It seems unbelievable but this June will see the 30th anniversary since I started my Jack the Ripper tour in 1982. Where on earth has the time gone? Mind you, I suppose, in the scheme of things, 30 […]
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Jack the Ripper Tour
One of the questions I am constantly asked when people learn that I have written books on Jack the Ripper is “who do you think it was then?” Indeed, I wait with baited breath for the question to […]
Read ArticleWhitechapel High Street in 1888 The Jack the Ripper Murders took place, mostly, in the vicinity of Whitechapel High Street so this thoroughfare is an extremely important location in the course of any exploration of the area. Inevitably […]
Read ArticleI came across a very intriguing article about the Jack the Ripper Murders in a newspaper article from November 1888. By this time, if we accept that Mary Kelly was the last victim of Jack the Ripper, the […]
Read ArticleOne 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 […]
Read ArticleDorset 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 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 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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