Author: Richard Jones

As the end of July approached in 1888 the people of the East End of the London had no inclination of the horror with which they would find themselves confronted by the beginning of the September of that […]

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, it seems that Jack the Ripper was interrupted in the course of the murder of “Long Liz Stride” and, having escaped from the scene of that crime, he headed over in to the […]

Today we continue our look at the victims of Jack the Ripper with a stroll along Henriques Street which, in 1888, was called Berner Street. This unremarkable thoroughfare runs off Commercial Street and can be reached within a […]

It is not known for certain how many victims Jack the Ripper actually had, although there is a general consensus that there were 5 victims. The problem with regards the exact number is that the generic police file […]

One of the questions we recently posed to our Facebook community was “which Jack the Ripper film really captures the true flavour of the Victorian East End?” There have been numerous films on the Whitechapel murders. Some of […]

We’ve built up quite a community of people who are fascinated by the Jack the Ripper crimes on our Facebook page. One of the aspects of the page is the daily question that we pose to our community […]

With the summer months underway in the East End of London in 1888 the people of Spitalfields and Whitechapel were going about their everyday business unaware of the horror that lay ahead. It was a hundred years ago […]

Today I’ve been trawling through various collections of films of the East End of London through the ages and, in particular, in the latter half of the 19th Century and the early years of the 20th century. One […]

Very early on in the police investigation in to the Whitechapel Murders the police learnt of a particular, and seemingly promising, suspect. In the wake of the murder of Mary Nichols, on August 31st 1888,  detectives began questioning […]