We’re rapidly approaching the 125th anniversary of the start of the Whitechapel Murders. Indeed, with the arrival of April the anniversary of the beginning of the most infamous killing spree in history is about to take place. Although […]
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Jack the Ripper’s victims shared many things in common and, in a way, they reflected the shortcomings of Victorian society. Early on in the Jack the Ripper case the police were following the line of enquiry that the […]
Read ArticleIn many ways Victorian society was a forge ahead society. There was a huge belief in people being self sufficient and making their own way in the world. The newly emerged middle class was, in many ways, justly […]
Read ArticleOne of the things that astonishes people who venture into the districts of Whitechapel and Spitalfields to walk the streets of Jack the Ripper’s London is just how small and localised the area is in which he was […]
Read ArticleI was asked an intriguing question last night on a tour. We had arrived at the site of Miller’s Court, where Mary Kelly, the last victim of Jack the Ripper, was murdered on 9th November 1888. I had […]
Read ArticleToday Leyton Station is very busy indeed. It’s one of the Central Line Stops that people alight from to get in to the Olympic Park. As the thousands of visitors leave the tube trains they might catch a […]
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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