Jack The Ripper Tours

Very disappointing experience. It was my last night in London and I was looking forward to the tour. The guide cancelled the tour at 6:45 as the number of people that showed up was «not worth his time.» It is not worth my time to recommend this tour. Unfortunately, it was too late to find a legitimate tour at the late time.

I took this tour back in November of 2012, but I wasn’t using Unilocal then. I enjoyed myself so much on the tour that I felt it was worthwhile to show my appreciation all these years later for the great time I had on tour.
A friend of mine, who lives and works in London, signed up with her office to take the tour as part of their Christmas party. I was invited along as part of the group. We met at a pub a couple of doors down from where the tour was to start. I hit the trifecta that night — first time in a pub, first time getting hit on by a drunk Englishman in a pub, and first walking tour. Go me.
The tour started promptly, the guide (John Chambers) was knowledgeable, funny, and enthusiastic, and I got a very good cardio workout.
The cramped, dark streets were very creepy and gave the tour atmosphere. If that wasn’t enough to put me in the right frame of mind, then the guide used a projection system called «Ripper-​Vision» to project images from the past onto the existing building structures. Sometimes there was hardly any difference at all, and at other times seeing the way things were added another layer of understanding.
Based on my experience, I’d do this tour again. It was a blast. I learned about new suspects from an expert, and was really able to get into the «moment» during the tour.
I’d advise two things to keep in mind on this tour though — 1. Wear comfortable shoes as the tour covers a lot of ground and it’s fairly fast-​paced in order to get everything in, and 2. Stay near the middle of the pack. My guide kept hinting at the Ripper possibly popping up and I didn’t want to be remembered as the crazy, screaming, American who freaked out when someone jumped out at her. (It didn’t happen, but one can’t be too careful in dark, London streets.)
Note: I rated this not good for kids only because of the graphic nature of some of the projection images showing crime scene photos from the Ripper era.

Philip was an awesome tour guide. Full of that old British humor and also a good storyteller. He knew his stuff about this infamous serial killer. Also learned about old london at the same time. My suggestion: go when the climate changes and it’s dreary and dark, not like we did when it’s sunny and 85 degrees out… it will feel better.

Booked Monday for Wednesday tour. On that day I got lost in the metro and did not know which exit (first time in London) and I was 10 minutes late. I showed up and the tour was gone, I walked around and I couldn’t find the tour. I called and sent emails but no one responded. I emailed for the next two days and no one responded. Therefore I decided to do my own self guided tour online first, then walk the area. When I was walking in the area, I accidentally found their office and it was in some shady space that looked like a clothes warehouse. I confronted the man who was working there and he pretended he had no clue what I was talking about then continued saying their tickets are valid up to 6 months (of course nothing on their website mention that) plus they didn’t care about responding to any of my calls and emails. I told the clueless man that I’m leaving tomorrow and its their fault for not informing me or responding to any my of emails.
I did my self guided tour and I realized, that this tour was NOT worth it in first place. East London «ghetto» is going through major developments. All streets of Jack the Ripper murder scenes are now being redeveloped into post modern glass buildings or are already post WW2 developments. The notion of Victorian Jack the Ripper physical atmosphere does not exist and that tour will do nothing but tell you a story and shows you pictures which are already available online. So if you really have to do the tour do it on your own otherwise pay (only cash) this fraud company the day of your tour.
The day I was leaving London, I finally received their respond claiming they have not received of my calls or emails and refused to refund my money!

If you are reading this review and interested in knowing what’s up with this tour you have a little something morbid within your soul. Perhaps you just really enjoy history — btw that does mean you like morbid.
From horror stories, blood with a mixture of history and an enjoyable walk, this was a great experience for me and my friends.
Even though it was a cold January night, our guide was very knowledgeable about all the Ripper stories, victims, some funny facts about the city and all was able to tell everything in a very theatrical way.
If you just arrived in London and is doing the tour, don’t worry. East End is not dangerous anymore. You will probably find more hipsters and Eastern immigrants than most parts of the city. Yes! The architecture pretty much remains the same from the late 1800’s but now all this old factory looking buildings cost a fortune and are highly desired.
From the cost of the tour to the amount of fun I had, I can say it is worth the visit.

Ok je sais que ça peut paraître étrange d’avoir envie de suivre les traces du plus grand tueur en série qu’à connu Londres au XIX eme siècle mais lorsque j’ai su qu’il y avait un parcours pour ce fameux «Jack l’éventreur» j’ai tout de suite eu envie de le faire. J’ai pris mon portable pour regarder les avis sur Unilocal et aucun avis en français alors je me suis dit que je serai la première à faire cet avis pour tous les francophones ayant envie de quelques renseignements sur ce tours!
Pour commencer il faut savoir qu’il est possible de le faire en français. Si vous choisissez la version anglophone le niveau d’anglais doit vraiment être à la hauteur car sinon vous n’arriverez pas à suivre. Les guides débitent 3000 mots à la minute donc ce sera difficile de tenir si vous né comprenez que la moitié de la phrase. À la suite de ma petite promenade nocturne j’ai échangé mes impressions avec une voisine américaine qui l’avait fait quelques jours avant avec un autre guide et le mien nous avait fourni beaucoup plus de détails et d’anecdotes. Il avait l’air passionné donc après je pense que le bon déroulement de la sortie dépend aussi du guide. Le mien était génial!!!
Le point de rdv est la station de métro Tower Hill (ligne de métro circle). Après vous arpentez les petites ruelles sombres et à peine éclairées du quartier de Whitechapel. Il y a plusieurs arrêts afin de revivre les meurtres des 5 pauvres victimes de Jack! Je né vais pas raconter tous les détails sanglants sinon il n’y aura plus aucun intérêt à faire ce tour. Néanmoins ce que j’ai adoré c’est que notre guide nous a montré certains articles parus en 1888 ainsi que les photos de ces femmes. Et plein d’autres détails sur sa vie.
À savoir que l’affaire n’a jamais était élucidé et aura quand même duré d’aout 1988 à Novembre de cette même année. Le tour dure 2h et le prix n’est pas excessif.

This review is for the London Tours Jack the Ripper walk. We met at the Tower Hill Tube station for the 8:30pm tour. We’ve heard great things about this tour, all of which are probably true, but we ended up with Liam, from Ireland, as our tour guide. Liam was pretty bad. He did not speak up loud enough for our group of 20+, had that nasty white spittle that kept forming on his bottom lip when he spoke, and he ended the tour at this church that was a good 10 minute walk back to the tube. If you don’t know your way around London, it would have been easy to get lost finding your way back. We do want to go back and take the tour with the guide who wrote the book on Jack the Ripper, or do a tour that’s given by one of the Beefeaters at London Tower. But, if you wind up with Liam giving the tour, hold onto your money and go another night.

I’ve been in London for four days and this is the single worst tour that I’ve been on. In fact, it was so bad that I ditched it about half an hour into it. You would’ve thought our guide was trying out for the 2016 Olympic track and field team by the way he was running and the large group could barely keep up with him! First off there were too many people booked on a walking tour. Second he was running so fast down streets that were wet from rain and very dangerously slippery. Thirdly, he was speaking so low that several times people asked him to speak up because they couldn’t hear him due to the large amount of people on the tour. He would kick it up a notch for about 30 seconds and then go right back down to a whisper. With the rain, his speed, and his inability to speak loudly so that entire crowd that paid the money to hear him could hear him, it was not worth sticking around for. I will be contacting Golden Tours who recommended this trip when they open in the morning. Our guide appeared that he was so anxious to get the tour over with he didn’t really care who walked off because when we walked off he just kept running down the streets of London! I saw two other people walk off as well who appeared as disappointed as we were.

We went on the Jack the Ripper tour on a friend’s recommendation and I am glad we did! It was a fun thing to do on a Sunday evening. We went on a warm and pleasant night, which made the walking really enjoyable. We made the reservation and payment on the internet.
We met our guide Amy outside of Algate East Tube station. This was an easy 5 – 10 minute walk from our hotel (The Hotel Indigo-​London Tower). Amy was great! She was very friendly, informative, funny and super enthusiastic. She gave us a great sense of what it would have been like to live in Jack the Ripper’s London and also updates on present day London. Amy had some large photos to show us, some of them were a bit gruesome and macabre. She also used the Ripper Vision projector. The Ripper Vision was a little disappointing but the rest of the tour more then made up for it.
She took us through quie many interesting sections of London and explained the history and important sights. It was very interesting to see Brick Lane, with so many «Curry Shops». This looked like an Indian China Town with so many Indian, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kebab, etc restaurants. The smells were fantastic. We also went to where they filmed Diagon Alley in the first Harry Potter movie.
We might have been the only Yanks on the tour. Our group was about 25 people. At the end of the tour Amy told everyone how to get back to where they were going. We also talked with her a little too.
The tour made everyone in our party a little more interested in Jack the Ripper. It is definitely a fun thing to do if you have the time. Thanks Amy!

A morbid fascination with the how-​tos of gruesome murder took me here to experience the Jack the Ripper Tour. Our guide, Chris was fantastic, and really had a lively personality and knowledge of history.
Great fun — if you like brutal murders, dead hookers and general gruesomeness!
Though, the area is no longer dangerous. The only danger would be to your walled trying to buy a 1.4 million pound flat.

It was very easy to meet the tour guide for Ripping Yarns Tours at the London Bridge Tube Station. As promised, he was standing outside the entrance with a legible sign. Chris was his name and he was a great historian with a passion for London’s east side history AND his ‘other job’ was Yeoman Warder, Raven Master at the Tower of London! Very interesting man!
He took a group of about 20 of us on a walking tour and was very considerate, watching that we crossed major streets with the lights, eg and waiting for everyone to gather before starting his talks. He had a real gusto for delivering his info, telling jokes and being as factual as possible regarding the gruesome killings of Jack-​the-​Ripper. He was very well prepared, passing around photos and maps in plastic sheets which he collected and reused for the tours. He even had an 1888 penny!
He answered questions while walking and seemed to really enjoy sharing his knowledge. Like teachers, the best tour guides are the ones who love to share their passion.
He watched the time and got everyone back to the tube station when promised (2-​hour tour) and made sure the tourists knew where they were going. His recommendation for a local pub was also a good one. Well done!

Got this tour free with my bus tour ticket. Was not sure what to expect. There were about twelve of us in the group and there was a good amount of walking (cardio!).
The tour guide was super informative, helpful, and as Katie B said, very theatrical. I also tend to look like a teenager when bundled up so he kept jumping out and trying to scare me. It kind of worked. The guide did a wonderful job of setting the mood and really getting us all interested in each event. It helped that by the time the tour started, it was dusk and the streets were starting to thin out a bit. This was a really fun tour and we learned a lot (including a few things we probably didn’t want to know).
On a side note, If you’re like us and are trying to get in a bit of shopping, the tour takes you just past Old Spitalfields Market!

Ok, so I know these things are usually reserved for tourists but seriously London-​natives, if you haven’t already done so book yourself onto a Jack the Ripper tour and learn more about the infamously mysterious murderer who once terrorised Whitechapel!
My boyfriend and I actually took his relatives who were visiting from Ireland and had a fantastic evening. The tour guide was great, very theatrical, and it was definitely worth the money for ‘something a bit different’. Shame we had the kids with us really or we might have followed the tour with a few drinks in the local pubs that the Ripper’s victims once frequented!

It’s really funny and ironic to me that there were about 8 of us on the Beatles walking tour, and around (conservatively) 100 on the Jack the Ripper tour. My g/​f and I found this enormously amusing, and a telling indicator of society’s interests — «Screw the Fab Four, I want to see where the stabbings and mutilations took place!» Granted, we include ourselves in the category of the morbidly — and historically curious — and I think it’s a general sign of our times and fascination with violence (and more than that, the eccentric and mysterious characters who carried out these infamous crimes).
That said, the tour is well worth the admission price, and takes you on a walking tour visiting all the murder sites, which covers about a square mile or two, takes about an hour to an hour and a half, and ends at a pub in the East End where one of the victims was last seen. Very informative and forensically fascinating tour. We skipped the pub (though it looked fun — we were a bit beat) and got some awesome Indian take-​out food at a restaurant a block or two down.

One important tip: BE ON TIME!
We were 4 minutes late because of a bit of rain and the tour left without us, they are punctual and the tour goes on rain or shine.
Great narration, nice walk and good stories.

Seriously the best group tour ever.
What could be better than touring the cold streets of London learning about one of the most notorious serial killer ever! This tour was so informative and our guide kept our interest the entire time. The next time I’m in London I will definitely do this tour again!

I really enjoyed this walk. I knew pretty much nothing about Jack the Ripper, so it was interesting to learn the whole story while actually visiting the relevant areas. The night we went, we ended up in the group that the Jack the Ripper expert was leading, which I thought was pretty cool. I would’ve liked to hear more about the different theories and ideas around who Jack the Ripper was and why he ran around killing people, but you can only fit so much into 90 minutes, so I’ll let it slide!
We also had the misfortune of being in London during the epic freezing winter of 2010, so an outdoor, nighttime walking tour was really, really cold and made it a little hard to enjoy it as much as we would’ve otherwise.

This was the first walking tour I have done in London, but it was well worth the wait. The tour costs £7 and leaves from Tower Hill Tube Station at 7:30 each evening.
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and full of stories about the murders, victims and suspects. It was also good to walk across the city and learn about the seedy history of the area. A big thumbs up from me.

Intuitively speaking, I had doubts about the Jack-​the-​ripper tour. But all the review swayed me to give it a shot. I went the night that the «expert» was there, but chose not to go with his group because it was 50+ strong.
It was nice to walk around the city at night… but I felt like a sheep being herded with my 30 fellow tourists. I didn’t learn that much about Jack the Ripper. While they show you the places where some of the business occurred, most of the area looks totally different and they don’t paint much of a picture.
At least it drops you in a decent area to explore for some grub.

Great tour! I’m a bit morbid, so wandering around London at night hearing tales of brutal murders and dead hookers was right up my alley.
The tour guide was a lot of fun; he definitely knew his stuff and was a great storyteller. We learned a lot about Jack, his victims and a lot of London’s history. According to the guide, most of the areas we toured hadn’t changed much since 1888, so a lot of the areas looked exactly the same as they did back then. That definitely added to the creepiness!
The downside is that this is NOT a good area of the city. I didn’t feel all that safe, even as a part of a group of 30+ people. At one point a group of unruly teenagers shot fireworks into our group. Thankfully no one was hurt! At the end of the tour we stopped at the Ten Bells pub, which was packed to the very gills. My friend and I opted to leave and head back to our hotel – but, my friend and I happen to be prone to getting lost, which we definitely did. It was dark, foggy, poorly lit and there were actually (i swear to God) shadows of unseen strangers flitting through the alleys and following us several blocks. Fortunately we were not murdered and made it to the tube station and got the hell out of there.
I’d totally go again.

–ah my type of tour
–the tour meets and ends at the exit of tower hill underground station at 6:45 pm and finishes at about 9:15pm
–you don’t have to pay till AFTER the tour, ain’t that grand?
–the guide brought us to the site of the murders in order… pretty cool shieyt
–i love it
=DID I MENTION MY BROTHER IS A MASON?