When planning for your Jack the Ripper Tour of London it’s extremely important that you take a look at the route the company you are planning to do the walk with takes. Many companies actually start their jack […]
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Did You Miss Jack the Ripper? Yesterday we decided to take a few steps away from Jack the Ripper and give you the opportunity to see a bit of Beatles London with a trip to the Abbey Road […]
Read ArticleYesterday’s article looked at whether Jack the Ripper’s early crimes, the murders of Mary Nichols and Annie Chapman, suggested that their killer demonstrated any medical knowledge. Today’s article looks at the last three vicitms, Catherine Eddowes, Elizabeth Stride […]
Read ArticleAt 1am on 30th September 1888 Louis Deimshutz , who along with his wife, ran the International Polish and Jewish Working Men’s Socialist Club in Berner Street, came back from a day spent hawking cheap jewellery in South […]
Read ArticlePardon the dreadful pun on today’s Jack the Ripper news update, but I just couldn’t resist it! The reason for this dreadful title is because today I wanted to look briefly at what the area where the murders […]
Read ArticleOur walking tour of the Jack the Ripper Murder sites starts outside Aldgate East Underground Station and has done know since 1992. Like other London walks we used to start at Tower Hill Underground Station (indeed ours was […]
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 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 […]
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