London Grim Reaper Walking Tour
London, United Kingdom
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Trip Type: Ghost & Vampire Tours
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Delve into London’s darker side on this 2.5-hour walking tour. See sites of murder, execution and death, and steel yourself as your expert guide recounts grizzly tales from the capital’s depraved past. Hear about the high-profile prisoners who lost their heads at the Tower of London, visit St Katharine’s Docks to learn about the Black Death, and wander the East End streets once frequented by notorious criminals, including Jack the Ripper and the Kray twins.
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Delve into London’s darker side on this 2.5-hour walking tour. See sites of murder, execution and death, and steel yourself as your expert guide recounts grizzly tales from the capital’s depraved past. Hear about the high-profile prisoners who lost their heads at the Tower of London, visit St Katharine’s Docks to learn about the Black Death, and wander the East End streets once frequented by notorious criminals, including Jack the Ripper and the Kray twins.
Make your own way to Tower Hill in central London to meet your guide. Then, set off on foot to begin your tour of London’s grim and gruesome past. As you wander along history-steeped streets, learn about the disease, criminality and executions that were once commonplace in the capital.
Pause outside the Tower of London, often cited as London’s most haunted building. Hear spine-chilling tales from its 1,000-year-old history as a palace and prison, and learn about the royal figures and politicians who were executed here between the 14th and 18th centuries.
Continue on to St Katharine’s Dock, once one of the main commercial docks in the city. Learn how ships would bring exotic goods like silk and spices to the capital, as well as less pleasant imports, such as bubonic plague and the Black Death.
Next, head to London’s notorious East End. As you stroll down hidden alleys and backstreets with your guide, uncover horrific stories about some of the area’s most notorious criminals, including the Kray twins — gangsters who were once described as the most dangerous men in Britain — and the London Burkers, a group of body snatchers.
Pause outside St Botolph's Church, known as the ‘Church of Prostitutes’ in the late Victorian period. Hear how prostitution was once one of the area’s most prolific trades, then unravel the mystery surrounding Jack the Ripper, London’s most fearsome, unidentified serial killer. Learn about the Ripper’s victims and killing methods, and talk through some of the suspects with your guide.
Then, make for Old Spitalfields Market, which is built upon a giant plague pit, and hear scandalous histories of the atrocious manner in which the patients were treated at Bedlam, England’s first psychiatric hospital.
After around 2.5 hours, your tour concludes at Liverpool Street.
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