Molly, the guide, gives a very informed explanation of why these particular crimes against five prostitutes may have become so world famous. It has a great deal to do with the social context in which they happened and the attention it drew to the horrifying condition in the East End of London in the 19th century.
St. Bartolf's Church. The ladies used to cruise around the church waiting for customers. At 2 or 3 pence a go, they would earn enough for some food or more likely gin and/or a place to sleep in a room with maybe 12 other people.
Mitre Square, now all modernized, where the 4th victim was found, behind the wall where the group of people are standing.
It's about 8:30 here, on a street in Whitechapel, mostly warehouses now and pretty deserted and spooky.
Back in 1888 this was the doorway where they found part of one victim's apron with blood wiped off on it. They also found the writing on the wall that some people said implicated either the Freemasons or Jews. Like most Jack stuff, it is all debated even today.
The actual original building where on of the victims lived in a Catholic charity home for a while.
On of the narrow streets where those folk would have walked, not too much changed.
Not part of the Jack stuff, but seen along the way--part of the original Roman wall that inclosed the first Londinium. There is an amazing amount of evidence of the presence of the Roamns in Britain. The Roman Baths in the city of Bath being one of the chief examples.
An insurance company headquarters, locally called "The Gerkin," along with a number of other epithets that I won't mention.
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