I had a bit of a trouble finding the museum. It was just a small door by the side of the street, with not much huge signs to show it's close by. I would have just walked past it if I wasn't really looking for it. It was quite a narrow entrance into an old building. After paying the entrance fee, my family and I started exploring the museum, reading what was in the news at that time and what could have been or what was speculated, evidences leading to suspects, it was just too much fun. Ok, I guess I shouldn't say I had fun in a museum that talks about gruesome murders, but it was exhilarating to be visually treated to everything I've only read about till then.
"Tragedy in Whitechapel", "A Woman Stabbed in 39 Places", "Gory Deaths", "Woman Mutilated" - details of each murder recorded on the walls of this old rickety building. Four floors and a basement filled with items from the past. There was a wax figure of one of the murder victims being found by a policeman. Old books, newspaper articles, maps to name a few. But the room that I was absolutely uncomfortable in was the basement which was set up as a mortuary. The smell was just overwhelming.
I was told that there are Jack the Ripper walks that begins at the museum. We didn't plan it this time and couldn't work that into our schedule but certainly that's a reason to return.
