Author: Richard Jones

In the wake of the murders of Mary Nichols and Annie Chapman, a fearful panic swept through the streets of Whitechapel and Spitalfields, and the district as a whole, quite literally, walked in fear. However, as the end […]

In a previous article, we joined The Graphic as it took its readers on a visit to the Great Marlborough Street Police Court to learn a little about the type of cases that were heard therein. All sorts […]

There were certain individuals who turn up in the newspapers in the 19th century who were evidently seen a “characters” by the journalists of the age. Most of these people were persistent offenders at being drunk in public […]

On the 7th of August, 1888, the body of a woman was found on a first-floor landing of a block of model dwellings in Goerge Yard Whitechapel. It would later transpire that the woman was Martha Tabram, but […]

On Tuesday, 7th August, 1888, the following appeal appeared in Sporting Life:- “Larry Donovan, who it may be remembered startled the citizens of London by his big leaps from both London and Westminster Bridges into the Thames, is […]

In August 1888, a new book titled “Out of Work”, written by John Law, was published. The book included a vivid description of what happened at the Trafalgar Square “Bloody Sunday” riots, on Sunday, 13th November, 1887. John […]

Goodness me, the year is racing by! Where does all the time go? Well, let’s not worry too much about the passing days, and let’s instead, enjoy another fiendish Jack the Ripper Quiz. Below you will find 10 […]

On the evening of Tuesday, 7th August, 1888, John Holland and Edwin Ellis decided to head for the West End of London to enjoy a night on the town. It would appear that they proceeded to enjoy themselves […]

By the time of the Jack the Ripper murders, the problem of prostitution on the streets of London had been highlighted by several high profile cases that had received an awful lot of media coverage. In June and […]

Although there were no actual Whitechapel murders throughout the whole of October, 1888, this was the period when the “Jack the Ripper” scare began to crescendo, and people across the country began to fear that the unknown miscreant, […]