London - Jack the Ripper Small Group Tour

Richard was beyond knowledgable about the victims and Jack the Ripper and provided us his own thoughts which gave us a new perception of this mystery. I would love to sit and have a cocktail or two with Richard and discuss further. My only suggestion is that at 7pm, tourist are exhausted from their day touring and perhaps a section of the tour sitting (perhaps at Spitafield Market) would be very welcomed!

Our guide Richard was very knowledgable. He clearly has a passion for the story and history behind Jack the Ripper. We learned a lot about London’s history as well. Highly recommended. Thanks for a great walking tour!

My sister and I had a great time and learned so much, Richard is incredibly knowledgeable. It was like having a walk with a Jack the Ripper professor . The only downside was it was late October and I did not bring a warm jacket! Would recommend to anyone with an interest in this time period, will take my friends next time I am in London.

Very informative tour. The tour operator was very interesting and kept us engaged throughout. Would recommend.

I have been wanting to visit the UK and tour the infamous Whitechapel neighborhood home to the Jack The Ripper murders since first hearing of the story as a kid. Reading the reviews I was inclined to choose an author of a published book but I ended up choosing Richard's tour for its limited group size and it turned out to be a great choice. He provided good instructions as to where to meet him and he was unmistakable in his signature Indiana Jones hat. Richard handed everyone an amplified ear peace which I thought was brilliant, thus being in a noisy neighborhood where we would otherwise compete to hear the talk over the crowds and noise. I withheld my profession as a Special Agent until the end and I let Richard carry on unknowing of my experience and training in criminal investigation. Although I disagreed with his overall theory, I was quite impressed with his research. I was most impressed to find that he was one of the very few who challenged the conventional wisdom as to a number of aspects of the murders that have been accepted as definitive fact for face value. Richard offers a very good challenges to the absolutism that has otherwise been accepted most notably that the female victims were definitively working as prostitutes in White Chapel. This spirited challenge equally calls into question their behaviors on the night of their death and the eyewitness testimony concerning what several witnesses "believed" they were seeing. Richard equally pointed out some significant vulnerabilities in the eye witness testimony that has for the most part been accepted as accurate and factual. I really appreciated his critical analysis and thinking of the murders not being a regurgitation of the same hashed out run of the mill analysis. I would highly recommend Richards walking tour.