Author: Richard Jones

Jonathan Tye, whose researches with Jurriaan Masseen have uncovered another possible suspect for the mantle of having been Jack the Ripper, recently consented to give me an interview on our YouTube Channel to lay out his case against […]

Much of Whitechapel in the 19th century had a reputation for all manner of violence and criminality. One of the big problems, as far as law and order went, was the prevalence of gangs of ruffians who would […]

The Bank of England on Threadneedle Street, at the very heart of the City of London, has many tales associated with it. Stories of ghosts and bodysnatchers, not to mention mysterious goings on and nefarious doings are associated […]

In April 1831, two men appeared in court charged taking away the body of an old man without the permission of his family. The case was heard by Mr. Serjeant Arabin, and, despite the seriousness of the charge […]

There were many shocking crimes committed in the 19th century, and the circumstances of many of them still have the ability to shock us today. Murders of children were particularly prevalent in Victorian times, and, although all of […]

The West London Observer, on Monday the 18th of June, 1934, carried the following report of the inquest into the death of a driver who had died as a result of a car crash in North Kensington:- A […]

I have recently been purchasing first editions of old books on London that show the streets of the Capital as they were in the 19th century, around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. I have done […]

On Monday the 17th of September, 1888, an intriguing case was heard at the Central Criminal Court, or Old Bailey, in which Christopher Power appeared as the defendant, charged with feloniously wounding Peter Black. Although, at first glance, […]

Now that the nights are drawing in, and the mists of autumn are beginning to swirl, I have begun turning my attentions to things otherworldly. I love a good ghost story, and, with Halloween rapidly approaching, I have […]

Infanticide was seen as a major problem in Victorian London, and there were numerous reports in the press of mothers killing their young children. On Saturday the 29th of March 1879, The Manchester Evening News published the following […]