In the footsteps of Jack l’Eventreur, take a walk in the English capital.
Do you remember Whitechapel? If you are told of atrocious murders, riddles, narrow and dark alleys, bloody traces? And if you are told that it is possible to find yourself on the steps of Jack the Ripper, would you go?
Today, it is now easy, the neighborhood is no longer as unhealthy or infamous as it could be at the end of the 19th century, but there is always this smell of incredulity, this suspicion of doubt that suggests what the sadly famous serial killer could commit by murdering five women.
Dark London
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In the 21st century, you will be able to walk in the footsteps of the police inspectors of the time and also discover the places where the terrible murderer would like to go: a walk with a guide is offered from Wednesday to Sunday every week for horror lovers, for those who love to have chills in the back, for those who are fascinated by this strange case that Jack the Ripper is, surely the most famous serial killer.
Propulsion in the late 1880s, discover the markets of Petticoat Lane and Commercial Road, invest the dark quarters of Bucks Row and Mitre Square, discover the dark side of a London that was at the crossroads, between modernity, scientific discoveries and obscurantism.
A detailed visit
With an expert guide in the history and the rocambolesque of the Jack the Ripper case, you will be able to go directly to the places of 4 sites where the mysterious killings occurred: in each place, your guide will explain what really happened, how the victim was found, what the police of the time imagined, the clues collected.
It’s hard to bet that this little walk in the footsteps of the terrible serial killer doesn’t leave you with marble, or even it’s freezing your blood. Imagine walking quietly in Drury Lane who is surely the haunted theater of the city, strolling to Old Bailey which was a site of many public leanings or to Fleet Street, the famous neighborhood where barber demonic Sweeney Todd or Ten Bells Pub, an open establishment in 1752 where several victims of “Jack The Ripper” came to drink a drink, imagine Strong emotional guarantees, right?
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The strengths
It’s a real journey to go back in time that this unusual excursion in the Whitechapel district: you’ll walk in the footsteps of a serial killer and not any one since it’s Jack the Ripper.
You will be immersed in a uncommon atmosphere thanks to the blurred anecdotes of your guide who will narrate the living conditions of the inhabitants of the time and also the discoveries made by the criminal police of the time in the face of the wild assaults of the serial killer. A visit of about 2:30 in the dark streets of a London often unknown but still fascinating.
Have you ever followed the traces of Jack L’Éventreur in London?
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