Jack The Ripper And The London Fog - An 1888 Peasouper.

When the Jack the Ripper crimes are depicted on screen - be it in films, dramas, or documentaries - the murders are often shown as occurring in thick London fogs.

This often causes commentators on the case to point out that it wasn't actually foggy on the nights on which the atrocities occurred.

However, as you will see in this video, fog was such a constant problem in Victorian London, that many people came to see it as almost a part of the fabric of the Victorian metropolis - whilst writers often portrayed it as almost a character in its own right.

CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:13 - Fog and Jack the Ripper films
00:01:27 - Victorian writers on London fog
00:01:54 - The fog in Bleak House
00:04:12 - Thursday 12th January 1888, thick fog in London.
00:04:44 - Deaths caused by the fog
00:06:36 - The fog causing traffic chaos
00:08:21 - Fog and the River Thames
00:09:15 - Works on the new Tower Bridge suspended
00:11:22 - London’s parks in the fog - The lost child.
00:12:30 - Conclusion
00:13:10 - Closing credits

MORE ABOUT THE VIDEO
The video, having dipped into the opening pages of Charles Dickens's "Bleak House" heads to London in early 1888, to view the city through a newspaper report about a dense, thick fog that had enveloped the streets for several days, and which had wreaked havoc with the everyday lives of the citizens.

You will enjoy a first hand account of what it was like to try and go about your life and everyday business during one of those infamous "pea-soupers."