Author: Richard Jones

In the 1880’s, encouraged by numerous newspaper articles and books, for which the authors had donned the garb of the poverty-stricken slum-dwellers and tramps and reported back on their experiences amongst the East End, a fad grew up […]

Despite its reputation for vice and violence, not to mention the endemic poverty that was to be found within its boundaries, Whitechapel was a must-see destination on the itineraries of many Americans who visited Victorian London. One American […]

Autumn is upon us, the year is racing to an end. But, worry not, we still have a few more quizzes to test your knowledge of the Jack the Ripper case before we bid a fond farewell to […]

Frederick Charrington (1850 – 1936) was the son and heir of a partner in one of London’s largest breweries, the Charrington Brewery. In his late teens, he underwent a conversion and became an evangelical Christian, and then astonished […]

As September 1888 began, the Victorian Eastenders were struggling to come to terms with the murders of Martha Tabram and Mary Nichols, both of which were now attracting the attention of newspapers throughout the country. Both murders, so […]

One thing that is noticeable about the newspapers in the decades after the Whitechapel murders had afforded them so many column inches, is the fact that Jack the Ripper had become the benchmark by which other killers were […]

In July, 1891, Amer Ben Ali, also known as “Frenchy” was found guilty of the murder of Carrie Brown, which had taken place on the 24th of April, 1891, and had been sentenced to life in prison. However, […]

The murder of Carrie Brown in New York, on April 24th, 1891, led to a great deal of newspaper speculation that Jack the Ripper had now moved to America. During the hunt for the Whitechapel murderer, in 1888, […]

Carrie Brown (1834 – 1891) was a New York prostitute who was murdered and mutilated in a squalid room at the East River Hotel on April 24th, 1891. She appears to have been something of a character, and, when […]

The citizens of Victorian London lived with all manner of dangers. Some of those dangers were very visible and they caused a huge amount of furore whenever they came to the fore, and caused more terror amongst the […]