Author: Richard Jones

In March, 1888, a story broke in the newspapers that demonstrated the potential dangers faced by young girls by the procuresses and the brothel keepers of the East End of London. The Lancashire Evening Post, broke the story […]

On 22nd September, 1888, the murder of Jane Beadmore took place in the small mining village of Birtley, to the south of Gateshead, in County Durham, in the north of  England, and, at first at least, there were […]

Throughout the saga of the Jack the Ripper murders, the people of the East End were often commenting on the inadequacy of the policing in the area. A common complaint, that was mentioned at the inquests into the […]

In 2015 I paid a visit to Mitre Square to film it for posterity before the bulldozers moved in and demolished the buildings that surrounded it and, in so doing, changed the look of it for good. You […]

The East End of London before and after the murders carried out by Jack the Ripper was widely – and, in many ways, justifiably – widely perceived as being a hotbed of villainy. Gangs posed a major problem […]

At around 2 am, on Saturday, 13th February, 1886, John Dickinson, who lived at 14, Mersey Road, Birkenhead, heard screams of “Murder!” coming from the house of his next-door neighbours’ Captain M’Intyre and his wife, Jane. The Captain […]

It is surprising how, once the infamous “Dear Boss” letter was made public, in early October, 1888, many people across the country began to take the Jack the Ripper murders as something of a joke and began imitating […]

It’s time for our final Jack the Ripper Quiz of the year. Yes, 2019 has almost passed. ONE MORE QUIZ FOR THE YEAR But before you ring out the old and ring in the new, there’s time for […]

On Saturday 20th December, 1890, The Birmingham Mail published the following article which provides a vivid insight into the East End of London, and into the scene inside 13 Miller’s Court, where Mary Kelly had been murdered two […]

Following the resignation of the Metropolitan Police commissioner, Sir Charles Warren, in early November, 1888, the process got underway to select a successor. On Saturday, 1st December, 1888, the newspapers carried the news that Warren’s successor had been […]