Dispatches from Home – Jack the Ripper and Me!

Good afternoon! I was 16 when I checked out a book from the Harrison County Library on Hwy 90 – “When London Walked in Terror.” This book is still considered one of the best books about Jack the Ripper. Imagine my thrill fifty-five years later when, on a dark, cloudy night, I actually walked the streets of Whitechapel in September of last year. It sent a cold chill up my spine to stand in front of the church and look at the Ten Bells, knowing that Jack, and most likely all the women he murdered, had looked upon those very buildings. Thank you Samuel Geoffrey Polk for making it all possible. Big hug.

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The Ten Bells pub. Forever linked to the murders of Jack the Ripper. The second and fifth victims – Annie Chapman and Mary Jane Kelly, were known to have drank there. Registered in 1794 as the Ten Bells, Church Street, Spitalfields, the interior still has the Victorian tiles that were there at the time of the Ripper in 1888. Overlooked by the iconic Christ Church that dates back to the early 18th Century, this is a place to see for any visitor to London…
Big hug, y’all!
(Originally posted April 11, 2023)