The Jack The Ripper Murder Sites Then And Now.

[@chrismaybank1711]

All the murdered women had a hard, hard life. RIP to all victims. Very sad.

[@Trump2024TheOrangeHouse]

Yes very sad Jack is RIP

[@antonmarkov1635]

It’s sad to see how much character London has lost with its faceless modern buildings

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Very sad, Anton.

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

I prefer living in "faceless modern buildings". Working class cottages in London's East End in 1888 had neither electricity nor mains water supply. There were neither heatings nor toilets in the rented rooms. As the speaker in the video said, whole families (who usually had many children in that era) had to live in one small single room.

[@CommonSenserules1981]

What's worse is the people have been largely replaced.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

@@c.norbertneumann4986 If those buildings were around today, they would obviously be upgraded to the correct standard of living. They at least would still have more character than what's there now

[@JeantheSecond]

@@c.norbertneumann4986 Modern conveniences don’t require giving up character. Greed required giving up character.

[@williamheale5162]

The old London looks much more interesting than the new images.

[@zeddeka]

Much of that area was destroyed by bombing in the war. What wasn't often wasn't fit for human habitation - the area was a notorious slum area. After the war, there was a huge need for housing urgently. What was built was necessary, but not always too aesthetic. Many European cities suffered similarly after being destroyed during the war.

[@elguapo42]

I agree but to be fair i would guess people from 1888 would say the opposite.

[@teevee7678]

it really doesnt

[@DoccyStars]

they were literal slum areas

[@tiddyfard4517]

London is a soulless third world country nowadays, sad

[@joepangia4413]

I’ve never heard 1888 so many times in my life.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

It was a very good year Joe.

[@morkelzaayman6756]

came here to say that

[@bobbyunavailable]

Personally I appreciate the way you repeat it as it’s now etched into my memory. (I am usually bad at remembering dates.)

[@peterklein3354]

by the seccond murder - I was hoping it happened in 1889

[@patrickpaganini]

Be pleased you weren't living in 1888. You would have heard it many more times.

[@dianekeane7740]

In memory of those unfortunate women who suffered at the hands of a vile killer. May they rest in peace, and may he find none.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Moving words, Diane.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Well said 👏 Those poor women weren't respected in life so should at least be in death. Respect for their memory often gets overlooked among all the sensationalism of Jack the Ripper

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

Yes, so well said. May these poor women rest in eternal peace. Their lives were cut so short. Very sad. Amen

[@paulanthony5274]

Yes, even though we find these stories in books online and on TV incredulous and fascinating, from a kind of morbid curiosity stand point, it's still important to take a step back and think what a terrible ghastly man this lunatic was..

[@ronnie7075]

A man with those sort of demons is never going to find peace. I feel for those women though, living in desperate circumstances. May their spirits find peace.

[@lorrainethepain]

I went on an excellent guided Jack the Ripper tour back in 1985, on the 97th. anniversary of the "double event", while on my honeymoon. The group had drinks at the Ten Bells at the end of the tour. Back then, believe it or not, several of the locations were still pretty much unchanged. By that time, I'd been studying "Jack" for around 15 years, since age 8, approximately. Following his steps and visiting the Tower of London had been childhood dreams of mine. What a morbid little creature I was...

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Hi Lorraine, yes it is amazing how much the area has changed since 1985. In some ways it has changed for the better, but I must be honest, I do miss the atmosphere that the district had back then! Glad you got to realise your childhood dreams.

[@nelliemelba4967]

I went on a Ripper walk back in 1988, and we too went to the Ten Bells or the Jack the Ripper, as it was known then! I can't believe how much has changed but this little film evokes the atmosphere of the area in 1988. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2KuiqaCgJqlors

[@ellie.l6585]

@@JackTheRipperTours my Mother's friend was a nurse at The London Hospital on Whitechapel Road in 1980 (think its now The Royal London). She was only 18 years old and told me she often walked alone down the dark cobbled stoned alleys in the early hours on her way back to the nurses accommodation. Terrifies me just thinking of it. She said it was only years later it chilled her to think of these poor women treading similar paths around just 90 years earlier. Dangerous even then though 😟.

[@daniellej9706]

I'm still morbid and I'm 32 years old

[@nancytestani1470]

Not at all..fascination continues…because nobody knows who it was…

[@salus1231]

The city of London should honour the other 4 victims with a similar board with pic and info. Seems wrong to just have 1 and not the other 4

[@Godzilla_studios]

The other 4 victims weren't killed within the boundaries of the City of London square mile, I suppose that's why they only put the plaque for the one victim that was killed 'on their patch'. But you're right, all of the victims deserve to be remembered with at least a plaque.

[@SittingBearProd]

If plaques were put up in London for every Murder victim there’d be no wall space left 😂

[@serwombles8816]

@@SittingBearProd haha i was about to say same thing, seem to be a bit of a slippery slope too...i mean do we include people killed in air raids etc by germans?

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

I completely agree. Their deaths did lead to significant social changes for women, men, and children in the 19th century.

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

@@SittingBearProd cheeky.....😁

[@gowdsake7103]

The old London had a lot more interesting buildings

[@JackTheRipperTours]

It did indeed.

[@katesleuth1156]

That is true. You can imagine though, the amount of repairs needed to be done after having housed so many people. The brick might have been alright but the inside would have needed to be completely gutted, plumbing, heating and electrical installed. It was probably cheaper to tear down the building.

[@robertsmith5970]

Yes, boring office blocks that all look exactly the same.

[@heinkle1]

You need to read Lost London by Philip Davies - unbelievable treasure trove of photos from 1870-1945, capturing a different world.

[@Jaasau]

Modern, brutalist architecture is horrible.

[@formhubfar]

I am related to Mary Ann Nichols through my grand father Alan Nichols, his son (my uncle) Lt Col Simon Nichols MBE was ASM at Sandhurst when William and Harry underwent officer training.

[@lisalisa948]

Oh, my goodness. So this will forever be with your family. Must be bitter sweet to be entwined in this piece of history x

[@danielnichols5885]

When I first heard her last name I thought that I might of be related to her.

[@adonaiyah2196]

When i was studying this in high school 5 uears ago i was always asking the teacher if the victims had descendants

[@adonaiyah2196]

I think although the area has developed it hasnt changed in the sense i can visualise the scene

[@formhubfar]

@@danielnichols5885 I know my grandfather (Alan Nichols) had siblings, my grandfather served in the REME in the British Army, he went on to marry Nelly Meeks who obviously became Nelly Nichols, Nelly already had 3 children to a previous marriage, but Simon and Alana were his children he had with my nanny.

[@zafster22]

Desperately needed Sherlock Holmes to be real during this time

[@antoniaburns3522]

What a wonderful idea. Yes, no doubt, he would have found out who that dreadful man was. What a shame he couldn't be there. X.

[@TheGlassman63]

Those poor women, ones heart goes out to them. Thanks for the informative and well made video.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you, Ryan, very kind of you to say so.

[@williamvasilakis9619]

My heart and compassion for the victims. These were poor ladies struggling in a horrible environment, trying to scratch out a living, addicted to alcohol, and frowned upon by the upper class. Yet preyed upon by a sadistic psychopath and who were literally defenseless. So very sad. 😥

[@TheIndependentLens]

Oh they weren't necessarily defenseless. These women were all known to be violent themselves. One even had bruising and injuries sustained in a fight prior to being killed and apparently she walked away from that fight with less injuries than the other woman.

[@Mochiette]

@@TheIndependentLens True but it is too bad that men are physically stronger than women or else they'd fought off Jack the Ripper and survived. It's sad to learn they died in horrible ways.

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

@@Mochiette It's so sad my friend, that these poor women, had no chance whatsoever, @ the hands of this most evil of men. It's such a sad story, whichever way one looks @ it. May they all rest in peace.

[@TheIndependentLens]

@@Mochiette most of them were also highly intoxicated when they were murdered. Being drunk doesn’t help with self defense of any kind.

[@ellie.l6585]

@@TheIndependentLens alcohol was probably their only escape and way to numb the pain of such tragic lives of hard struggle. God bless them 🙏🕊🙏

[@caveman3021]

This was fantastic! I have been fascinated by this case for quite a few years now, and am a total nerd when it comes to "then and now" videos. Nice vintage shots of the old days were a real treat, just as it was to see how they look now. Thanks for posting this for us! Cheers from Canada : )

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheWinterwraith]

I first became interested in the Ripper murders in 1989 when I was a student in the area. In the years since I’ve visited and photographed all the murder sites many times, as well as various other sites connected with the urders. The most recent redevelopments since 2015 have had the most impact on the character of the area. It makes me sad that so much history has been lost.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Yes, the change has been relentless.

[@eddieoi9444]

@TheWinterwraith..Please could you post them on YT, they’d be very interesting... thanks

[@juliee.7072]

Are your photographs available to view? I'd love to look at them!

[@Nklassen08]

I know, this is a such historic area.

[@MrPopoy67]

Is there any way for us to see said pictures 🙏🙏

[@laikathunderchild5746]

This was wonderful. So informative and sensitively presented. Thank You so much! 😃

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Very kind of you to say so, Laika. I'm pleased that you enjoyed it.

[@briandclawson]

As someone living in the US I had been looking for a video exactly like this for a long time. Thank you so much this is awesome

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Pleased you enjoyed it Das.

[@scotty5717]

These 'then and now' ripper documentaries are the best.. Give you a real feel of the time, place and people

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Pleased you enjoyed it, Glynn.

[@bigtex4058]

Glad I was able to see these sites 45 years ago. A bit more intact then.

[@faeembrugh]

The 1960s documentary 'The London Nobody Knows' (presented by James Mason) shows him visiting 29 Hanbury St and the backyard where Annie Chapman was killed.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

It is a wonderful moment of captured time when he visits 29 Hanbury Street,

[@faeembrugh]

@@JackTheRipperTours Indeed. I think many UK cities have lost their Victorian 'atmosphere' in the last 30 years.

[@UpTheAnte1987]

I just watched "The London Nobody Knows". Thanks for mentioning it!

[@gordonbennett5638]

@@faeembrugh As they lost the Roman atmosphere, and the Saxon atmosphere, and the Medieval atmosphere........

[@zeddeka]

@@faeembrugh what wasn't destroyed by bombing in the war was often pretty much completely unfit for human habitation by today's standards. Much of Victorian Britain was slums - that's why it's gone.

[@jackdavenport5011]

I took the tour in 2017, it was a really unique experience to actually walk around and stop in the approximate spots where the murders actually happened, it gave it a much more eerie feeling than just hearing about the murders on a video. Hope the tour is still going well :)

[@Farrowart]

Honestly 1800’s London looks far more interesting than todays. Very eerie yet beautiful place

[@jrb4935]

Property developers have wrecked London. It's now like a giant shopping mall and office block.

[@DavidInSugarLand]

Every time I visit London (I live in Texas, USA), I stop by Freedom Press in Angel Alley, located near Whitechapel Gallery. It is a street next to Gunthorpe Street where Martha Tabram was murdered on August 7, 1888. Angel Alley still to this day gives a 'feeling' of what it may have been like back in the late 19th century, at least as good as one can feel in 2021. Excellent video tour by the way.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

I love the Freedom Press, David.

[@hiddengems2844]

Thanks so much! Arrows pointing at the spot in the video/photo (rather than verbally describing the position in the video/photo) definitely work best for me :) Thanks so much your time doing this- fascinating!

[@JackTheRipperTours]

You're welcome!

[@jamesedwardthurmond7735]

Wonderful video and very informative! One day, I'll make it to London and take the tour in-person!

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Hi James. Thank you for your kind words. I'm pleased that you enjoyed the video, and look forward to welcoming you when you make it to London.

[@basher50]

I need to count how many times he says "1888"

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Quite a few! In the next one I'll choose another year!

[@basher50]

1777 was a good year.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

ooh, I like that. 1777 it is in the next video!

[@silverstreetmoto1458]

Lmao,yep,I was thinking to myself I wouldn't mind a quid for each time 1888 was mentioned.👍

[@simonwright9916]

@@JackTheRipperTours 1666 is more famous 😂 That said, 2020 is the icing on the cake!!

[@ellen9575]

This was fantastic. I've seen tours before but you never get a sense of what it was like then. Pictures were a great way to see how easy it was to be a victim. Dark and grimy.

[@hazels7447]

This video was really well done. I appreciated all the different views and how well everything was explained.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you, Hazel.

[@derby1884]

A very informative film. I did a "walking tour" of the locations back 35 or so yrs ago and I can see there has been huge changes even since the mid-80s when I was there. I remember standing in that corner of Mitre Square at midnight and feeling very nervous!

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Pleased you enjoyed it. Yes, the old Mitre Square was very spooky at night.

[@patrickculleton742]

I remember frequenting the Mitre Club back in the 1980's, when the pubs had shut at 3pm. Long gone now.....

[@graemeyo1]

Thanks for this Richard. I took your tour some years ago and have maintained an interest ever since. I hope in the future all the sites can be marked properly so that they are not lost to modern developments which are inevitable.

[@theotherlebowskiboone4226]

Very well done and appreciated by those of us who can not venture to these sites ourselves.

[@B355Y]

Thank you for doing this and sharing it with us. I appreciate it. It makes me feel really happy that someone has put the names of the victim's onto the walls. They shouldn't be forgotten

[@palerider964]

Absolutely fantastic!! Thank you for taking the time to make this video!!❤️👏👍🙂

[@JackTheRipperTours]

You are so welcome!

[@hattyburrow716]

I read a description made by a gentleman who visited Mary Kelly’s room in Miller court some 5 years after the murder. There was a whole family living in there and he said the bloodstains of her butchery were still on the walls

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Yes, that is a disturbing article.

[@Prairiestar193]

Where would I find this article please?

[@davidgoodfellow7977]

Always been fascinated by Jack the ripper. This is by far the best video of its kind about the sites.. very informative and very well put together. In fact this is quite possibly the best video I have watched on KZbin for a long long time. Big thumbs up from me

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Wow, thanks, David.

[@CorbalianVoss]

I was extremely pleased to experience a private walking tour a few days ago and found this video extremely informative

[@beantree1202]

Thank you so much for this video, Richard! I've been waiting for one of this sort for literally years now! I first became fascinated with Jack the Ripper upon watching Vic Reeves' 2007 documentary all those years ago, and I still remember seeing you as part of it! I intend to book one of your tours very soon... are you open again?!

[@JackTheRipperTours]

I am so pleased that you enjoyed it. Vic Reeves. That was a long time ago now! Yes I am open again now, albeit taking it slowly to see what happens over the next month or so. Thank you for your kind comments.

[@MrEdkern]

I have been collecting books and pictures of the jack the ripper murder for years. This is the best podcast I have ever seen. Great job. THE BEST EVER.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you for your kind words Edward. Very kind of you to say so.

[@MrEdkern]

@@JackTheRipperTours iam being honest. Iam 70 years old and have seen alot about jack the ripper. This was done just like a masterpiece if I must say so. I kept it on my favorite. Millers court always interest me. That one picture of it was taken a few week before they ripped it down. How many forest picture are there. I have only seen one or two. Always wanted to live in victorian time. Also read a book and the author knew mary Kelly when he was a kid. Said she repeated herself alot and always saw her walking around. Interview with this guy that knew her was in 1935.

[@MrEdkern]

Mean how many pictures of dorset street are there

[@taradiane]

Thanks so much for this. :) I did JTR walking tours in '95 and '07 so this was a great update to how things have changed since my last visit.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thanks for sharing!

[@nelliemelba4967]

What an excellent update. Very well done! It's unbelievable how the area has wholly changed in just the last few years, let alone the last century!

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you, Nellie.

[@projectmerlin]

An excellent documentary and superbly narrated. I have been interested in the Jack The Ripper cases for several years and have watch many TV documentaries. Most recently, I am especially interested in the Annie Chapman murder site of 29 Hanbury Street, and this film gives excellent visual coverage & commentary. My Father has very recently discovered our family (that is; my Great Grandparents and their children - one of whom was my Grandfather - my Father's Father) lived at 29 Hanbury Street during the 1911 and 1921 Census. We don't yet know how long they were there before 1911 or how long after 1921. Our family members were Jewish immigrants who fled their home countries of Poland and Russia sometime before 1900. I just find it fascinating and fortunate, albeit to the detriment of dear Annie Chapman (bless her soul), that my living family has an insight to where our earlier family once lived during the terrible ghetto times of East London Whitechapel. We do know however, they managed to move away from Whitechapel and find a more comfortable life elsewhere. Our research continues. My Grandfather who was born in 1910, Spitalfields, later became an officer in the British Army and was Killed-In-Action during the Burma conflict of WW2 in 1944, aged 33 years, leaving behind a wife and two sons; my Grandmother, Uncle and Father. Thanks for taking the time to create this excellent and informative short film. I wonder if Charles Allen Lechmere (Charles Cross) remains to be the Prime Suspect for these appalling murders. Wishing Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Kelly their rest in peace.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you, Paul.

[@bernicia-sc2iw]

So much has changed so fast .There is almost nothing left to see now. I last visited the murder sites around 2008 , well before the big developments at Durward Street , Mitre Square and the service road of old Dorset Street. So glad that I did . Back then you could still sit on a bench at Eddowes exact murder spot , stand against the old wall in relative peace at Nicholls place of death , and wander down Dorset Street and find Kelly's approximate murder site . Now you can't do any of those things . At least for the foreseeable future Mitre Square will remain a square (just) . Once that goes , that's the end .

[@sidneylock5667]

Agree! Went on the tour in 2017 and the bench in Mite Square has now been totally removed. What a shame!

[@paulhunter6742]

Why would anybody want hang around area where women brutally murdered? Would you want your kids know about these places?

[@cryptomonkey6142]

I did a walking tour in 2004, so glad I got to see Mitre Square when it still had the name and cobblestones, it definitely still had some atmosphere even then. Great video, thanks.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Yes, I do miss the old Mitre Square. Thank you for your kind words, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@kyl3___32]

I took my dad on a self guided tour (awful way of putting it). But you know what I mean. Probably back in 2013. I have photos I took of where I thought the sites were but your approximate locations on here confirms my thoughts. I haven’t been up that way since then and was unaware that Bucks Row, Mitre Square & Millers Court had again been redeveloped. Thanks for your video.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Hi Kyle. Yes it's changed a lot since 2013. Good that you have photos.

[@ruthdorward6105]

Excellent tour- thank you! I did a Jack the Ripper tour a few years ago but it was at night, so it was good to see the murder sites in daytime and I loved the old photos.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you Ruth, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@petejones879]

I much prefer how the houses and the streets looked back in the late 1800s to how they look now in modern times

[@hb11912]

My late father’s Grandmother lived in Whitechapel and he used to travel down from Birmingham to stay with her as a boy in the 1930’s and said the area still looked the same as it did in the 1880’s with the stone cobbled streets and dark alleyways. It’s good to know that the facade has changed dramatically since then, but I’m sure the spirits of those women still linger.

[@padraicodomhnall2760]

I have just come across your video and would like to say how remarkably well produced it is. The research, presentation and narration is of such a high standard, that I have subscribed and look forward to watching more of your work. Thank you for posting.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

That is kind of you to say, Padraic. I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

We might not be able to hold back time but it is very interresting to be able to learn about the past in such an informative, interresting and careing way. 🤘👻💖

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robintripp8164]

I visited Mitre square many years ago when I believe it was the most preserved murder site, almost like stepping back to the actual day. I tried to ascertain the same site a couple of years ago and was astounded at how developers had made it vanish. In my opinion it's not worth trying to visit the area now, save yourself some shoe leather and buy yourself a good book with original photos on the subject.

[@stephen8577]

I remember walking around all these sites back in the early 1980s, there's been so much change. Woods buildings off from Winthrop st was perticurly atmospheric and the old Roebuck pub on the corner of Brady st & Durward st. Now all gone. Excellent video.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Hi Stephen. Yes, the change has been dramatic. Although quite a lot is for the better, I think the atmosphere has gone from a lot of the places.

[@melstothard]

I did a tour in 2012 surprised to see how much it has changed since then. Even the car park and through street is gone. There was an old building at the end of this street with a statue looking down at the car park and the tour guide said that statue would have seen exactly who Jack the Ripper was. Sad to think even that will be gone now

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Hi Mel. The statue is still there on the Providence Row Night Refuge building.

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

I did the JTR Tour on 30 March 2002. I only remember the exact date because our guide announced the death of the Queen Mother before we started walking. I loved the tour, and some of these pictures bring back strong memories of that fascinating, chilling and entertaining evening. Thank you so much for such an excellent video!

[@Godschild316]

I still cry at the thought of what that monster did to those poor women 🙁

[@sivc.29]

E X C E L L E N T ! was so tuned with the pics, the comparison and the great descriptions and explanations you were supplying that I didn't perceive anything repetitive or excessive. It was very detailed, well explained and enthralling.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you for your kind words, Eka.

[@williamsteele1409]

i was down there in the very early 70s with my gran and mam before it really changed much it was still as i imagined Victorian slum like dark and damp looking

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Yes, William. It was all very different then.

[@ASmith-qs2ps]

Great documentary. Thank you.

[@johnroot4886]

I love these type of then and now videos, this was so well done and informative, thank you so much for your wonderful presentation. I hope to visit London someday and would love to do your tour.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you for your kind words, John.

[@rpcclo]

amazing work - best explanation of the murder sites that I have seen

[@ericanelson1973]

It's really fascinating to find out how much the area has changed over the past several generations, and also how little! Maybe I need to go out and start taking snapshots of my neighborhood before it gets totally reconstructed? You never know where or when a historic event will take place!

[@onemorechris]

a lot of this area of london was badly bombed in ww2 (basically where all the tall buildings are now). this helped transform the area over time as so much of it was blank slate

[@davidpreneta3805]

The last site with the approximate location indicated by the gap in the curb stones is quite interesting. At least with all the development they maintained a marker of the room entrance location Mary was murdered in. Makes me wonder exactly what interactions happened in that in that room in 1888 between the Ripper and Mary. Her 25 year old body was mutilated and dismembered beyond recognition. It's creepy to say this but to be a fly on the wall that night has intrigued me for a long time.

[@Dr170]

You're right, that is creepy.

[@keely1368]

Fantastic video. It’s criminal what they’ve done to my birth city, it should never have been changed so much. Those ladies should all have some sort of memorial in the places they passed over

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

I fully agree Keely! It's blasphemy, what they've done to the city of London.

[@hihi-nm3uy]

I hear what you mean, but I personally disagree. I think that building renovations are inevitable. As far as architecture goes, I think this is just a sign that London is adapting to a changing world.

[@Godzilla_studios]

Brilliant doc, really interesting to see 'then and now'. I wish I could travel back in time and see these places as they were back then 🙂

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it, Louise.

[@renejean2523]

If we could travel back to that time we would know exactly when and where to be so we could confront Jack the Ripper, or follow him home after the murder so we could find out who he is.

[@Erin-cw4ct]

This video was frickin amazing!

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you. Pleased you enjoyed it.

[@white-dragon4424]

6:49 Can you imagine living in such squalor? They look condemned, not in full use! I wouldn't even board the dog there! Things aren't fantastic today, but at least we've left those times far behind!

[@arsenal1930]

My local manor. Born in Royal London hospital on Whitechapel road. My family still live locally, been there since 1956. Area has been mostly gentrified and considered part of the city of London these days. My old man sold a property in 1989/90 due to interest rates for around 12k in Brick Lane and now the same yard is worth around 1.5 million!!

[@tinamagnuson9656]

I always try to imagine how places used to look. This is awesome!

[@Tomkinsbc]

I watched a program where someone believed they knew who Jack The Ripper was. Part of that was he had actually given a false name to police just after one murder and it was the name of his stepfather, I believe. Using that name and the false report he had given the police, they located where he lived. Two of the murders happened on a Sunday which was his day off and they were basically on a line form his house to where his daughter lived. The other murders were basically on a line for his house to where he worked, which was a slaughter house. His apron would have been always covered in blood. He did not work in the slaughter house but delivered the carcasses from the slaughterhouse to the customers. When you read the false police report and all the information he had, it is a very compelling story and makes a lot of sense.

[@paulhunter6742]

What a perfect cover, a Butcher working in packaging house always wear blood stained apron. The people lived in district wouldn't given him Second glance. A well dressed upper class gentleman that area would definitely attracted attention.

[@shanemulcahy109]

Credit where it is due Richard, this was top top drawer, amazing work

[@xMissEerie]

I wonder if the man who saw, what possibly could have been, Jack attacking Elizabeth Stride felt when he knew he could have stopped the murder if he decided to get involve in the "domestic fight". I personally would feel guilty for my whole life. I know I will get hurt too by getting involve but it wont stop me from the guilt.

[@tiffanylove6713]

He deserved to feel intense guilt....coward.

[@culraven7573]

@@tiffanylove6713 Many men have died getting involved in domestic arguments. I was even attacked by the woman I was trying to help once on a late night train.

[@webbac8491]

Many thanks for sharing your video of the Leather Apron's haunt in Whitechapel.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

My pleasure!

[@spiritzen]

These murders are literally in my back yard as I grew up in the area. I went to Harry Gosling school and lived in Spitalfields too. We always felt the building nearest to the murder of Stride was haunted and all pupils attest to it. Although I doubt we connected it to Stride in anyway. Batty St nearby was also a supposed location of a suspect’s residence (American). Never did a tour myself but always used to see crowds of people everywhere doing the rounds.

[@merkcityboy834]

I used to live in London in the 90’s I lived in Fulham

[@TheOde28]

Thank you for that video. Great work, one can rarely find something so informative and enjoyable.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@shimmygirllinda9457]

fascinating, always wanted to know where those sites were and what they look like now, many thanks for this

[@JackTheRipperTours]

My pleasure!

[@keithnaylor1981]

Very interesting, some photos I haven’t seen before. Surprised that no one thought to take more photos before all the transformations, especially of Millers Court.

[@lisawright63]

This is really fascinating. Thank you for being so precise

[@JackTheRipperTours]

My pleasure!

[@howardsend6589]

Great production values and narration.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you Howard. Very kind of you.

[@natgem1094]

Thank you for the upload Very well put together much appreciated 👍

[@bash3997]

thank you for the great video

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@uniqueurl]

Old establishments had a character, while modern buildings are dull and similar...just like the smartphones now a days... Or may be people ??

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Thank you. Most helpful. Love historical before and after pictures, seeing how much has changed. Sad in a way that these Victorian era locations have been altered so much. Upgrading is necessary of course but just a shame the look of each area couldn't have been replicated if possible instead of changing them completely. I get no feeling of history, atmosphere and sense of place from modern buildings tbh. Didn't know Mitre Square had removed the flower beds that had acted as an almost unofficial memorial marker on the spot where Catherine Eddows lost her life. At least their is now an info plaque about her in the area.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Hi Shane. Pleased that you found the video helpful and that you enjoyed it. Yes, Mitre Square has lost its character and it was such a pity that the flower bed went.

[@zeddeka]

So much of it was because of the war. The area was turned to rubble by bombing and new buildings to replace them had to be put up quickly to house the homeless and give business space. Resources were very tight, so building pretty buildings just wasn't possible. Many of the buildings that were put up after the war have themselves since been demolished. It's the same with a lot of European cities - so much was destroyed by the war.

[@bhamacuk]

One of the best videos of this topic. Well filmed, presented and narrated. Also, I just realised that I've walked down hanbury st a few times without knowing it was a Ripper victim site.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Wow, thank you!

[@chrischris8550]

I used to go to the LCF on Commercial Road for 4 years and never new one of the murder sites was just across the road! Many thanks for the video, you'll never know important it is to me.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

My pleasure, Chris.

[@josephwalther5979]

If you look around KZbin you might finds a video with actor James Mason visiting the # 29 Hanbury murder site in the 1950's or 60's. The place had not changed one iota and it was amazing that people still lived in the building considering the condition it was on.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you, Joseph. Yes, it is an excellent piece of film, and a true record of a vanished past.

[@peternesbitt]

I just watched 'Murder by decree' on a retro movie channel with James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland and Genevieve Bujold. Produced in 1972, a fantastic Jack the Ripper movie. 3 Canadian actors.

[@MrEdkern]

Wow just watched this again. I never get tired of it. So informative

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you, Edward.

[@mapachehombre1581]

Even if the Ripper was reincarnated he'd need a GPS to navigate his Ole stomping ground

[@FariesWearBoots]

Great video, I wish you showed pictures of the victims as you mentioned them though ❤❤

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@78masternate]

This was done extremely well thank you definitely watch this again before I travel down to take the tour later this year

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BabyScatha]

Well done actually describing the locations then to now rather than just showing comparison photos that would be most impossible to try and understand otherwise because of the changes.

[@Kynos1]

Throwing a woman to the ground and attacking her is a "domestic argument". Right.

[@crose7412]

@PugnaciousBadger Yes, he assumed they were a married couple.

[@Kynos1]

@@crose7412 Married or not, this is assault.

[@Dr170]

Says a lot about the state of domestic arguments back in 1888 Whitechapel now dunnit.

[@brunosmith6925]

Very nicely done. Thanks for the work you've put into this interesting little documentary.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Many thanks!

[@RonRicho]

This is so well done. Thank you.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you too!

[@Justificus]

It's probably just me, but I started to lose a visual sense of the actual location sites of the victims. Maybe a digital "X" marks the spot inserted during the video would be helpful. Especially, with the current 360° photography of the new development, and when the areas are drastically different from old photos and illustrations. The narration was very informative.

[@paulguise698]

I'm suprised not anybody ever caught Jack The Ripper, it stills baffles me to this day

[@user-mb3dx5fl9f]

no one caught Zodiac either.

[@amarmurtezani69]

They did its Aaron Kosmiski

[@ratio384]

​@@amarmurtezani69yes

[@paraleeculbert1281]

Hello I really love your history talk just like being there.would love to see all those murder scenes even if they are not there anymore. Great work keep it up.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you, very kind of you to say so.

[@josefizquierdo6139]

I like the antique buildings much better. Whenever I think about London, I picture it "full of antique brick homes, neighboring pubs, and corner shops...surrounded by narrow cobblestone streets." Eventhough, I've never physically been there, I've watched "old movies and videos of London" throughout my lifetime. It's really sad that some of its old neighborhoods are totally unrecognizable nowadays. 👁️👁️

[@onemorechris]

Much of this area was bombed in ww2. There was a lot of older buildings still there. If you walk between the first and second murder sites, it’s all 1800s buildings. i used to work on there and it would regularly be blocked off for filming period dramas and films (they would cover the double yellow lines and move the cars; more than enough to make it look like 120+ years ago.

[@cellinimedusa4679]

Excellent, great vid, thoroughly researched and beautifully presented. Lovely voice for narration

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you kindly!

[@co.agmusic]

Brilliant work

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you. Kind of you to say so.

[@TheRocketbabydoll]

Thankyou for an amazing tour and history of the changes in the area

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Our pleasure!

[@dylvasey]

Great video. I worked for a company that had an office in (near) Aldwich tube Station. Whilst attending a night there where we were to entertain our clients I nipped out for a quick cigarette. Not wanting to be seen I walked for a few minutes until I found a quite area and began smoking in peace. Whilst sat the Ripper story entered my mind for some very unknown reason - To this day I have no idea why. I was just sat on a low wall with no one around in quite a dimly lit area on a cold November night. I looked up and the first thing I saw was the street sign ..... Mitre Square. I don't think I'll ever forget it. So eerie, but so compelling.

[@zeddeka]

The Ripper story entered your head for some unknown reason. Could it possible be because you were out at night in Whitechapel, with the ripper being pretty much the only thing Whitechapel is famous for, apart from being the cheap spot on the monopoly board?