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.

[@2025jan6]

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.

[@Anglo-Brit]

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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@mootpoint7053]

All I know is, London looked way cooler back then. Much more industrial and grit.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

It did have a "look" to it.

[@zeddeka]

Certainly not good to live in. People lived in absolutely horrific, overcrowded conditions. The area was notorious for extreme poverty, crime and rioting wasn't unknown. People from whitechapel were also known at the time to be shorter than average - because of the malnutrition they had. My own great grandmother was born in Whitechapel in the 1890s and she was noticeably shorter than 5' tall.

[@dano4971]

@@zeddeka sounds like most of Birmingham.

[@omy785]

grim, poor, overcrowded with unsanitary conditions. I wouldn't call it cool...

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

They would have not fitted in with my family (dad’s family). All the men before my grandpa’s generation were tall. I think the tallest one was between 6’6” and 6’8”. My grandpa was the shrimp of the family at 5’10” (I thought he was 5’9” but my mom said he was the same height as her). Since then the men have shrunk a bit. I have no clue as to why my Chicago relatives were so tall but I think my dad’s family was just predisposed to rather tall men and once they arrived in America they could eat all the meat they want which means protein, including pork.

[@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.

[@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.....😁

[@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…

[@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.

[@zeddeka]

For the more romantically minded, it's a shame that some of the old buildings are gone. But you have to note several things. Whitechapel wasn't considered a nice area at the time - it was a notorious, dirty and dangerous slum area, full of overcrowded buildings that people would consider unfit for human habitation now. Nobody in their right mind who could afford anything better wanted to live in Whitechapel then. it was like a London version of how the Bronx used to be. Something had to change radically. Secondly, much of east London was turned to rubble because of bombing during the war. Many of the buildings you see in the old pictures will have been rubble by 1945. There was an urgent need for new buildings to house people and businesses who had been bombed out. There was also a shortage of resources and Britain was more or less bankrupt, so building pretty buildings wasn't high on the list of priorities. Much of what was built after the war of course has since been demolished and replaced by other things. It comes down to whether you believe that an area should be kept as some kind of quaint Disney land, or whether it should actually services the needs of the population now, many of whom couldn't really care less about jack the ripper.

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

Exactly.

[@theostrada2845]

None of these things excuses the fact that these buildings were replaced by boring, ugly modern buildings that age like shit. Sure the area needed renovating but its easy to retain the classic london style in your new developments. In not doing so london has lost most of it's soul and character since the war, much of london could look like it were berlin, or toronto, or amsterdam, or any other city that has been marred by the globalist architectural movements in the last 70 years.

[@hx0d]

@@theostrada2845 It loosing its character is nothing to do with the architecture, it’s the people who live there smh. Blame that on the developers and not the architects nor the style

[@thecaynuck4694]

@@theostrada2845 The old buildings would've been considered "ugly, modern, boring" back in their days. Plus those buildings back then were practically slums and had poor living conditions. What is it with people nowadays saying even some nice buildings built in the past 70 years are ugly? Because I bet in the future it will not be seen as ugly. It's just this human psyche of thinking that anything new or innovative is "ugly" or "boring," when it's really not.

[@theostrada2845]

@@hx0d I mean character in appearance, which Is what architecture defines. And I do blame developers, they shouldn't hire dogshit architects.

[@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 🙏🕊🙏

[@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.

[@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.

[@michaelhunter1278]

I've had the pleasure of going on your walking tour twice. The guides were/are amazing and very knowledgeable. They presented the information in an extremely professional and sensitive manner. They didn't sensationalize the murders, but instead focused on the victims and the investigation. Well done. I can't wait to come back again.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you Michael.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 🙏🙏

[@DmPmRr1959]

I took the tour and walked around the sites myself in 1991. It's changed so much, but thanks to this, we can see the then and now. This is one of the best compilations and very nicely thought out. Thank you for sharing!

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bigtex4058]

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

[@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.

[@MrEdkern]

I watched this again. WOW WOW WOW. ITS ON MY FAVORITES LIST. ITS THE BEST EXPLAINATION OF THE SITES OF THE RIPPER MURDER AND I HAVE BE READING AND WATCHING VIDEOS OF THE MURDER CASE FOR 55 YEARS. THIS IS THE BEST AND EXPLAINS THINGS THE BEST EVER. WOW. YOU DESERVE SOME KIND OF AWARD FOR THIS.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you Edward. Pleased you enjoyed it.

[@chriscuppywhitehead6722]

Haunting, chilling but presented so perfectly. Worth every second of my day. Thankyou so much for this video.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you, Chris. So kind of you to say so.

[@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 :)

[@Hummingbirds2023]

Sadly these poor women lost their lives by the existence of this human monster murderer. I wish he had been caught and disposed of. Rest In Peace ladies.

[@Farrowart]

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

[@rpcclo]

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

[@theoracle6454]

Up until 12 years ago I lived in Poplar, my wife worked at the royal London hospital. I used to love walking the backstreets around the area on my way to meet her from work.

[@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.

[@robj8201]

I grew up round there. Me dad used to tell me the story about ‘Jack’ him being A Porter in the London hospital n’all, I think enthused his interest, me dad not jack. Elephant man, john merrick stories was another one….sad either way, though john merrick lived out a happy life eventually. This was a great watch and your pictorial referencing was outstanding. I’m in my later fifties now and remember most of the ‘old manor’ as described and viewed and there really was a chilling sense in the air round these places. Brilliant job sir.👏🏻

[@hannahj6668]

The Elephant man stories sound so interesting, and the porter theory, I haven't heard that one and I've read and watched a lot over the years. Please share if you can, I for one would greatly like to hear them.

[@silverstuff182]

I took a Ripper tour in 2019 and even when I was standing in Mitre Square it was completely confusing. There is a short older brick wall in there on one side that I hoped was original but it isn't. It's terrible that Londoners felt so ashamed of the Ripper murders that they tried to obscure them with new buildings and new names. But guess what? We haven't forgotten for a second. I wonder if there are any reports of victim ghosts.

[@banjoman44]

The 'elephant man' was actually called Joseph and not John.

[@hannahj6668]

@@banjoman44 Yes ofcourse. However, we shouldn't judge those who think it is John, as Treves was the one who first wrote this in his reminiscence book. It wasn't because he couldn't remember his name, it's because he wanted to give him anonymity. Also, don't think me disrespectful for referring to him as The Elephant Man, he was more than happy to be referred to as that as written in his own pamphlet autobiography from when he was touring with Tom Norman, who also, was a kind man, not a brute incase anybody solely believes the film.

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

Writing in fake cockney made it even less convincing. 😂👆

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@jrb4935]

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

[@jennyk9748]

The "old" pics are so much more beautiful! Leave the old buildings alone, please. To have all that wonderful history only to tear it down seems like such a sad waste.

[@zeddeka]

The changes were completely necessary. Firstly, Whitechapel then was a notorious slum area. Grossly overcrowded, dirty, massive poverty and very dangerous. It was not a nice place. Much of it was destroyed by bombing during the war and what was left was often unfit for human habitation. The buildings weren't demolished for a laugh - if they hadn't been turned into rubble by bombs, they needed to make way for homes that needed to be urgently built for the many people who'd been left homeless when their housing was destroyed during the war. I don't think you can reasonably ask people to stay homeless or live in miserable housing just because some tourists may think the photos were quaint.

[@unamandlaxulu5840]

I mean, I think most of these were cramped buildings in dirty slums that were pretty much destroyed during the bombings in WW2. My best guess is the new buildings were made to liven the place up a bit as well as deal with the increasing population of London nowadays.

[@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.

[@bakerloobadboy]

I love the way you referred to many of the buildings as "cottages" when in reality they were un-maintained slums even back then. Today they are better but have undergone massive upgrading to make them habitable

[@loquayrocks]

yeah, the struck me too.. "cottages"

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Of course yes they would have to be upgraded to the correct standard of living but they didn't all have to be changed to an unrecognisable point or removed altogether.

[@abbylama5479]

@@Shane-Flanagan I read one of the replies that they did not survive in world was 2. But I don’t know

[@MormonHoldem]

@@abbylama5479 those buildings that survived the war were demolished in 1970 as part of slum clearances. Perhaps they could have been restored with the right investment but there was no political appetite for that at the time. They were demolished and other buildings were put in their place. It looks like these replacements have also been demolished in the intervening 50 years and replaced with even newer buildings

[@harbourdogNL]

And had the "developers" let them be, those "cottages" would be worth at least £1.5 million apiece, and they'd have made more profit faster with less investment.

[@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.

[@palerider964]

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

[@JackTheRipperTours]

You are so welcome!

[@toddbonin6926]

Another brilliant video Richard! You remain my favorite tour guide in the world. I took you Dickens and JTR tours when I was in London in 2017, and if I ever get back to London, I would take them all again!

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you for your kind words Todd. I hope to se you in London once again in the future.

[@paulanthony5274]

Todd,i guess by your spelling of favourite (Favorite) and name,Todd,that you're possibly from the states or Canada? I just wanted to ask,were you surprised that Whitechapel was 3 or 4 miles from the city centre to the east rather than right on its doorstep. I say that as I'm from manchester,in the north and whenever you see pictures of foggy London and jtr exaggerated with a cape and top hat they always show it next to big Ben or something similar. I'm not saying that you would fall for all the exaggerated things like a cape et cetera but wondered as I was surprised as it's probably a good fourty five minutes to one hours walk to Whitechapel from Westminster.

[@Sunshine-nq6wv]

Interesting video, thank you. I hadn't appreciated how close all the murders were. Quite incredible that at least two people saw the probable murderer, yet he was never caught. Times were tough in those days and it's tragic to think these women lost their lives, trying to survive- in all senses.

[@bretagnejean2410]

And all murders are in the week end. So killer worked . Worked the night or was married.

[@litiviousspartus4611]

Very informative, the before and after detail was fantastic.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jamief1799]

This has to be the best Jack the ripper documentary I have ever seen apsolutly enjoyed it start to finish

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you Jamie. Pleased you enjoyed it.

[@CorbalianVoss]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.....

[@theotherlebowskiboone4226]

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

[@canadagirleh]

Glad I was able to find Mitre square in 2007, before it was developed. Wish I founded “Dorset street” then too. Gone too :(

[@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.

[@karenolson4000]

I went on the Jack the Ripper walking tour in 1990 and things have totally changed since then.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Yes, Karen, there has been major change in the area. Some for better, a lot for worse.

[@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

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

Interesting and informative. I've read a lot about these murders. I'm glad that these victims aren't completely forgotten! Thank you. Well done.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you for your kind words, Rosie.

[@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.

[@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.

[@dizzydaydream9647]

More more!!!…….I don’t want it to end…..what a fascinating programme and even though I’ve studied the Jack The Ripper murders so many times…..I had no idea that it was the residents who got the street name changed…..there is always something new to learn x thank you 🙏

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you Dizzy. I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

[@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!

[@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.

[@jameslawlor8826]

another great video, thanks Richard. looking forward to the next one. i hope you are our tour guide when we make it to London.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thanks James. Pleased you enjoyed it. Hope to see you when you come to London.

[@alaningham1398]

You missed a trick. At 20:40, those metal lines in the ground are meant to represent the old road that was there before. Source: I used to work in that office building. The building management told me it was done because it was a known Jack The Ripper site.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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!!

[@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.

[@Godschild316]

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

[@JoannaLamont333]

This was really fascinating to see then & now. I would have liked to see a bit more of the past buildings preserved as there is little to no atmosphere with the new buildings. Thank you for the work you must have done to bring this video to us.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you , Joanna.

[@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.

[@imshinycaptain]

I had the chance to study abroad in 2007 and went on a couple of the night walking tours. Interesting to see how much it's changed even since then!

[@kirishima2370]

I used to live along the Fenchurch Street line and would regularly be in the area in the 80s and early 90s. I used to travel through late on a Sunday at the end of the 80s, heading from home to my university town and it was a distinctly eerie experience with all of the shops and businesses closed. I went back for the first time in 12 years in 2019 and so much has changed, the area is better lit and many of the creepy little passages are gone.

[@garymitchell4719]

Thank you for a most entertaining and informative video. There must have been a huge amount of work necessary to research the history and obtain archive photos and material. In the early 1990s, I went on a group tour of the murder sites and at the time, there were still a lot of unchanged buildings and streets, alleyways and courtyards still as they would have been in 1888. As you mentioned, the sites and vicinity were very atmospheric. I time of course, they will be virtually unrecognisable and a part of East London history lost. A superb video and many thanks once again.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you for your kind words, Gary.

[@essbe7158]

Thanks for the video. Sometimes, progress sucks. A shame so much is gone.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you. Very kind of you to say so.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Beardedexpat7614]

Very well produced video. Clear and precise. Many thanks.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Many thanks!

[@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.

[@ASmith-qs2ps]

Great documentary. Thank you.

[@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.

[@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!

[@petejones879]

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

[@webbac8491]

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

[@JackTheRipperTours]

My pleasure!

[@jemma4960]

I’m enjoying this, as far as how things have changed. And if I ever get over there, I want the tour. But, I think a Virtual Tour showing all the old buildings, no bodies of course, would be wicked cool❣️

[@JackTheRipperTours]

We di a Virtual tour Jemma. It will be on again in late August.

[@MrEdkern]

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

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you, Edward.

[@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.

[@ronwebster2183]

I’ve. been on several guided Ripper tours but this video really brings it to life, excellent. Thank you.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Natalie__b.44]

Great video! Probably one of the best 'then and now' comparisons of the sites. Haven't been there since 2010 and surprised at just how much Mitre Sq / Dorset St have changed even in just the last decade! Glad the 10 Bells is still going though...

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you for your kind words, Matthew.

[@DarcyDigs]

Riveting. Thank you so much for this.

[@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!

[@spiralfirst6488]

Strangely interesting. I knew very little about these murders before, but now I want to find out more. I'm glad I came across this video.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Pleased you enjoyed it.

[@OldProgers]

I used to work in the Barclays Bank across from the Ten Bells pub. There used to be a mobile coffee van who set up outside the church - he sold the best croissants ever! Strange how this video brought back all those memories - and it was really well done too.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

I remember the van, Paul. So much has changed round there.

[@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.

[@troubleshooting114]

Enjoyed this. Thanks 👍

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@howardsend6589]

Great production values and narration.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you Howard. Very kind of you.

[@Erin-cw4ct]

This video was frickin amazing!

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Thank you. Pleased you enjoyed it.

[@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765]

It amazes me how all of the areas were demolished, i get that real estate is priceless aspecially in london but, I recon that they would of earned more through tourism if the kept a street as it was.. so frustrating and stupid. Own goal to honest.

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Couldn't agree more.

[@adam_p99]

We had the blitz in London. Blame the Luftwaffe. Btw the Jack the Ripper tours don’t generate a lot of tourism.

[@loquayrocks]

oh, the Blitz certainly didn't help. Having recently visited the sites of the Ratcliffe Highway murders, most of the streets still exist under new names, very few of the buildings survived the Blitz. St George in the East church survived but was gutted and has now been turned into apartments.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Would be cool and a little eery to visit if they all looked somewhat similar. Would be able to recapture the atmosphere better

[@zeddeka]

Much of the east end was bombed terribly during the war - so much of what you see here was just a pile of rubble by 1945. What was left often wasn't really fit for human habitation.

[@johnedwards1580]

I've never been to London, but always wanted to visit if I can manage a trip from the states some day. So much history there. Thanks for the video. So well done!