Despite the fact that there is today a consensus that Jack the Ripper had 5 victims, his atrocities were part of a wider crime spree that was officially known as the Whitechapel Murders.
In this video you will visit all 11 of the murder sites, to view them as they are today and to see them as they looked at various periods over the last 136 years.
CHAPTERS
Introduction 00:00
Emma Elizabeth Smith 00:40
Martha Tabram 01:53
Mary Nichols 05:14
Annie Chapman 09:44
Elizabeth Stride 13:39
Catherine Eddowes 17:35
Mary Kelly 21:31
Catherine “Rose” Mylett 27:04
Alice McKenzie 28:33
The Pinchin Street Torso 29:47
Frances Coles 31:54
Conclusion 33:56
Closing Credits 35:09
The video features video footage, taken in 1989, of Durward Street, formerly Buck's Row, where the first Jack the Ripper murder, that of Mary Nichols took place. When this footage was filmed the thoroughfare was on the cusp of major redevelopment, and you will be able to view it then, as well as at other times in its history.
Likewise, Mitre Square is shown at various times in its history, from 1888, through to its recent transformation.
You will see then and now footage an photographs of the sites of the murders of all eleven victims, from Emma Smith, who was attacked on Tuesday the 3rd of April 1888, through to Frances Coles, who was murdered on Friday the 13th of February, 1891.
In so doing you will not only gain an insight into the full sequence of events and the locations at the Which the Whitechapel murders occurred, but also watch events as they unfolded over that three year period back in the Victorian era.