One of the reasons why our Jack the Ripper Tour has proved so popular over the years is the decision we made in 2005 to limit the numbers to a sensible and manageable number of participants. To be […]
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Dorset Street is no more. Indeed, it has long since vanished in both name and presence, and it is now nothing more than a nameless thoroughfare that squeezes between the White’s Row Car Park on its eastern side, […]
Read ArticleSometimes it is interesting to focus on the background to the police investigation and look at the bigger picture of what was going on in the Metropolitan Police at the time of the murders. There was a huge […]
Read ArticleThey say that a video presentation is worth a thousand words, or was that a picture! Either way I recently shadowed John Bennett as he led a group of eager participants around the East End on his Jack […]
Read ArticleThis weekend there are no planned line closures on the Underground system so trains will be running into Aldgate East Station as normal. One of the problems that we have been encountering on our Jack the Ripper Tour […]
Read ArticleThe Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 were concentrated on a relatively small area of London and they affected a small number of people living in that area. Yet their impact was felt throughout the whole of the […]
Read ArticleThe fact that the Jack the Ripper Murders occurred in one of the poorest quarters of Victorian London meant that, for a period of about fifteen weeks in 1888, the plight 0f the city’s poor was reported in […]
Read ArticleAn intriguing question came up on our Jack the Ripper Tour last night. When we arrived at Dorset Street, where Mary Kelly was murdered on 9th November 1888, a gentleman on the walk asked how we could be […]
Read ArticleThe London Hospital stands opposite Whitechapel Underground Station and looks down on the busy Whitechapel Road. Although we don’t feature it on our Jack the Ripper Tour it is most certainly mentioned several times in the course of […]
Read ArticleOne of the most frequently asked questions on the Jack the Ripper Tour is, “was Jack the Ripper a member of the Royal family?” It is an intriguing question as the idea of a Royal ripper has been […]
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