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Jack the Ripper

What Does Jack The Ripper Teach Us?

Posted on April 25, 2013April 25, 2013 by Richard Jones

It’s an intriguing part of our nightly walking tour to see just what people know about the Jack the Ripper crimes and the history of the East End of London in general. The Whitechapel Murders could easily be […]

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Tagged Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Police investigation, Spitalfields, Victorian London., Whitechapel, Whitechapel Murders

Jack The Ripper’s Legacy

Posted on April 23, 2013May 30, 2013 by Richard Jones

There has been much talk over the last year, or at least ever since the end of the London 2012 Olympics, about the Olympic legacy. It got me thinking about whether or not it could be argued that […]

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Tagged CSI, East End of London, Jack the Ripper, Police Investigation Methods for Jack the Ripper, Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Whitechapel Murders

Happy Days

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Richard Jones

Well, it looks like we’ve finally got some summer here in London. It’s funny how the streets take on a completely different aspect with the changing seasons. And, strangely, even slight changes of atmosphere and light can give […]

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Tagged Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Tour, Jack the Ripper Walk East End

A Glimpse of the Past

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Richard Jones

What is it that makes the Jack the Ripper crimes so fascinating that they still intrigue people even though 125 years have passed since the murders took place? There are several reasons why this particular set of East […]

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Tagged East End Murders, Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Letters, Jack the Ripper Suspects, Leather Apron, Whitechapel Murders

Emma Smith

Posted on April 3, 2013October 1, 2020 by Richard Jones

It was in the early hours of the morning of April 3rd 1888 that the generic series of killings known as the Whitechapel Murders began. At around 1.30am on April 3rd 1888, Emma Elizabeth Smith was making her […]

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Tagged Annie Lee, Brick Lane, Chief Inspector West, Coroner Wynne Baxter, Emma Elizabeth Smith, Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Victims, Mary Russell, Whitechapel Murders, Whitechapel Road

Into Thin Air

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Richard Jones

One of the great mysteries, at least to us today, concerning the Jack the Ripper murders is exactly how was it that the killer, whoever he may have been, was able to commit his murders and then melt […]

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Tagged Annie Chapman, Catherine Eddowes, East End Murders, Elizabeth Stride, Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Victims

Was Jack The Ripper A Woman

Posted on March 24, 2013March 23, 2013 by Richard Jones

A theory that is sometimes but forward concerning the identity of Jack the Ripper is that he was, in fact,  a she and that she was, therefore Jill The Ripper. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the […]

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Tagged Annie Chapman, Hanbury Street, Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Tour, Jill the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Criminal Records Online

Posted on March 16, 2013August 4, 2019 by Richard Jones

The National Archives and Find My Past have now put online half a million criminal records from between 1770 and 1934.  Although a fee is charge, people all over the world can now access this important social and […]

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Tagged Find My Past, Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Suspects, The National Archive

Jack the Ripper On Film

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Richard Jones

Numerous films have been made about the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888, and many famous film directors have tackled the subject on celluloid. Alfred Hitchcock based his creepy 1927 movie The Lodger: A Story of A London […]

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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, From Hell, Jack the Ripper, Johnny Depp, Michael Caine, Murder By Decree, The Lodger

The Ripper and The Royals

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Richard Jones

We’ve been generating a lot of discussion lately on our Jack the Ripper Tours Facebook Page the possible identity of the Whitechapel Murderer. The general responses amongst those who have commented on the mystery of who was responsible […]

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Tagged 1888, Duke of Clarence, Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Suspects, Prince Albert Edward Victor, The Ripper and the Royals

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