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Speakers 2012

This a list of our speakers for 2012 - Watch this space for further up coming events.
The evening commences at 7.45pm with doors opening at 7.00pm.

The Red Barn Murder

Presented by: Sue Parry

Date: Saturday October 6th 2012

Venue: The Aldgate Exchange public house, London E1

Nearest Underground - Aldgate EastWe are delighted to welcome Whitechapel Society committee member Sue Parry who will be giving a talk on the Polstead murder of Maria Marten in 1827. Sue will tell us about the research that she has done and why this particular murder interests her so much. The story has all the vital ingredients of sex, death, disguise and psychic powers and the talk will be well illustrated with images both past and present.

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1888 - London Murders in the Year of the Ripper

Presented by: Peter Stubley

Date: Saturday December 1st 2012

In 1888 Jack the Ripper made headlines with a series of horrific murders that remain unsolved to this day. But most killers are not shadowy figures stalking the streets with a lust for blood, many are ordinary citizens driven to the ultimate crime by circumstance, a fit of anger or a desire for revenge. Their crimes, overshadowed by the few sensational cases, are ignored, forgotten or written off.

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Latest booked presentation for 2012: Titanic

Presented by: George Fleming, Philip Hutchinson, Andy & Sue Parlour and Lindsay Siviter!

Date: Saturday 7th April 2012

Venue: The Aldgate Exchange public house, London E1
Nearest Underground - Aldgate East

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Face to Face with the Krays’: Saturday 4th Feb 2012

Presented by: Robin McGibbon

Date: 4th February 2012

Venue: The Aldgate Exchange public house, London E1
Nearest Underground - Aldgate East

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Top hat, Gladstone bag and Fog: Jack the Ripper – Creating the Iconography of a Monster on screen'

Presented by: Clare Smith

Date: Saturday 2nd June 2012

Venue: The Aldgate Exchange public house, London E1
Nearest Underground - Aldgate East

The figure of the Ripper casts a long shadow on screen. He is mentioned or appears in films and television programs as diverse as The Simpsons, M*A*S*H, Goodnight Sweetheart, Star Trek and Shanghai Knights, in addition to films and television dramas devoted to solving the mystery of the killings including Time After Time, From Hell, and Murder by Decree.

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