The Victims Of Jack The Ripper - Their Lives, Deaths And Graves.

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  • A documentary that tells the stories of the five victims of Jack the Ripper - Mary Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Kelly. Their murders - which were included on the Whitechapel Murders file - took place between Friday, August 31st, 1888 and Friday, 9th November, 1888 at various locations around the streets of the Victorian East End of London.
    Using contemporary photographs and illustrations, as well as footage of the locations as they are today, we tell each of their stories, tracing their lives from their births to their deaths.
    CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO
    00:00 - Intro
    00:09 - The Whitechapel Murders, April 1888 - February, 1891.
    00:29 - The Origin of the name "Jack the Ripper".
    00:45 - The Canonical Five Victims.
    01:17 - The Life and Murder of Mary Nichols.
    08:37 -The Life and Murder of Annie Chapman.
    15:18 - The Life and Murder of Elizabeth Stride.
    20:03 - The Life and Murder of Catherine Eddowes.
    27:50 - The Life and Murder of Mary Kelly.
    41:07 - The Legacy of the Jack the Ripper crimes.
    42:05 - A brief summary of the victims.
    42:21 - Conclusion
    43:04 - Closing Credits
    We detail how each one of the victims lives followed a similar tragic pattern as circumstances conspired to send them on a downward spiral that caused them to seek solace in drink.
    With their lives blighted by poverty and alcoholism, each of the victims eventually gravitated to the East End of London, where they lived transient existences flitting between the district's common lodging houses and rented accommodation.
    As there was no welfare system to ease the hardships of those who had fallen on hard times, the five women did what it took to survive, be it selling whatever they could acquire on the streets of London, as well as resorting to casual prostitution.
    Ultimately, this would lead them into the clutches of a man whom history now remembers as "Jack the Ripper" and we examine the horror of their murders whilst visiting the sites through press illustrations and photographs.
    We also take a close look a their funerals, and describe the public reaction to each funeral, when crowds would line the streets, and men, women, and children would often try to touch the coffins as they passed on the routes the the cemeteries, where the victims of Jack the Ripper were laid to rest.
    We visit the cemeteries in which they lie, and stand by the memorial plaques to each victims that are now maintained by the individual burial grounds.
    The film does not sensationalise the murders, but tries to take a measured and sympatric look at the lives of five women whose horrific deaths at the hands of an unknown murderer laid bare the horrific social conditions that prevailed in the Victorian East End of London.

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  • @roxiekooi865
    @roxiekooi865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I really appreciate that this documentary focuses on the victims, not the killer. Beautifully done.

  • @debbievanpoucke9983
    @debbievanpoucke9983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    I admit, I have always been fascinated by Jack the Ripper. However, we tend to forget these 5 women had lives and did not deserve to find such brutal deaths. Thank you for sharing this respectful insight on their lives!

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I agree Debbie. The victims often get lost in the hunt for their murderer. Thank you for your kind comment about my video being a respectful insight.

    • @wyattpeterson6286
      @wyattpeterson6286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Too true. These women may have not been perfect human beings but they didn't deserve to have their lives ended so brutally.

    • @sylviacarlson3561
      @sylviacarlson3561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      My Sister is reading a book about these women called "The Five." She said it's good.

    • @mattwilliam5522
      @mattwilliam5522 ปีที่แล้ว

      So erotic yet so pure to think of them

    • @michaeldevaney5728
      @michaeldevaney5728 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@JackTheRipperTours who do yu believe was the ripper

  • @delvoniaquasbex5902
    @delvoniaquasbex5902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Beautifully written and soberly narrated with respect and compassion towards the victims. Tip of the hat to Richard Jones.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Thank you for your kind words.

    • @soledadferrer1325
      @soledadferrer1325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, magnificent. Congratulations to the author and narrator.

  • @kathyjones3798
    @kathyjones3798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Those poor women didn't deserve to die in such awful circumstances. May they rest in peace.

    • @pickybitch2707
      @pickybitch2707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They really didn’t 😢

    • @sashaconrad3939
      @sashaconrad3939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes, May they Rest In Peace! 🙏

    • @aimeew6880
      @aimeew6880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So true. How they were forced to live was equally tragic.

    • @cedricchevrot4560
      @cedricchevrot4560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is exactly what I intend dumb viewers to remember. It's all sadly a matter of women's horrible death, not about a tabloid-super-star-serial-killer fame. I do thank the respectfull tone of this footage.

  • @GrilloTheFlightless
    @GrilloTheFlightless 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I have three tobacco tins full of old coins, mostly Victorian and Edwardian pennies and ha’pennies. My grandfather found them at a house he lived at once and gave them to me. They cost me nothing and I took them for granted all through my childhood. It’s sad to think that the amount of coins I have would have kept one of these women in lodgings for months.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      A very sad thought. Thanks for sharing.

    • @jessicagunn3870
      @jessicagunn3870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Perhaps some of those coins were used to pay for somewhere to stay for some poor woman who without them may have been another victim. Each one of those coins has its own history of possibly thousands of hands through which they passed, a history that will always remain hidden from us.

    • @norbertalbertz7259
      @norbertalbertz7259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      One of those coins may even have passed through Jack the rippers hands

    • @natgem1094
      @natgem1094 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jessicagunn3870 could've passed the hands of jack the ripper

  • @taradiane
    @taradiane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    The killer's names are always remembered - Bundy, Christie, Dahmer, Brady.... if Jack's real identity was ever confirmed, would we know these women's names as well as we do? Probably not. Their names never being forgotten is, in a way, the only justice they'll ever receive - by not being forgotten.

    • @pickybitch2707
      @pickybitch2707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Instead of his name, we have the victims names. Maybe that’s how it should be? Personally, I don’t remember any of Bundy’s victims names.

    • @unicornzNbeez
      @unicornzNbeez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed!!

    • @josephfriscia6752
      @josephfriscia6752 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was James Maybrick

    • @Nrvsmum73
      @Nrvsmum73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said!

    • @davidthompson6834
      @davidthompson6834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@josephfriscia6752 no he wasn’t

  • @helentelehowski679
    @helentelehowski679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    This is the best of the Jack the Ripper documentaries I have heard. I like how the victims are shown as unfortunate women. They were a product of their time.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Thank you Helen. I think it is important to depict the plight of the victims as opposed to glorify the perpetrator. As you say, the times were harsh.

    • @fizzao1342
      @fizzao1342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It's so good that they have been given the humanity that the newspapers and books often forget. They were women who had hopes and dreams, families and relatives. The poorest of the poor, the Ripper took the only remaining thing they had, their lives. Thank you for this.

    • @brando9508
      @brando9508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Annie was not “fond” of drink. Drink allowed her to escape her dismal life of disparity and poverty.

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's so nice that those poor women are remembered.RIP to them all.

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If only these idiots who pull down statues would realize that every one of those people were 'of their time'!!!

  • @sleeming88
    @sleeming88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    A wonderful and much-needed reminder that these women were human beings with tragic stories of their own and not just ghoulish props in a crime drama.

  • @DeidreL9
    @DeidreL9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Poverty and lack of human compassion is what gave Jack his victims. If only the world wasn’t so harsh, then and now, people wouldn’t meet their fates in these dreaded situations. The plaques and flowers to these women are so heartwarming.
    This was presented so well, with heart, grace and respect. I’m so glad l found this video. Subbed. Thank you so much for giving these women back their dignity.

  • @christinamcilwaine350
    @christinamcilwaine350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Great job paying a respectful tribute to the victims of Jack The Ripper
    Very well made focusing on the 5 women's lives making them human beings and not just names in a newspaper great work
    Rest In Peace to Mary Ann Polly Nichols Annie chapman Elizabeth Stride Catherine Eddowes and Mary Kelly ❤️
    🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

  • @pamelakimmons9209
    @pamelakimmons9209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Respectful and compassionate. Thank you for the most humane documentation of this horrible crime against these vulnerable women.

  • @rebelbelle62
    @rebelbelle62 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The conditions at that time were so horrible if you research, that it's no wonder people drank so much. It would be impossible to bear life without the numbing affects of alcohol. Can you imagine being so sick you don't hardly have the strength to walk, then have to do what she had to do just to have a bed to sleep in. I feel only sorrow and pity for those poor people. RIP all who suffered and died. 🙏 You do such a good job covering the lives of these poor women.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you.

    • @louiseshepherd5323
      @louiseshepherd5323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I found it bad enough when I was strung out because of heroin withdrawal. Having to work on the street then was horrible.

    • @jessicagunn3870
      @jessicagunn3870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@louiseshepherd5323 that you have got yourself together against such insurmountable odds speaks volumes for your strength as a person, May the rest of your days be filled with nothing but peace and happiness xxx

    • @louiseshepherd5323
      @louiseshepherd5323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jessicagunn3870 bless your heart😊

  • @orlaghcassidy3404
    @orlaghcassidy3404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Very well done. Excellent, respectful documentary. I am so glad to see these ladies being remembered with dignity.

  • @sayyorahchopra123
    @sayyorahchopra123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I’ve been studying Jack the Ripper for a few years now and even now seeing certain things like the picture of Mary Kelly still makes me sad may all the victims rest in peace thank you for uploading this

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pleased you liked it Sayyorah.

    • @mrb2643
      @mrb2643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Were any of these women linked to the royal family?

    • @thekitowl
      @thekitowl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrb2643 nothing has ever come up as to any Royal connection, at least in the large collection of books I’ve read on the subject.

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you come to any conclusion?

  • @celiaabbott184
    @celiaabbott184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    We are so lucky compared to these poor women I can't imagine the terrible lives they lived in poverty without a home or people who cared about them Wonderful video thankyou x

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It is sad to see the downward spirals they all shared. Yet, they also seem to have been fighters.

    • @dianalynnelizabeth780
      @dianalynnelizabeth780 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Women back then didn’t have many choices, women had practically no rights to/for anything in Victorian England.

  • @Rubytuesday1569
    @Rubytuesday1569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Really well researched and put together. Finally a focus on these womens lives, they endured such hardship before their horrendous deaths. Beautifully narrated, thank you. RIP 🕊️

  • @MorrisseysMonkey
    @MorrisseysMonkey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Brutal times. And people think they have got it bad today.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Indeed.

    • @chankwaichoi1
      @chankwaichoi1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i thought the VICTORIAN ERA was the peak of the GREAT BRITISH EMPIRE.
      obviously there were two ENDS -
      the WEST END n the EAST END...
      the best of times; the worst of times...
      we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way !

    • @chriscuomo9334
      @chriscuomo9334 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many have it worse, just not in usa

  • @brianbommarito3376
    @brianbommarito3376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Poor Mary Ann “Polly” Nicholls. All of them were equally tragic, but there’s something about the spirit of optimism in her story, going off confident that in spite of the daily hell of her existence, she would quickly obtain the four pence she needed for a place to sleep. “Look at my jolly new bonnet!” As if that bonnet was the only thing she had going for her. Poor woman. Also, imagine how her children must have felt when they heard. She was already out of their lives, but there is a natural bond you feel for your parent even if they do very bad things. Her alcohol addiction ruined her life as it ruined all these girls’ lives, as they probably wouldn’t have been on the streets of London that night when the evil Ripper was walking around looking for a convenient victim.

    • @groovylicks6
      @groovylicks6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think that Marie Jean Kelly was the most tragic. She was very young and was brutally murdered.

    • @BuddyLee23
      @BuddyLee23 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alcohol likely brought her the only transient escape she could find from the deprivation and hardship of her time and circumstances. It’s easy for us, as exceedingly privileged 21st century people to cast aspersions on their life style choices (and I personally do not drink myself), but if I was living in the destitution of Victorian England, I sure as shit would be reaching for drink on the regular.

    • @AlchemistOfHecate
      @AlchemistOfHecate ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually poverty & environment is the root of it all.

  • @pickybitch2707
    @pickybitch2707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I suppose being dead drunk was the only way to cope with such terrible circumstances 😢

  • @trevorbyron9448
    @trevorbyron9448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Sad. I just cannot forgive the government for turning a blind eye to the poverty and plight of the poor and the sordid conditions people had to live under in east end of London, leaving them to fend for themselves and even die of hunger

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It really is/was a tragedy, Trevor. And to think that, as you, say, the policy could have alleviated the suffering.

    • @Mary22632
      @Mary22632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      everyone expects the government to do something...what is needed is more personal responsibility

    • @jenny2tone242
      @jenny2tone242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Mary22632 They had personal responsibility. They did what they had to do to survive. Not much opportunity for women in those days, especially those from working class background.

    • @GrilloTheFlightless
      @GrilloTheFlightless 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It’s such a sad fact that whilst London was one of the wealthiest cities in the world at the time, it also had one of the greatest percentages of paupers than many other cities. The gulf between the wealthy minority and the poor majority was extreme with many living in slum conditions. The popular attitude at the time was that if someone was poor it was their own fault, and all too few of the well-monied thought to extend help. These poor souls must have been so desperate to have resorted to prostitution, and to put themselves in such danger to earn four pence.

    • @lindaarrington9397
      @lindaarrington9397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know

  • @haps2019
    @haps2019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    42:44 And may the men who lived equally terrible lives there also rest in peace.

  • @JimAllder11
    @JimAllder11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This video does a very good job of giving these women the proper memorial they never had.

  • @aprildent8456
    @aprildent8456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Those poor women what a wretched way of life and death. RIP

  • @johnreed8336
    @johnreed8336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you for remembering their lives and more importantly remembering their names.
    Through their tragic & horrific end they have gained some kind of immortality as recompense for their suffering.

  • @LK-zf2hd
    @LK-zf2hd ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've read books, I've watched vids, and I have to say, THIS video was one of most heartfelt, compassionate I've ever seen.

  • @babycharliebrown
    @babycharliebrown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Touching portrayal of the victims and their tragic lives. Thanks for such a thoughtful story.

  • @GeorgiaGeorgette
    @GeorgiaGeorgette 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Rest in peace, Mary, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine, Marie. Remembered with respect.

  • @7arboreal
    @7arboreal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for focusing on these human beings whose lives were so brutally stolen from them.

  • @elainethomas9737
    @elainethomas9737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    These women were not only the victims of Jack the Ripper they were victims of poverty..so sad. The grave markers were a heart felt tribute 😥. I think if they were wealthy I think more of an effort to find that fiend 🤔

  • @reposter6434
    @reposter6434 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Despite the brutal deaths and the scary time people in the east end went through... Jack the ripper did one thing that was positive... The deaths had shown attraction to the poor unacceptable living conditions. After the murders, the government/council finally decided to act on this, and living conditions started slowly getting better.

    • @janetpendlebury6808
      @janetpendlebury6808 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Although the murders brought the conditions of the East Enders to the attention of everyone, not much was actually done to end their plight at that time. Those slum condition's were still being lived in well into the 1900's. It was not until 1908 that old-Age Pensions were introduced, and not until 1948 did they introduce a comprehensive system of social security. Slum clearances were still going on in 1960's.

  • @jacquelinewesson1202
    @jacquelinewesson1202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    There is a very good book called The Five which tells the story of the lives of the five victims of Jack the Ripper,

    • @thalia7104
      @thalia7104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you for mentioning and recommending the book, Jacqueline! I found it on Amazon (even in German, I don't know if the author originally wrote it in English, would have bought it anyway 😊), can't wait to read this book! A very different view than just reading about the killer and the suspects!

    • @thomashumphrey4953
      @thomashumphrey4953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am and have been reading that book very good and very in-depth research, it even has what was on their person after they were murdered.

    • @ladysiam3024
      @ladysiam3024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That was very nicely done and with much respect.

    • @thalia7104
      @thalia7104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thomashumphrey4953 @Lady Siam Yes, reading it now these days, very in-depth and respectful! At the moment, I'm reading the chapter about Catherine Eddowes. Usually, I read one person's life at one day, but Catherine seems to take a little bit longer (and I unfortunately have other stuff to do 😕). But I think I will finish the chapter about her soon.
      Definitely recommend the book so far!

    • @IslandGirlKelly
      @IslandGirlKelly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A fabulous read. I have recommended it many times.

  • @MsZoedog66
    @MsZoedog66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Excellent presentation - it was factual and appropriately respectful. Thanks!

  • @Conuremum
    @Conuremum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    It’s so sad that some of these women’s remains are basically unknown but in the area or reused graves😢🥺

  • @yelena86
    @yelena86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This channel is vastly underrated. Thank you for all that you do 🙏

  • @mikki3961
    @mikki3961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Very well done Sir. Respectful telling of the horrific trials these poor women lived. Their deaths did invoke change.

  • @JoJo-sc1db
    @JoJo-sc1db 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Excellent video, much respect given to these ladies. Such a soothing voice too, thank you 😊.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very Kind of you Jo Jo, pleased that you enjoyed it.

  • @cynthiaskidmore7545
    @cynthiaskidmore7545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Such a touching tribute to these women. Thank you so much, this really touched my heart.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you for your kind words, Cynthia.

    • @cutekanjii
      @cutekanjii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah they always had enough for drink though but not to support their children and yet spent money on a hat to attract punters boasts about drinking away her lodging money 3 times over. Obviously nobody deserves to become a victim of Jack the ripper but this woman wasn't a saint, they wernt forced into prostitution if they decided to stop drinking and use that money to get themselves together rather than wasting it on drink then they wouldn't be in that situation, they'd be able to get a normal job. There was temperance movements at that time which would have helped support those giving up drink

    • @tammygilmer1228
      @tammygilmer1228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@cutekanjii Don't be so damned judgmental...these poor women were definitely products of their environment and they probably felt helpless and knew of no other way to get out of their predicament...if you experienced what these women went through in their all-too brief life, I very much doubt you'd be able to pass judgment...

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cutekanjii Those bloodhounds being cancelled seems more than odd to me.
      Re your comment,it strikes as pretty heartless.Those women would've had little choice when it came to making a living.They all seem to have tried to have different ways,before resorting to prostitution.Probably drink was the only consolation they had in their sad lives.As for alcaholism,some people are predestined to it.A person of whom I was very fond,was third generation of this affliction.It was in his genes.It was & is an illness.
      My son was at university some years ago & in the lab they had a few strands of Catherine Eddowes shawl which was being tested.Unfortunatly I cannot recall the findings.Please,show some consideration for those who struggle with addictions & be glad you are not among them.

  • @bissonboy7130
    @bissonboy7130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those five women were the only ones who could say they knew what Jack the Ripper looked like, sadly the last person they saw. Very well narrated video.

  • @TheJaxx62
    @TheJaxx62 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for this, may those poor souls forever be remembered

  • @johanvajse8410
    @johanvajse8410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the irony that there was more money left on her grave than she needed to be safe for the night

    • @leeneale8776
      @leeneale8776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow....never thought of that :/ these events are so so sad.

  • @joansavage1857
    @joansavage1857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The Poor people, such poverty!! May they rest in peace!!

  • @whos-the-stiff
    @whos-the-stiff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    For once a documentary focuses on the victims rather than on the possible identity of their killer.

  • @aarons1811
    @aarons1811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    An excellent video. Sensationalism often drowns out the quieter, more human moments, which I feel are integral to a person's life and death. In accounts of Jack the Ripper's victims, they are often portrayed as itinerant ladies of the night, with hardly a family member between them, which was clearly not the case...

  • @trigger1268
    @trigger1268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thanks for sharing this excellent documentary I was hooked from the start. Such a fascinating,mysterious character but also very very chilling

  • @MissFlow
    @MissFlow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I have seen the photograph of Mary Kelly before, the black and white version and it's truely nightmare fuel.
    How someone is capable of doing what Jack did to Mary is beyond understanding.
    The other women were brutally murdered, absolutely. That police drawing of Catherine Eddowes body in the state she was found is haunting too.
    But I can not forget that photo of Kelly. Imagine witnessing that in real life. Those poor men must have been traumatized for life seeing and smelling the crime scene of Miller's Court.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very well said.

    • @fizzao1342
      @fizzao1342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I nearly fainted the first time I saw that dreadful photo. I was 12 and looking at the book that contained it in Smiths in St Albans. I didn't understand what had happened and when I worked it out I went very hot and faint. I can't bear to see it. How could anyone visit such hatred on another human being?

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fizzao1342 Or on any living creature.

  • @rob5944
    @rob5944 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I for one appreciate the sensitivity and respect shown in this production in regards to the said victims of these crimes, it was very well made, contains a lot of information and is a must for any student of the ripper murders.

  • @karingibby2535
    @karingibby2535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very well done, Sir. Your research shed new light on an horrific time in London's history. I was unaware of much of the information you revealed through your research on the lives of the victims. These tragic women will be remembered.

  • @rustlemyjimmys
    @rustlemyjimmys 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    These videos are absolutely fantastic Richard! As with your written work, these videos really are gripping and a testament to your professionalism and research. I'm guessing the upload frequency will slow to a degree as life returns to some kind of normality, however, I would urge you to continue uploading in some form as you're on to something special here - Keep up the great work!

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Jon, That is very kind of you. I hope to keep them coming, even as things return to normal.

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JackTheRipperTours Richard,do you know anything about the Catherine Eddowes shawl testings?

  • @unicornzNbeez
    @unicornzNbeez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    May all the victims rest in peace...it is sad that we will never know who jack the ripper was..and that he has never payed for his crime!!

    • @mirandagoldstine8548
      @mirandagoldstine8548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Who said he isn’t playing for it in the afterlife? I like to think he is suffering in a cold, dark pit of Helheim, eternally forced to have bugs eat away at his flesh and be forced to sleep on cold stone, his skin burned by icy cold flames while Hel looks at him and sneers at him as he begs for mercy only to have her snap back about how his crimes placed him in his current predicament.

    • @deancordery5935
      @deancordery5935 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel we do know who JTR is and he's name is in the papers and the inquest into the Death of Polly Nicholls because Robert Paul named Charles Allen Cross as the man who stood over Polly Nicholls body in Bucks Row, Mr Cross lied too the Police officer Mizin and then gave he's address as 22 Doveton Street and Cross was the surname he gave... Mr Charles Allen Cross is in fact Charles Allen Lechmere every time Lechmere was in a spot of bother or needed away out he gave Cross as he's surname not Lechmere...
      Charles Allen Lechmere is JTR in my opinion he had the perfect opportunity the perfect alibi the perfect motive the perfect job too just blend in, that job was a cartmen working for Pickfords he's walks too and from work too the places he lived passed every crime scene yes I do mean every murdered woman 11 I believe Lechmere killed but I also believe he maybe the Thames Torso Killer as well...

    • @victorcontreras9138
      @victorcontreras9138 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But then if the true word of the BIBLE says: we reap what we sow, then though Jack was never caught, he must be paying for his crimes----someway and somewhere.

    • @janetpendlebury6808
      @janetpendlebury6808 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mirandagoldstine8548 only if you believe in fairy tales.

    • @msmltvcktl
      @msmltvcktl ปีที่แล้ว

      @Janet pendelbury: no different a fairy tale than what xtians tell.

  • @-b_i_b_b_y-
    @-b_i_b_b_y- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beautiful tribute. Thank you for including the illustrations only, I think some people may be desensitised to such things and forget how traumatising they can still be for many. Although most of their lives in Whitchapel must have been unpleasant I really, really hope that these five women had moments of true happiness and joy while they were alive.

  • @tamsinwood2
    @tamsinwood2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So good to hear more about the women. Their lives tell us much about poverty and the difficulties women faced.

  • @jamesjackson-df1hi
    @jamesjackson-df1hi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I LOVE LYING BACK, AND LISTENING TO RICHARDS VOICE TALKING ABOUT JTR. IT'S LIKE AN OLD FRIEND TELLING YOU A BEDTIME STORY. ANYONE ELSE DO THIS TOO?

  • @yorgeabouttstudio
    @yorgeabouttstudio ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A very respectful video, I cried a few times. How hard was this to put into the word? I hate this devil but am also fascinated by how someone could just do such awful things. It doesn’t make any sense how a human did this.

  • @nittenman373
    @nittenman373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great video. Your videos are by far the best I've watched despite being hooked on the Whitechapel murders for some years now. They are understated and not brash or sensationalised like many others. I just had to subscribe before I finished the first one! Very well presented indeed.

  • @o_doris
    @o_doris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    From the very beginning, my interest in this case centred on the lives of the victims themselves and not the grisly details of their end. Thank you for this 🙂 My great-grandmother was 15 when the murders took place and lived merely 6 miles from Whitechapel. She must have been fearful!

    • @TheIndependentLens
      @TheIndependentLens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think people forget that this really wasn't that long ago to where there are people who knew people who were alive back when this was happening.

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    R.I.P the five murdered young women of London back then, 1888.

  • @JaySamurai79
    @JaySamurai79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's great that the victims are being highlighted. Many know the name jack the ripper, but not many know the name of the victim's.

  • @PhoenixRayne88
    @PhoenixRayne88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I have a question.. why is there no monument in that area? Even small to medium plaques where each woman died? I know the street names changed and buildings are up in some spots but nothing to honor them? The deaths of these women are overlooked GREATLY, I've seen TWO TH-cam channels make videos about them this being one. The deaths of these women changed the whole of London. They brought attention to the horrors that were happening in the streets of that area. Because of this children, women, men, families and the elderly were given the help that they desperately needed. In life they did what was needed and in death they changed everything. Most heroes are formed for their deaths...

    • @guadalupebaptista9757
      @guadalupebaptista9757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think there's a placard in Mitre Square that mentions that Catherine Eddowes found murdered there. I don't know if they counted that as a memorial, but still something was done.

    • @aimeew6880
      @aimeew6880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is.

  • @jasminespencer3992
    @jasminespencer3992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As the narrator pointed out, yes I think it’s horribly disrespectful to put Jack the Ripper ‘s name on those poor women’s tombstones.

  • @jacquelinemitchell7148
    @jacquelinemitchell7148 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Done with care and respect to the poor victims. Well done to the author and narrator. R .I.P. beautiful souls ❤

  • @futurepig
    @futurepig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thanks for this great video. I have read quite a bit on the subject and I'm surprised to find how little I knew about the victims. Most accounts mention the gruesome details of their deaths, but very little about their lives.
    One thing I find sad is that these women are remembered as prostitutes, but when you learn their story you find they struggled to make a living doing other jobs and had resorted to prostitution only occasionaly and out of desperation. Meeting a maniac in a dark alley was just the last in a long list of misfortunes.

  • @vickiewallace415
    @vickiewallace415 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I usually enjoy your content as thoughtful and entertaining. Come on now tonight you gave us the feels! Very very well done and very moving.

  • @sandraallen8832
    @sandraallen8832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fantastic video, massive respect shown to these 5 ladies - well done 👏 and Thankyou

  • @alexandermacdougall7873
    @alexandermacdougall7873 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So few people ever put much more than a passing thought to the victims.
    Not a lot of documentaries delve into their lives like this. Good video.
    I like your series,focusing on one suspect at a time (even if I disagree with some of your yheories), and now I find this one that actually looks at the "canonical 5" as more than just victims of JTR

  • @starkillerdude1914
    @starkillerdude1914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Its really sad to think Mary Jane Kelly only known photo is of her mutilated corpse, I hope she got to rest

  • @roximusmaximus195
    @roximusmaximus195 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is the 4th time ive come back to watch/listen to this. I work as a cleaner in a building (alone , headphones in,i love it😂)and listening to this while i do my easy work in a warm building just makes me appreciate my life. These women had it hard. So sad. Amazing documentary 👏❤️

  • @christopherturner6989
    @christopherturner6989 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have visited these graves a couple of times, and I get a lumping my throat every time. I for one will never forget these 5 ladies and will always have a shiver down my spine. Thoroughly enjoyed your very respectful p

  • @spnsoccer
    @spnsoccer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beautifully, solemnly done, thank you.

  • @missrobertson45
    @missrobertson45 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I appreciate they have suitable plaques considering how much money has been made on their deaths.
    Thank you for more information on their lives

  • @andrewtomlinson5237
    @andrewtomlinson5237 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm relatively new to the channel, so a bit behind the curve.
    This is all excellent work, not only in terms of the knowledge and the skill and ease with which it is imparted, but also the general production quality.
    Really good stuff. It goes to prove that you CAN produce excellent work on TH-cam without having to resort to the gratuitous. It is all too easy to make this subject ghoulish and sensational. You never forget that this isn't a review of a TV Show, and that these were real people whose situations were so severe that they would have found it hard to imagine anything worse. Then came something worse...
    One idea I would love to see, would be a series that could serve as an extension to this video and the individual Victim videos. Where the other Whitechapel Murders, outside of the Fido Five, are covered in the same sort of detail with some explanation of why they are not considered "Canonical".
    Keep up the good work.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much for your kind words. I am in the process of making a video on all the Whitechapel Murders. I like your idea about a series of videos. Once again thanks.

    • @andrewtomlinson5237
      @andrewtomlinson5237 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JackTheRipperTours Fantastic news, I look forward to seeing it.
      One thing I would like to know more about regarding the period is how frequent, outside of the Whitchapel Murder series, would violent murders occur in the area. It would be interesting to put that 2-3 year period into context.

  • @Kimmy-pw8tm
    @Kimmy-pw8tm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can’t believe that graves were cleared away just to make new space for new graves.

    • @Davey-Boyd
      @Davey-Boyd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why? That is what most cemeteries do. Especially in cities and large towns.

  • @rozbeaumont4587
    @rozbeaumont4587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    what a beautifull telling of this, thank you very much

  • @yelena86
    @yelena86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video is a reminder that the victims were real women and not just the canonical five! We have a morbid fascination with JTR that we forget the women and the tragic difficult lives they led. Usually they’re mentioned in a few short sentences and that’s it. I’d love to go and pay my respect to the sites one day! Thank you 🙏

  • @blaisebozarth2899
    @blaisebozarth2899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm hooked on JTR podcasts. Some are better than others. Yours falls in to that better than others
    category. Keep up the good content.
    🎥🎭

  • @v8infinity8
    @v8infinity8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That was very informative and well done. Thank you for showing such respect for the victims. Heart breaking.

  • @laoch5658
    @laoch5658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    absolutely disgusting that jack the rippers name is on her memorial

  • @gabe-po9yi
    @gabe-po9yi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Excellent tribute. You did well by these poor souls.

  • @Endoplasmastischer
    @Endoplasmastischer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for this video. It helps to understand who these poor women were. Especially the murder of Mary Jane Kelly is haunting and gives me the creeps.
    Is it true that she was heard singing "A Violet From Mother's Grave" earlier the night she died and had arguments with her boyfriend for letting fellow prostitutes sleep over at her place during cold weather? Her english Wikipedia page also contains a long quote from a friend discussing her lifestyle and personality and I wonder how true these informations are. It creates the impression that she was a kind person.
    What I don't understand is why the police had to break into her room after the corpse was found. Did "Jack the Ripper" steal her key and locked the door after leaving? Was the door closing by itself and did Mary break the window near the door because she had lost the key and otherwise couldn't access her room? Were there really no relatives of Mary at her funeral? So many questions...
    BTW, Martha Tabram died today 133 years ago. It's a coincidence that I saw your video about her today.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pleased you enjoyed the video. Yes, she was heard singing a violet form mother's grave in the early hours of the morning.

    • @homespace1268
      @homespace1268 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's too bad she took him inside! Tragic thing is that she was the only victim to let out a scream that was heard by others but still nobody came to check on her.

  • @robertafierro5592
    @robertafierro5592 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FINALLY!! A thoughtful and tasteful story about the HORROR of Alchoholism and Piverty in the late1800's I England. In any desperate collective such as London's SLUMS, women and children get it the worst!! Hundreds of years later the same situations still exist!

  • @ALAN73275
    @ALAN73275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you Richard for a very good documentary although the 5 ladies were what people would describe as Lower Class they didn't deserve to meet such a terrible demise the way they did.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you Alan. Very kind of you to take the time to say so.

  • @dgod62
    @dgod62 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    very informative, I throughly enjoyed this video, your hard work is appreciated

  • @danielscott712000
    @danielscott712000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for telling their story and giving them the dignity they deserve. Brutal times those were. Especially for low income women.

  • @richardtofts4977
    @richardtofts4977 ปีที่แล้ว

    Touching and moving. Thankyou for giving the focus to those that truly deserve it.

  • @unseelie63
    @unseelie63 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tragic stories told with compassion and respect,rather than graphic sensationalism.Thank you.

  • @annap6992
    @annap6992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    New subscriber. Well told and very informative video. May all those women rest in peace. Thank you ❤️

  • @MarkSmith-tp6zc
    @MarkSmith-tp6zc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a fascinating and sombre video, the best one I’ve seen on the Ripper. Doffed cap to you, Sir.

  • @ronmac9522
    @ronmac9522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel so sorry for these woman; particularly Annie chapman who was going to die anyway. We have no right to complain about our lives today when you compare it with the wretched lifestyle these woman and 1000s more had to endure. To have your life taken because you did not have 4d for a bed is scandalous. I hope they all are resting in peace.

  • @garethparr9482
    @garethparr9482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely fascinating and superbly told and presented 👍

  • @maggiecoffey4352
    @maggiecoffey4352 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Refreshing to have new (to me) information on these women. The usual subject, their attacker, has been covered ad nauseum. Nice illustration, too...not the usual set of stock. Thank you! Subscribed and liked.

  • @miladydewinter7770
    @miladydewinter7770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching this again -- have subscribed -- thanks for posting

  • @33stevelinda
    @33stevelinda 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is brilliant i love stuff like this so thanks for sharing

  • @Witchofthewoods.
    @Witchofthewoods. ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this amazing experience. One that I'll never be able to see with my own eyes. Such interesting research and photos. I'm so appreciative that you've focused on the victims instead of the "killer." These women had to do whatever needed just to survive and I find that truly horrifying. RIP beautiful Ladies. 🌹
    "To caress your assassin." I felt chills.

  • @kevinjohnson4605
    @kevinjohnson4605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Enjoyed the video and will watch more of the videos. That you had made.

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome, thank you!

    • @kevinjohnson4605
      @kevinjohnson4605 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JackTheRipperTours my mother side of the family is from the UK and my father side is from Sweden. So in a way. Jack the Ripper plays a part. In both sides of the family history. As lade out in the video. Victim wise.

  • @vanessapisces13
    @vanessapisces13 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a lovely, soothing voice and very well researched.
    Just found this channel and just subscribed! Thank you 🤓

  • @Xtelahhh
    @Xtelahhh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was great, thank you!!

  • @carolquayle9921
    @carolquayle9921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another informative and Insightful article. Thanks again.👍

  • @momv2pa
    @momv2pa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well done, and most respectfully.

  • @anthonysheppard9247
    @anthonysheppard9247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic video ,,love the narrators voice, great research and well put together

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very kind of you, Anthony, pleased you enjoyed it.

  • @sudeeplohi6346
    @sudeeplohi6346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i have been researching on jack the ripper it is a fascinating story . i feel bad for the victims may their soul rest in peace

    • @JackTheRipperTours
      @JackTheRipperTours  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A nice sentiment, Sudeep.

    • @sudeeplohi6346
      @sudeeplohi6346 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JackTheRipperTours thank you, I always wondered why did the killing stop so abruptly... there are many questions left unanswered, there are even rumors that these women knew each other.... was jack the ripper ensuring there are no loose ends. I have visited some of these graves spoken to a lot of people

  • @tomrowe6432
    @tomrowe6432 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very moving. I found myself welling up at several points in this video.