HOW ONE MAN REVEALED JACK THE RIPPER’S IDENTITY: THE FULL STORY
After stumbling across a new lead, Bruce Robinson became obsessed by a mystery that has confounded criminologists for a century. Here, GQ reveals how the film-maker’s dark odyssey ended with … Continue reading
Are Jack the Ripper tours blighting London?
Whitechapel has hit saturation point when it comes to Jack the Ripper tours, with groups of 100 or more and megaphone-wielding guides. But residents are fighting back, reports Helen Coffey … Continue reading
No ‘solving’ of the Jack the Ripper case will satisfy our obsession
Never mind modern DNA crime-solving techniques – the grisly, sexualised nature of the killings will ensure that the Ripper industry continues Julia Laite The Guardian, Tuesday 9 September 2014 12.05 … Continue reading
Was Jack the Ripper a cart driver from Bethnal Green?
Two Jack The Ripper experts believe they have found the identity of the Whitechapel serial killer. A new theory suggests Jack The Ripper was the cart driver who told police … Continue reading
It’s case closed for Jack the Ripper – alas (I think not)
DNA-testing appears to have solved the famous whodunnit. It’s a pity the murderer was so dull Aaron Kosminski Photo: PA By Guy Walters Telegraph 08 Sep 2014 Like many, when I saw … Continue reading
When people suggest it was some aristocrat, or well-dressed person, who was Jack the Ripper, it always seemed too incredible
When people suggest it was some aristocrat, or well-dressed person, who was Jack the Ripper, it always seemed too incredible, because surely such a well-heeled person would be so out … Continue reading
Jack the Ripper ‘lived on Flower and Dean Street, and may have died in a mental asylum’
Expert uses algorithm to reveal details about London’s notorious killer A former Canadian police officer who pioneered the use of geographical profiling thinks the Jack the Ripper lived on Flower … Continue reading
‘We know where Jack the Ripper lived’ – experts
Experts believe the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper lived in Flower and Dean Street in London’s notorious East End A street near Whitechapel: the latest crime of Jack the … Continue reading
Exhibition of photographs lost for 60 years reveals a bygone London
Mystery shrouds life of photographer CA Mathews, whose images of the East End of London are going on show Maev Kennedy The Guardian, Sunday 2 March 2014 19.01 GMT Spitalfields in … Continue reading
New life for a favourite Soho watering hole–in Whitechapel
The Colony Room Club is to rise again. The celebrated Soho watering hole, frequented by artists Damien Hirst and Lucian Freud and louche layabouts such as Jeffrey Bernard, is to … Continue reading
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