Author: Richard Jones

Located just of The Highway, you will find the stunning white-stone church of St George-in-the-East, a stunning local landmark, that was designed by the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, and which is considered by many to be his finest East […]

There is no doubt that drunkenness was, to say the least, prominent in the Victorian East End; and, for that matter across the country as a whole. For many years prior to the onset of the Jack the […]

The London Daily News, on Wednesday the 11th September 1889, questioned the police handling of the Whitechapel murders in light of the fact that another victim – the Pinchin Street Torso  – had been found in the East […]

On Christmas Day, 1872, the body of  Harriet Buswell – who was also known as Clara Bruton – was found dead in her bed at the lodging house in which she was residing at 12, Great Coram Street. […]

Goodness, we’re already in April, that means that a quarter of the year has passed already!” But, as they say (I’m not certain who says it, but I am assured that they do say it!), time waits for […]

George Street was one of the thoroughfares between Brick Lane and Commercial Street that had extremely bad reputations for vice and villainy around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. Indeed, the first two Whitechapel Murder victims, […]

Although there is a general consensus that Jack the Ripper had five victims. it could be argued that the impact of the murders claimed other victims amongst those who were severely mentally affected by the atrocities. Several people […]

Letters purporting to come from the Whitechapel murderer continued to be written and sent long after the autumn of 1888, when the murderer – thanks to the “Dear Boss” letter – became universally known as “Jack the Ripper.” […]

There were plenty of “characters” who made appearances in the London courts, usually charged with drunkenness. The likes of William Onions and Shiner Bob were frequent courtroom celebreties. One such “character” was Tottie Fay, whose court appearances were […]

It was suggested several times during the period of the Jack the Ripper murders that a sure-fire way to catch the perpetrator of the Whitechapel atrocities would be to employ the services of female detectives. Officially, of course, […]