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Jack the Ripper Private Immersive Tour in London

Location London, England, United Kingdom
$47.53
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Overview

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. Your group 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!

Your group will hear many pre-recorded sections while walking from stop to stop, such as, the police 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!
Jack the Ripper Private Immersive Tour in London
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

  • Hi-Tech Headphones
  • Bottled water

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

  • Here you will hear an introduction to the murders of Jack the Ripper and information about the area as it was in 1888
  • St Botolph's Aldgate
    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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Brick Lane
    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
  • Brick Lane
    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
  • 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.
  • 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!
  • 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'
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Not reccomended for people with walking/standing difficulties as 2.30 hours with no break
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    Jack the Ripper Private Immersive Tour in London

    Location London, England, United Kingdom
    $47.53
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
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