Some pretty horrible cases found their way into the courts of the Victorian metropolis, and quite of few of them make horrifying and uncomfortable reading even today, separated as we are from those long ago events by the […]
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In the first half of the 19th century all manner of ghostly activity was being reported across the country, and was causing terror and panic in several remote communities. Perhaps the most famous of these was the case […]
Read Article19th century Whitechapel could be a dangerous place, even for those who were just going about their everyday business. Street robberies and attacks were commonplace, to the extent that, when you stepped out of doors you, quite literally […]
Read ArticleThe following article, which told of the lives of some of the residents of the Women’s Shelter in Hanbury Street, appeared in The Social Gazette on Saturday the 20th of August, 1910:- ROSIE – A DAUGHTER OF ERIN […]
Read ArticleHere we go again! How time flies. Yes, it’s a new month, and to greet July 2024 in true style – it’s time for another Jack the Ripper quiz. If you have been following our monthly challenges over […]
Read ArticleIn late 1889, a reporter from The New York Sun was taken on a tour of the Jack the Ripper murder site by a police officer whom he referred to as Inspector Harris, although that wasn’t his real […]
Read ArticleIn early 1892, the Irish-Canadian newspaper journalist Kathleen Blake Watkins – known to her readers as “Kit” – toured the Jack the Ripper murder sites researching for her “Woman’s Kingdom” column in The Toronto Mail about life in […]
Read ArticleAs regular readers of my blogs will know, I am fascinated by the 19th century newspapers, particularly with regard to the coverage that they gave to the Victorian East End. I’ve always felt that it is important to […]
Read ArticleGoodness me, 2024 is now halfway through. Where does the time go? But, then again, on the upside, that means we have time to present you with another six of our Jack the Ripper quizzes before we bid […]
Read ArticleIt is often said that it was the Jack the Ripper crimes that alerted society at large to the horrific social conditions in Whitechapel, and led to improvements in tackling the plight of the poor. Strictly speaking, this […]
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