The murders committed by Jack the Ripper were perpetrated in a small section of the East End of London during the autumn of 1888. The East End at the time was one of the worst slums in London, and remains somewhat run down in parts even nowadays.
During May and June of 1999, and July of 2000, John paid numerous visits to the areas in which the crimes took place over 111 years ago. He visited the scenes of each murder: Buck's Row (now Durward Street) in Whitechapel, Hanbury Street in Spitalfields, Berner Street (now Henriques Street) in Whitechapel, Mitre Square, Aldgate, and Dorset Street (now an un-named thoroughfare) in Spitalfields. He also visited many other streets and scenes which were of significance to the Ripper saga, and also some which were not particularly significant, but were commonly traversed during the time of the murders and would have been familiar to the killer and the women he murdered.
Below are the photographs taken during those visits. Click each image for a full-size view.
Related pages: |
Whitechapel |
Dissertations: Statistical Shortfalls: Loanes 1887 Report in Review |
Dissertations: The Streets of Whitechapel |
Press Reports: Daily Telegraph - 29 November 1888 |
Press Reports: Iowa City Press Citizen - 2 September 1922 |
Press Reports: Syracuse Standard - 2 October 1888 |
Press Reports: Syracuse Standard - 4 August 1889 |
Press Reports: Weekly Herald - 21 September 1888 |
Press Reports: Williamsport Sunday Grit - 4 August 1889 |
Ripper Media: The Highways and Byways of Jack the Ripper |
Victorian London: A Night in Whitechapel |
Victorian London: A Visit to Whitechapel |
Victorian London: An Autumn Evening in Whitechapel |
Victorian London: The Modern East End |
Victorian London: Through Whitechapel With Dickens |
Victorian London: Whitechapel |
Victorian London: Whitechapel |
Victorian London: Whitechapel |
Victorian London: Whitechapel Road on a Saturday Night |
Victorian London: Whitechapel: Then and Now |
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