By Edward Stow Whitechapel Society stalwart Frogg Moody put on a special event on Saturday 5th December – the second Casebook Classic Crime Symposium. Frogg charged just £5 a head for this and not surprisingly the tickets sold out almost immediately.. The first speaker was Jon Rees. His talk ‘In a Nutshell’ was about the…
By Edward Stow Ah – the Whitechapel Society Conference – much talked about before and after. There’s never a dull moment in the world of Jack the Ripper – with intrigue and drama aplenty, where the dark side comes alive and life recreates history! Attendees started gathering in the picturesque Wiltshire cathedral city of Salisbury…
Meet at 11.30 am Outside (not inside) the Whitechapel Ideas Store (aka Whitechapel Library) 321 Whitechapel Road E1 1BU. (Next to the Blind Beggar Pub). Nearest Underground Station – Whitechapel – 5 minutes walk away. The walk will take approximately two hours but will only be about ½ mile long! We will end up…
The next meeting of The Whitechapel Society will take place on Saturday 6th February. Chris Jones – Bruce and Florence:Busting the Conspiracy Unfortunately our advertised speaker Kate Colquhoun has had to withdraw unexpectedly but we are delighted that Chris Jones will now be our speaker. See Meetings pages for location details.
On Sunday 6th December 2015 the Whitechapel Society have organised two events to supplement the evening meeting on Saturday 5th December (more on that later). On Sunday 6th Dec members are invited to join us at The Museum of London to see “The Crime Museum Uncovered” and/or join us for a meal at the nearby…
The next meeting of The Whitechapel Society will take place on Saturday 5th December. Neil Storey. East End Tales of Ghosts, Grim Times and Dark Deeds. More to follow. See this page for events taking place on the day following the meeting – Sunday 6th December. See Meetings pages for location details.
As announced at the August meeting Dirty Dicks is undergoing refurbishment and when it re-opens they will no longer offer private hire. We are therefore delighted to announce our new venue will be The Chamberlain Hotel on Minories. We look forward to seeing you at our new home, starting with our next meeting on Saturday 3rd…
The next meeting of The Whitechapel Society will take place on Saturday 3rd October. Angela Buckley – The Real Sherlock Holmes Angela Buckley is the author of The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Story of Jerome Caminada. She has shared stories from Detective Caminada’s casebook on BBC radio and television, in national magazines and newspapers…
The next meeting of The Whitechapel Society will take place on Saturday 1st August. Edward Stow – Lechmere and the Masonic Conspiracy. Edward Stow will give a resume of the main case against Charles Lechmere (aka Charles Cross) as a Jack the Ripper suspect, and also present for the first time some new research linking…
