London 150 Minute Immersive Jack The Ripper Tour

Accompained by your expert Ripperologist with 30 years experience in leading Jack the Ripper walks, this is the only Jack the Ripper tour that uses the hi-tech equipment that provides all the extra pre-recorded segments that you listen to on route. You will also view many photos of victims, crime scenes and the area from 1888 all on a back-lit 14" tablet which enables you to see these clearly even in the dark!
You will hear all different pre-recorded sections walking from stop to stop, such as some of the policemen chasing Jack the Ripper, questioning a tenant about suspicious people in the area, street vendors cries, newspaper sellers shouting headlines, music from the time and other background noises.

Also, at the murder sites pre-recorded of events leading up to that murder, the murder or the discovery of the body afterwards.
This is the ONLY Jack the Ripper tour to include these extra sections which give you a real feeling of being back in 1888!

Meeting Point

Aldgate Station

Aldgate, London EC3A, UK, UK

Directly outside the station, there's only one exit.

What's included:

• Hi-Tech Headphones

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Dorsett City Hotel

9 Aldgate High St, London EC3N 1AH, UK

Here you will hear an introduction to the murders of Jack the Ripper and information about the area as it was in 1888

6 minutes

St Botolph's Aldgate

Aldgate High Street, London, EC3N 1AB

On the green by St Botolph's you will get a detailed description of what life was like in 1888. The homlesness, common lodging houses, the workhouses & the lack of employment. Giving a deep look into peoples lives back then. You see many photos to illustrate these point on the 14"tablet making them easy to see even when it's dark.

8 minutes

Mitre Street

Mitre St, London EC3A, UK

This stop deals with the murder of Elizabeth Stride, You will hear about the evening leading up to her murder in the early hour of the morning.you will hear how louis Diemschultz discoveredher body on arriving at the gateway of Dutfield's Yard. You will accompaining photo's to show the street and victim

9 minutes

Mitre Square

Mitre Square, London EC3A 5DE, UK

Moving over to the school gate where Catherine Eddowes was discovered dead and mutilated on 30th Aug 1888. You will hear how this was the second murder within an hour and her body actually being discovered by PC Edmund Watkins on his beat. How this was so excitoing to the City of London Police tat the time. You will follow the route they to search for Jack right to the place wher the only clue 'if you can call it that' was found. again accompanied by photo's

12 minutes

Goulston Street

Goulston St, London E1, UK

You will stop opposite 108-119 Gouldston St and view the doorway where the only clue in the case of Jack the Ripper was found. Your guide will explain what happened after this was discovered and how the two police forces Metropolitan and City of London were and still are separate even today

9 minutes

Wentworth Street

Wentworth St, London E1, UK

Here we will return to the very beginning of the murders to talk about a victim that is not included in the canonical five but recently has been accredited as a likely victim by Professor David Wilson a highly accredited criminologist. You will hear the murder take place and conversation about it afterwards.
You will again see photo's of the murder site and the victim

8 minutes

Osborn Street

Osborn St, London E1, UK

As we turn the corner into Brick Lane you will hear music as it would have been coming out of pubs and musichall in 1888

3 minutes

Brick Lane

London

Opposite the Frying Pan pub in Brick Lane (the last place she had adrink) you will hear the tragic story of Polly Nichols, how if she had not been desperate for her lodging money she may never have been one of Jack's victims.
You will hear the two men discovering her body in Berner's St Whitechapel, how they sent police to the scene unfortunately Polly was already dead Accompanied by photo's of victim & murder site on tablet

9 minutes

Brick Lane

London

As we leave Polly you will hear street vendor's trying to sell their wares and the police starting to question members of the local community about any suspicious men in the area

6 minutes

Hanbury Street

Hanbury St, London E1, UK

Here at Annie Chapman's murder site you will hear about Annie's life, the tragic events that led up to her death on 8th Sept 1888. How she was seen les than an hour before she was murdered by Mrs Long with a man here outside no 27. How he enticed her into the backyard of 29 with promises of money and even how she was brutally murdered. A prominent suspect who was later discounted and photo's of victim and murder site.

10 minutes

Wilkes Street

Wilkes St, London E1, UK

As we walk down Wilkes St you will hear how by this time the murders were causing outrage among the local community, how newspaper were stoking the terror felt in the area and about the houses here ating back to 1700's who built them and why!

5 minutes

Puma Court

Puma Ct, London E1, UK

We stop here to look at one of the letters received by the press at the time although there were 1092 letters sent to the police and the press this and one other stick out as being important As we leave you will hear newspaper boys/men shouting out lurid headlines which stoked the 'fear'

7 minutes

Commercial Street

Commercial St, London E1, UK

Stopping opposite the Ten Bells (Mary Kelly's favourite pub) we will tell you about the area at the time, Spitalfields Market and tell you how Jack the Ripper has casued controvesy over the years. Also the importance of Christchurch Graveyard to the homeless at the time. You will also hear how things we take for granted were very important to them being homeless and caused fights between them

6 minutes

Brushfield Street

Brushfield St, London, UK

Standing in the entranceway of The London Fruit and Wool Exchange Building you will hear about the other letter of importance the Lusk letter, how it arrived in a box with an article that could have come forom one of the victims. With photo's of the letter and recepitant.

8 minutes

London Fruit & Wool Exchange

1-10 Brushfield St, London E1 6EN, UK

In the central courtyard of this building we will stop as it is the nearest place to where Mary Kelly , the last victim was slaughtered in her own room, the youngest victim and the only one to be killed indoors. You will hear all about the events leading up to her death and the actual murder of Mary Kelly in all it's gruesome detail. After which you guide will tell you about some of the suspects then and now and her theory on whodunnit! Finally your guide will direct you the shortest route to Liverpool St Station.

15 minutes