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 3: Elizabeth Stride, Berner Street
Elizabeth Stride is generally believed to be the third of Jack the Ripper’s victims and the first of two women to be killed by him on the night of 30 September 1888.
Lizzie Stride came from Sweden, was in her 40s and lived in meagre lodgings at Flower and Dean Street (now Lolesworth Close) in Spitalfields at the time she was killed. Lizzie was frequently arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour and worked as a charlady and, occasionally, as a prostitute when money was tight.
The weather the night of September 29 was showery and windy. Throughout the evening, Lizzie was spotted kissing and carousing with several different men, including, it is sometimes conjectured, the Ripper himself. At 1am Louis Diemschutz entered Dutfield's Yard on Berner Street. His horse reared and refused to enter. Diemschutz suspected something was in the way but could not see because the yard was pitch black. He probed with his whip and came into contact with a body. Lizzie’s throat had been cut (newspaper reports claimed her head was almost severed from her body) and the corpse was still warm, two flowers pinned to her dress and her hands clutching some sweets… It is thought that Diemschutz had disturbed the Ripper at his gruesome work.
Certainly Jack disappeared into the night in the direction of the City. It would seem his blood lust was not sated by Lizzie‘s death for the frenzied murder of Catherine Eddowes (see cache no 4) took place later that same night.
In the late 19th century, Berner Street was largely residential. It was described in The Daily News as "a narrow, badly-lighted, but tolerably respectable street". Today Berner Street has been renamed. Dutfield’s Yard no longer exists but it is still possible to stand at the cache site and imagine Diemschultz’s terrible discovery.
QUESTION: A school now occupies the site of Dutfield’s yard. In what year was the foundation stone of the building opposite laid? ANSWER: EFGH
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.