Jack the Ripper’s East End (PDF, 42 Pages)

Description

A Self-Guided Jack the Ripper Walking Tour Through the Whitechapel Murders of 1888

Step into the streets of Victorian Whitechapel and explore the world behind one of history’s most infamous crime series.

Jack the Ripper’s East End is a detailed, atmospheric self-guided walking tour that leads you through the crime scenes of the Whitechapel Murders of 1888, while placing the killings within their wider social, cultural and historical context.

This walk goes beyond sensationalism. Along the route, you will encounter:

• the confirmed crime scenes of the Autumn of Terror

• biographical portraits of the women murdered in 1888

• the social realities of poverty, housing, work and migration in the East End

• the myths and misconceptions surrounding the Ripper legend

Blending true crime, social history and urban exploration, this guide invites you to experience Whitechapel as it was — and to understand the world in which the crimes occurred.

Designed as a self-guided experience, the walk can be followed at your own pace, either on location in London or as an armchair journey through the city’s past.

Part of the London Beyond Time and Place series, exploring London through history, literature and hidden places.

As a teaser, you can watch my (slightly different) Ripper-Walk through the East End here: