On the morning of Monday, 7th September, 1891, Walter Hargan, who had been convicted of murdering two men in Kingsland, East London, in September, 1890, was freed from the Sussex County Gaol at Lewes. At his trial the […]
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Parts of the Victorian East End of London, were extremely rough enclaves in which crime was commonplace, and gangs brought daily terror to the lives of law-abiding citizens. Even without the Jack the Ripper murders, a trawl through […]
Read ArticleBeing a police officer in 19th century London must have been a challenging, not to say, on occasions, terrifying task – and, being a police officer in Victorian Spitalfields must have been the ultimate challenge that would have tested […]
Read ArticleThe people of the 19th century East End of London had fought a daily battle for survival with forces seen and unseen for decades, prior to the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888. Indeed, in many ways, it […]
Read ArticleIn October, 1868, a young woman from Whitechapel, by the name of Louisa Kingherst, was brought up before Mr. Newton, the Magistrate at Worship Police Court, on charges of having obtained money by deception. It transpired that Louisa […]
Read ArticleGoodness me, 2019 is now halfway through. Where does the time go? Still, on the upside, that means we have time to squeeze in another six of our Jack the Ripper quizzes before we bid another year farewell! […]
Read ArticleTo understand the police investigation into the Jack the Ripper crimes, it is essential to first understand how the Metropolitan Police of 1888 worked. Thankfully, newspapers were quite intrigued by the police, and numerous articles were published that gave […]
Read ArticleIn December, 1889, a case was heard at Worship Street Police Court in which one of the witnesses made the bizarre statement that there were many women who had cause to thank Jack the Ripper. The defendant in […]
Read ArticleToday, when we look back at murders that took place in 1888, we tend to focus more or less exclusively on the Jack the Ripper atrocities, with the result that the other murder victims of that year are […]
Read ArticleThe passing of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, in 1885, which was “An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the suppression of brothels, and other purposes” – provided tough penalties against those […]
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