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 can 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 5: Mary Jane Kelly
Mary Kelly was a 25 year old prostitute living at 13 Miller’s Court, Dorset Street; she was the only victim to be killed indoors.
Dorset Street comprised low-grade buildings and shops with pubs at either end and along its middle. "It was renowned for its poverty and crime. Being part of what the Rev. Barnett called the "wicked quarter mile", it fell within H-Division of the Metropolitan Police and was one of the streets that was double patrolled. Charles Booth, an early sociologist who surveyed London, produced his poverty map in 1887. Dorset St achieved the lowest ranking, shaded black and described as vicious and semi-criminal," (see Jack the Ripper’s Casebook for further information). Co-incidentally, Victim #2, Annie Chapman, also lived in lodgings further along the same side of Dorset Street.
Kelly was last seen at about 3am on 9 November 1888 entering her lodgings in the company of a man who wore a felt hat over his eyes and a massive gold chain in his waistcoat with a large seal with a red stone hanging from it. Kelly’s mutilated body was discovered the next morning by the slum landlord who had come for the rent peering into the window when no answer to his loud knocking came from within.
By a sad irony, The Daily News reported that at the entrance to Miller’s Court "there loomed grimly through the murky air a partly torn down bill announcing a reward of £100 for the discovery of the murderer on the last occasion." The reporter breathlessly continued his sorry tale:
"The body was so horribly hacked and gashed that, but for the long hair, it was scarcely possible to say with any certainty that it was the body of a woman lying entirely naked on the wretched bed, with legs outspread and drawn up to the trunk. The ears and nose had been slashed off, the flesh cut from one cheek, and the throat cut through to the bone. In addition to this, the abdomen had been ripped as in previous cases, several of the organs having been removed from the trunk and laid on the table beside the bed… In addition to the various mutilations this described there were miscellaneous cuts and slashes about the person of the unfortunate young woman, as though her fiendish assailant, having exhausted his ingenuity in systematic destruction, has given a few random parting strokes before pocketing his weapon and going out into the night."
Today Dorset Street has disappeared - it still exists but has no official name and is pedestianised. One side of Dorset Street is now a car-park. Miller’s Court, which was on the opposite side of the street, no longer exists - the area is now occupied by the back entrance to the London Fruit Exchange, the murder site being approximately half-way between the series of large green roller doors.
Consider a visit to The Ten Bells while you are in the vicinity. It is one of the few pubs from that time to have survived; Mary Kelly was seen drinking there the evening of her death.
QUESTION: Find Number 61 Brushfield Street. Under the number there is a grate. How many holes KL?
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.