The week between Christmas and New years is a strange one in the U.K. so many American and other tourists arrive and forget that they are in a foreign country and that having no national holidays since the summer, we are all finding a way to muddle through about 10 days without going to work,… Continue reading The life and death of Doorkins Magnificat who put the Cat into Southwark Cathedral
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Jack The Ripper Breakthrough: Identified as Aaron Kosminski
It seems slightly unreal to be updating a historical blog post I wrote just a week ago on Jack The Ripper. Jack being the legendary serial killer in Victorian London for whom police identified over 100 suspects. However, several British newspapers have printed a story that his identity has finally been proven, again. This time… Continue reading Jack The Ripper Breakthrough: Identified as Aaron Kosminski
From Hell: Yours truly, Jack The Ripper
At the end of August 1888, the district of Whitechapel in the impoverished east end of London was plunged into terror when a series of killings were perpetrated by a man that would forever be known as Jack The Ripper. ***Please Note that this post does not contain any photos of murder victims but does… Continue reading From Hell: Yours truly, Jack The Ripper
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