There are five caches numbered in chronological order of the murders with a possible sixth victim being cache number 6. You can find the caches in sequence but to avoid wear and tear on your feet, I suggest doing the caches in the order of: 1, 3, 6, 4, 5, 2 and 7.
To get to Jack’s hideaway at Cache No 7 you have to visit each of the six caches to find the clues to the final co-ordinates.
The caches are designed to be done independently but could be finished in a single visit. On Sundays the area is especially lively with popular markets at Columbia Road, Brick Lane, Petticoat Lane and Spitalfields. Whitechapel and Spitalfields are safe to visit during the day, but those of a nervous or crime cautious disposition should give the hunt a miss after dark. There is no doubt, however, that a hunt for Jack the Ripper is more creepy and atmospheric after the sun has gone down... Prosperity may be changing the character of the East End yet the melancholy air left by years of crime and poverty remains as you wander its streets.
Victim 6???: Martha Tabram
Martha Tabram was murdered on 7 August 1888 in George’s Yard, Whitechapel. Like the "canonical victims" (as they are called), Martha worked as a prostitute. She was last seen on the night of her death in the company of two soldiers. Martha was discovered lying on the first floor of George’s Yard Buildings (a small tenement at the back of Whitechapel's Toynbee Hall) in a pool of blood.
"Revisionist Ripperologists" insist that Martha was not one of Jack’s victims but it is important to note that at that time, many believed that Tabram was in fact among his tally. The Times of 10 September 1888, for example, referred to "the slayer of TABRAN, NICHOLS, and CHAPMAN". Tabram is now rarely included in the list of the Ripper's victims primarly because she was stabbed to death by a large sharp implement (possibly a bayonet or sword) and she was not mutilated or disembowelled.
Aside from chronology and vicinity (she was killed less than half a mile from, and within a month of, Mary Nichols), why should Martha Tabram be considered as one of the Ripper’s victims? Some argue the position of her body is a clue: like Nichols, Chapman and Eddowes, Martha was discovered lying on her back, her clothes dishevelled around her. The manner of her death is also telling: the inquest was told that "the bonnet was at the back of the head. There was great disfigurement of the face. The throat was cut across and her stomach ripped open".
Yet there is also evidence against: it seems that Tabram was murdered by a right-handed killer when most Ripperologists believe Jack was left-handed. So was Martha murdered by Jack the Ripper? Who knows… but it is possible.
What cannot be denied is the sad fact that the fate of Jack the Ripper’s victims was not unique. Many whores working in the East End at that time were killed in violent circumstances. There were many poor and destitute women who had no choice but to turn to prostitution to survive and to pay for the small comfort of a glass of gin. If it weren't for Jack the Ripper, the tale of Martha Tabram would be lost forever and no-one would care. Nobody knows where she is buried and the man who hurt her was never caught.
It is for this reason that I have placed this cache. Cache 6 is dedicated to Martha Tabram and the other forgotten women that have no notoriety to ensure their memory stays alive. We all know the saying - there but for the grace of God go I…
Today George’s Yard no longer exists and the street itself has been renamed. One way to access the murder site is to walk through one of Whitechapel’s famous covered passages past a pub frequented by some of Jack’s victims (including Martha on the night of her death) - and by some suspects too.
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Note: Due to significant building work around many of the caches a lot of the questions have had to be changed. The final location of the physical cache has not been changed. If you are part way through finding the information please feel free to contact me and I will help point you in the right direction.