Author: Richard Jones

One of the oddities about the  Whitechapel murders, or, should I say, one of the oddities as far as I am concerned, is the way in which, by mid-Otober, 1888, the perpetrator of the atrocities had become a […]

Although Jack the Ripper was only a threat to a very small number of people in a relatively small area of a small part of London, the murders had an impact on society far beyond the confines of […]

On Monday the 1st of July, 1889, The London Evening Standard carried a story that showed that violence in the family was not just confined to the families of the poor, as can seem to be the case […]

You really do have to take your hat off to the bravery of the Victorian police. And, let me also say that that in no way is meant to disparage the bravery of the police today. No matter […]

Bankruptcy was a common occurrence in Victorian Britain, probably as common as it is today, so, in fact, little has changed. The South Wales Daily Echo, in its edition of Thursday, 8th August, 1889, published details of the […]

The final name to appear on the Whitechapel murders file is that of Frances Coles, who was found with her throat cut by Constable Ernest Thompson, in Swallow Gardens on Friday, 13th February, 1891. As with the previous […]

Welcome to the July 2022 Jack the Ripper quiz. Our quizzes are designed to serve two purposes. Firstly, and, some would say, most importantly, they are intended to test your knowledge of the history of the Whitechapel murders. […]

As mentioned in quite a few previous blogs, drunkenness was a huge problem in Victorian London and in the East End in particular, and one of the most common offences for which people appeared in court was that […]

Shocking and terrible as the deaths of the victims of Jack the Ripper were, there was, around the same time, another more prolific killer staling the poorest quarters London, and, in particular the slums of the East End […]

It i mazing to read about just how many people were affected by the Jack the Ripper crimes, and just how many different ways they reacted to their involvement in the saga. One person was a twenty-five year […]