Author: Richard Jones

The Sheffield Evening Telegraph, Thursday, 15th November, 1888, published the following intriguing article which expressed concern and bafflement at the way in which the name of Jack the Ripper had, by this time, become truly fixed in the […]

By the 13th of November, 1888, the full horror of what the murderer had done to Mary Kelly in her room in Miller’s Court was circulating in the newspapers. As word spread about the horror of the crime, […]

In early 1895 the country as a whole was hit by a freezing cold spell that caused chaos and distress. In London, as The London Evening Standard reported on Thursday, 31st January 1895, the River Thames even froze […]

It was on Friday the 9th of November, 1888, that what is generally considered to have been the final murder carried out by Jack the Ripper – that of Mary Kelly – occurred. However, since the body was […]

By Wednesday the 7th of November, 1888, more than a month had passed since the last murders by the killer who was now becoming universally known as “Jack the Ripper.” However, his name – or, at least, the […]

Although when we look back on November, 1888, we tend to look back with tunnel vision, and only really consider the Jack the Ripper murders, life went on despite the murders. November the fifth, 1888, was Bonfire night, […]

In 1860, drinking fountains were being erected all over London in an endeavour to provide people with fresh water with which to quench their thirsts, and, hopefully, steer them away from alcoholic refreshments. One of these fountains can […]

The year is waning fast and soon a new one will be upon us. But, worry not, because, although the season might be changing to one of wintry weather and night time chills, our quiz master is still […]

One of the true time capsule moments on our nightly Jack the Ripper tour is when we make our way through a charming warren of streets – Princelet Street, Fournier Street and Wilkes Street – that are still […]

As the Jack the Ripper murders were bringing terror and panic to the East End of London, everyday life (and death) was continuing, and, in addition to the inquests into the deaths of the victims of the Whitechapel […]