The Jack the Ripper Museum, situated in a historic Victorian house in the heart of Whitechapel, tells the full story of the Jack the Ripper murders. 1888 the time when London was the greatest city in the world, where the greatest unsolved crimes of all time took place.
As you explore the museum, you can discover everything about the lives of the victims, the main suspects in the murders, the police investigation and the daily life of those living in the east end of London in 1888.
On the stairs, you can see details of each murder recorded on the walls. The victims’ names, ages and murder locations are shown, along with newspaper reports and illustrations of the crimes.
JACK THE RIPPER 1888
The Jack the Ripper murders occurred in the East End of London in 1888 and. The Whitechapel Murderer was a threat to a very small section of the community in a small part of London but the crimes had a huge impact on society as a whole.
Focusing the attention of the press and the public at large on the streets and people of one of London's poorest and most crime-ridden quarters, Jack the Ripper managed to expose the sordid underbelly of Victorian society and, in so doing, he helped create an awareness amongst the wealthier citizens of London of the appalling social conditions that had been allowed to develope.
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