Today, September 30th, is the anniversary of the murders of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. So what better night to take a Jack the Ripper Tour through the very streets where the murders occurred. As the 29th September […]
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On 28th September 1888 there had been no Whitechapel Murders since the killing of Annie Chapman on 8TH September 1888. The press were discussing various theories that had come out of the inquest into the inquest into Annie […]
Read ArticleIt was around this day in the autumn of 1888 that the Whitechapel Murderer was given a name. The newspapers were buzzing with all sorts of rumours about the killer’s identity and motives. Predominant amongst the theories in […]
Read ArticleHad you lived in the East End of London in 1888 then this morning you would have been waking up to the news that the Whitechapel Murderer had struck again. At 6am on 8th September 1888 John Davis, […]
Read ArticleIt is the evening of 7th September 1888. People are gripped by unease at the knowledge that a savage, silent killer is walking amongst them. The newspaper have discovered that police enquiries have unearthed a major suspect whom […]
Read ArticleSir Charles Warren, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1888, has received a great deal of criticism over the years for his force’s inability to catch Jack the Ripper. In fairness to Warren much of that criticism […]
Read ArticleThere is a great deal of debate over whether or not Jack the Ripper possessed any medical knowledge. The question of whether he did or not was raised several times during the inquests into the deaths of the victims, and, although several […]
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 […]
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