The Life, Crimes And East End Of Charles Allen Lechmere - Jack The Ripper Suspect.

In this video, I am joined by Edward Stow of The House of Lechmere Channel (   / Канал  ) for a walk around the East End to discover the haunts of Jack the Ripper suspect Charles Allen Lechmere.

Our journey begins alongside the memorial to the victims of the Bethnal Green tube station disaster, the worst civilian disaster of World War II, in which three members of the Lechmere family lost their lives.

We then move on to explore the streets - or, in some cases, the sites of the streets - that were associated with Charles Allen Lechmere, as well as with his forebears and his descendants.

Central to the story is Doveton Street, where Charles and his family were residing on the 31st of August 1888 when Charles set off for work at between 3.15 and 3.30 a.m. On his way, he passed along Buck's Row where, in the shadow of the Victorian Board School (that still stands today) he discovered the body of Mary Ann Nichols. Or, at least, that's the story he told at the inquest into the death of Mary Nichols, at which he appeared under the name of Charles Cross.

However, Edward believes that, far from being the finder of the body, Charles Lechmere was in fact the perpetrator of this crime and the other Jack the Ripper murders, and, at the scene, he presents a compelling case for his suspect.

As well as being an exploration of the Whitechapel murders, the video also features some of the wider history of the district - from Captain Cook to the Krays.

The journey ends with a visit to Tower Hamlets Cemetery, where Edward takes us to the site of the grave of Charles Allen Lechmere.