion, we are screening our acclaimed drama/documentary Unmasking Jack the Ripper in instalments. If you missed our previous […]

Tomorrow sees the 125th anniversary of the start Jack the Ripper murders. Despite the fact that there had already been two murders in the area prior to the murder of Mary Nichols, whose body was found in Buck’s […]

Today, to mark the 125th anniversary of the Jack the Ripper crimes, we are proud to present the very first instalment of our Jack the Ripper documentary Unmasking Jack the Ripper. Over the next few months we will […]