Mary Kelly was twenty-five years old and was the youngest of Jack the Ripper’s victims. It seems that she was quite popular in the area, indeed the worst that those who knew her could say about her was […]
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Today we thought we’d take you on a photo journey through the streets of Spitalfields and Whitechapel so that you can see for yourselves what a great and atmospheric area it is. We begin our journey through Jack […]
Read ArticleWe’ve chosen the three winners for the DVD On the Trail of Jack the Ripper. A big thanks you to all those who took part and, if you haven’t won, don’t worry we’ve got some more great competitions […]
Read ArticleOkay, so today we thought we’d launch a new competition and have a bit of fun with it. One of the most popular books on the Jack the Ripper mystery is Stephen Knight’s Jack The Ripper The Final […]
Read ArticleBy the second week of October 1888 the streets of Whitechapel and Spitalfields had seen an influx of police officers, both uniformed and plain clothed, as the police threshed about, seemingly in the dark, desperately trying to catch […]
Read ArticleMuch has been made of David Cameron’s recent grilling on the David Letterman show when he found himself unable to answer several questions about English History, much to his embarrassment. In all fairness to the Prime Minister, I […]
Read ArticleToday, 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 […]
Read ArticleRichard’s Dickens Tours of London go live today with the first one A Journey Through Dickens London setting off from Chancery Lane at 11.30am. By way of introduction, with Charles Dickens you are talking the undisputed chronicler of […]
Read ArticleThere is one major reason why a walking tour of Jack the Ripper’s is a better way to get the full story of the 1888 murders. Jack the Ripper was undoubtedly a pedestrian. Despite what several films and […]
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, […]
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