On 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 […]
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Mary Nichols
It is the evening of 7th September 1888. People are gripped by unease at the knowledge that a savage, silent killer is walking amongst them. The newspaper have discovered that police enquiries have unearthed a major suspect whom […]
Read ArticleHad you lived in the East End of London on this day in 1888, and in particular in the districts of Spitalfields and Whitechapel, then you would be feeling decidedly uneasy. Just a few days before, on August […]
Read ArticleToday is the anniversary of the murder of Jack the Ripper’s first victim Mary Anne Nichols. Her body was found at 3.40am in what was then Buck’s Row in Whitechapel, but which is now Durward Street. This was […]
Read ArticleThe murders of Martha Tabram on 8th August 1888 and of Mary Nichols on 31st August 1888 had most certainly caused a general feeling of nervousness in Spitalfields and Whitechapel. The fact that both women had been slain […]
Read ArticleThe East End of London has many great places to eat. You can, for example, enjoy traditional pub food in a wide range of historic pubs; or you can enjoy a mouth watering portion of Fish and Chips […]
Read ArticleWhen 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 […]
Read ArticleThere is a great deal of debate over whether or not Jack the Ripper possessed any medical knowledge. The question of whether he did or not was raised several times during the inquests into the deaths of the victims, and, although several […]
Read ArticleWhen I say Jack the Ripper’s London then and now I am talking about when I started the Jack the Ripper Tours in 1982 and the present day 2012. Next month, June 2012, will be the 30th anniversary […]
Read ArticleOn our jack the Ripper Walks we don’t actually go to Durward Street, which in 1888 was known as Buck’s Row, and was the place where the body of Mary Nichols, the first of Jack the Ripper’s victims, […]
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