Investigate London’s most infamous unsolved murders on a 2-hour guided walk. Explore historic streets, examine clues and discover the stories of the women behind the headlines.
A killer vanished. The clues remained. More than a century later, the mystery still grips London.
Explore the Jack the Ripper case on a 2-hour guided walking tour through Whitechapel and Spitalfields. Follow the investigation through historic streets and locations connected with the murders that shook London in the autumn of 1888.
Visit locations linked to three of the five principal victims, including the sites associated with Mary Jane Kelly, Annie Chapman and Catherine Eddowes. Using historical photographs and illustrations, your guide helps you picture the courts, lodging houses and alleyways that have disappeared beneath the modern city.
Discover the women’s lives, their struggles and the circumstances surrounding their final hours. Hear how poverty, overcrowding and insecurity shaped daily life in the Victorian East End.
Then examine the evidence. What could witnesses really tell the police? Were the notorious letters genuine or elaborate hoaxes? What did a bloodstained piece of apron reveal—and was the nearby chalk message connected to the killer at all?
Explore the suspects and competing theories, separating documented evidence from the myths that have grown around the case. Ask questions, challenge assumptions and decide which explanations you find convincing.
Finish at the square where Catherine Eddowes was found, considering how the murderer escaped detection despite nearby police patrols. The killer’s identity remains uncertain—but you’ll leave with a deeper understanding of the people, places and evidence behind the mystery.
Important information
The tour includes graphic descriptions of murder and violence, which some visitors may find distressing. No mortuary or crime-scene photographs are shown.
