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The February 2023 Jack The Ripper Quiz

Posted on February 2, 2023February 1, 2023 by Richard Jones

I hate to say it, but the year is ticking by, and, before we know it, it will be Christmas again! I only mention it, because I’ve been doing these Jack the Ripper Quizzes now for eight years, […]

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Nuisance Newsvendors

Posted on January 31, 2023January 27, 2023 by Richard Jones

The Jack the Ripper letters are well known, and everybody is certainly familiar with at least two of them, the “Dear Boss” letter, and the “From Hell” letter that was sent to Mr George Lusk. However, there were […]

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Fatal Houndsditch Fire

Posted on January 29, 2023December 30, 2022 by Richard Jones

A common cause of death and injury in Victorian London was from fires that regularly broke out in the overcrowded houses of the district. In an era when houses were heated by and lit by naked flames, it […]

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A Woman’s Bedroom Fright

Posted on January 27, 2023December 28, 2022 by Richard Jones

There can be no doubt about it, Whitechapel in the 19th century posed all manner of dangers to unsuspecting citizens who might chance into the area in order to mingle with the locals. All manner of cases, such […]

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Amelia Jeffs Murder 1890

Posted on January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 by Richard Jones

By 1890 the mystery of the disappearances of Mary Seward and Eliza Carter had, to many people, become little more than distant memories, and the horror and consternation their disappearances had caused in the East End of London […]

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What The Poor Eat

Posted on January 23, 2023December 28, 2022 by Richard Jones

The problem of feeding the poor in the large cities across Victorian Britain was a constant problem, to the 19th-century authorities and all manner of solutions were put forward that might ease the blight of hunger and starvation […]

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Drunken Women

Posted on January 21, 2023December 28, 2022 by Richard Jones

Drunkenness was a problem that confronted society throughout much of the 19th century. It was the cause of endless misery, as well as being the driving force behind much of the violence that plagued society. Terrible as the […]

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The Late Riot In Whitechapel

Posted on January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 by Richard Jones

In addition to its being one of the most crime-ridden parts of the Victorian metropolis, Whitechapel was also a place of considerable political agitation, especially towards the end of the century, as the lower classes began to bare […]

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Meat Riot In Whitechapel

Posted on January 17, 2023December 28, 2022 by Richard Jones

Poverty was endemic to the district of Whitechapel throughout much of the 19th century. It is often said that, if the Jack the Ripper murders did nothing else, they at least drew the attention of the public at […]

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The Case Of Eliza Harris

Posted on January 15, 2023January 16, 2023 by Richard Jones

Fights were extremely common in 19th-century Whitechapel, and the main cause of a large majority of them was caused by drink. However, every so often, the policemen who were obliged to intervene in the drunken brawls that were […]

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