Today, it being the day after the murder of Mary Kelly on 9th November 1888, I thought I’d return to the scene of the crime, as it were, and look at the locations that featured in the story […]
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Although the people of the East End couldn’t have known it, today in 1888 saw the final outrage by the killer who all them now knew as Jack the Ripper. By the early hours of the 9th November […]
Read ArticleMary 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 […]
Read ArticleIt seems unbelievable that 2012 is drawing to a close. The Olympics are now little more than a distant memory, Robbie Williams is due to switch on the Christmas lights on Oxford Street on 5th November and the […]
Read ArticleStrangely, over the years, we have had more people faint on our Jack the Ripper Walk than on any other tour we offer. Obviously the ripper subject is a very gruesome one, and we do pass around the […]
Read ArticleIt’s Hallowe’en and tonight’s the night when the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest. The Celts believed that on this night – which in their Calendar was the equivalent of our New Year’s […]
Read ArticleAll is well today, Sunday 28th October 2012, and the tubes are running into Aldgate East as normal. Please remember that the clocks have gone back by an hour today and plan your journey accordingly when travelling to […]
Read ArticleThe key to our standing as the best Jack the Ripper Tour, and there are so many of them today, is the fact that we offer published authors and dedicated researchers as guides. When you join our walk […]
Read ArticleOn Sunday we set up a quiz to test your knowledge of the Jack the Ripper murders and of Victorian history in general. How do you think you did? If you want to read the questions please click […]
Read ArticleOne of the most misreported episodes in the hunt for Jack the Ripper is the story of how the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Charles Warren, attempted to use bloodhounds in an endeavour to catch the killer. The idea […]
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