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 1: Mary Ann Nichols - Bucks Row
Mary Ann Nichols is generally believed to be the first of Jack the Ripper’s victims. She was murdered on 31 August 1888. On the night of August 30, the weather was stormy with thunder, flashes of lightning and fierce rain. The sky was turned red by two dock fires.
Mary was a prostitute and an alcoholic. She was last seen by Emily Holland at 2.30 am walking east on Whitechapel Road "looking for trade". She was discovered dead about 2 hours later in a street called Buck‘s Row. The 1 September 1888 edition of The East London Observer reported her death as follows:-
"It was just after half-past four PC Neale discovered lying on the pavement the form of a woman. She was lying on her back, with hands that were tightly clenched, and presenting altogether the appearance of one who had died in the greatest agony. She was wearing a little black straw bonnet minus either ribbons or trimmings, battered almost out of recognition, and placed at the back of her head. Around her was a cloak - a threadbare garment that had once been red, but was now a dull, dirty colour. The expression on the face was a deeply painful one, and was evidently the result of an agonizing death. The gash across the neck was situated very slightly above the breastbone; it was at least six inches in length, over an inch in width, and was clean cut. The lower portion of the body, however, presented the most sickening spectacle of all. Commencing from the lower portion of the abdomen, a terrible gash extended nearly as far as the diaphragm - a gash from which the bowels protruded..."
The name of Buck’s Row has been changed to avoid notoriety while the street itself has changed almost beyond recognition - it is no longer the "drab, mean little cobbled street" described by pundits in the 1920s. The only building that still survives from the 1880s is the Board School.
Question: Tony Banks did something on AB January 1999
Check out the spoiler photo to see a picture of the actual murder site. Due to the construction of the Crossrail Station close by you currently cannot get to the exact site
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.