Author: Richard Jones

Attacks on spouses were a common occurrence in Victorian London, and the officers of the Metropolitan Police had a huge amount of experience in dealing with them. The Morpeth Herald, on Saturday the 15th of September 1877 carried […]

In September 1877, the people of London were subjected to the news that another tragic and pointless murder had taken place in their city. The Globe, in its edition of Friday the 14th of September 1877 broke the […]

Following the murder of Alice Mackenzie, which took place on the 17th of July 1888, the police and press began looking into her antecedents in the hope of discovering her true identity. All that was known about her […]

By early October 1888, the East End of London as a whole, and particularly the district in which the Whitechapel murders were occurring, was very much on edge, wary that, at any moment the killer in their midst […]

A constant problem that was ever present throughout the 19th century was that of the slums of London. Although slum life was prevalent throughout the country – indeed, it was prevalent throughout the world – London, being the […]

It’s time for another quiz. Yes indeedy, the May 2023 Jack the Ripper true crime quiz is ready and primed to test your knowledge of the Whitechapel murders. THE MAY JACK THE RIPPER QUIZ So, if you are […]

The Falkirk Herald, in its edition of Saturday, 26th September 1874, brought its readers news of a particularly horrible case that, not only showed how wickedly evil some men were in Victorian society, but also how drunken arguments […]

In February 1869, news broke of a horrendous double murder that had taken place in the Poplar district of East London. The Nottinghamshire Guardian covered the story in its edition of Friday the 12th of February 1869:- THE […]

In 1862, there was a degree of outcry over the lenient sentences being meted out by magistrates on those who had committed violent assaults or had acted as accessories in murders. The gang problem was becoming a great […]

One of the problems that blighted the lives of many of the residents of Victorian London was the anti-social behavior of the gangs of London. The York Herald, in its edition of Saturday, 15th February 1862, reported on […]