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Our blog features articles that cover a wide range of subjects concerning many aspects of the Jack the Ripper case and about the streets and history of the East End of London.
You can read the latest articles on the Jack the Ripper crimes, watch videos and also get suggestions for other things to do in London.
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Mr George Lusk was the president of the Mile End Vigilance Committee. Following the murders of Elizabethh Stride and Catherine Eddowes he stepped up his attempts to help the police track down the killer. He was in contact […]
Read ArticleIt is often reported on travel forums that the Jack the Ripper Tour suffers from the fact that nothing remains to give you the idea of what the area was like at the time of the murders. This […]
Read ArticleOkay, so today we thought we’d launch a new competition and have a bit of fun with it. One of the most popular books on the Jack the Ripper mystery is Stephen Knight’s Jack The Ripper The Final […]
Read ArticleOn Sunday we set up a quiz to test your knowledge of the Jack the Ripper murders and of Victorian history in general. How do you think you did? If you want to read the questions please click […]
Read ArticleBy the second week of October 1888 the streets of Whitechapel and Spitalfields had seen an influx of police officers, both uniformed and plain clothed, as the police threshed about, seemingly in the dark, desperately trying to catch […]
Read ArticleIf you’ve taken our Jack the Ripper Walk and want to experience another of our tours then why not join Richard Jones for a tour of Haunted London? Richard is London’s master of the macabre and is world-renowned […]
Read ArticleWell we’ve done it. We’ve reached into the amazing number of likes we received for our Gift Voucher give away and we’ve chosen the two winners of the 4 person gift vouchers. The two winners now just need […]
Read ArticleMuch has been made of David Cameron’s recent grilling on the David Letterman show when he found himself unable to answer several questions about English History, much to his embarrassment. In all fairness to the Prime Minister, I […]
Read ArticleOn 6th October 1888 the East London Advertiser warned its readers that “If anything were wanted to heighten the horrors of these tragedies it was the introduction of the supernatural element.” The newspapers warning was as as a direct consequence […]
Read ArticleOne of the most misreported episodes in the hunt for Jack the Ripper is the story of how the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Charles Warren, attempted to use bloodhounds in an endeavour to catch the killer. The idea […]
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