Author: Richard Jones

By the 6th of October, 1888, the newspapers were attempting to ascertain what sort of person the Whitechapel murderer might be. There was a belief that he might be an educated person who was a homicidal lunatic. There […]

When the Whitechapel murders exposed the horror of the social conditions in large parts of London, and especially in the East End of the Victorian metropolis, newspapers began looking for a possible moral to the atrocities. The Eastern […]

Welcome to the Jack the Ripper October 2021 True Crime Quiz. Yes, it’s October already and the year is heading into its last three months with what seems like alarming speed. But, do not worry, there is an […]

On the morning of Sunday the 30th September, 1888, the people of the East End of London were waking up to the horrific news that the Whitechapel murderer had struck twice over night. The body of Elizabeth Stride […]

As the end of September, 1888 approached, the police investigation into the Whitechapel murders was yielding up suspect after suspect. Some of them had been observed acting suspiciously on the streets of Whitechapel, but on the intervention of […]

Living in England in late September, 1888, must have been, for many, a terrifying experience. Not only had the Whitechapel murders been given extensive newspaper coverage, but other crimes and murders were also given widespread publicity, so much […]

By the 24th of September, 1888, it was more than apparent that a repeat killer was loose on the streets of the East End of London, and Victorian society as a whole had begun to take note of […]

On the 10th of September, 1889, the headless torso of a female was found under a railway arch in Pinchin Street, just a few streets from Berner Street, where Elizabeth Stride had been murdered the previous year. WAS […]

Even without the activities of Jack the Ripper, the East End of London could be an extremely dangerous place, and not just for women. Indeed, some of the most vicious crimes that took place in the Victorian East […]

Following the murder of Annie Chapman, which took place in the back yard of number 29 Hanbury Street on the 8th of September, 1888, the newspapers began wondering about the sort of person who could carry out such […]