We are pleased to bring to you the guest speaker talk from the June 2022 meeting of the Whitechapel Society.

Peter Stone is a committee member of the Docklands History Group, the London Historians and several other London Clubs and Societies and is the author of the highly praised book entitled The Port of London: A Vast Emporium of All Nations

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Frogg Moody has had a decades long involvement in Ripperology in all of the most well known organizations and events. Frogg was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. In 2004 he formed Timezone Productions to research and record social history and historical events through publishing, guided walks, theatre, lectures and exhibitions. He is the organiser of the annual Salisbury History Festival now in its fifth year. Frogg’s talk in entitled The Life and Times of Detective Sergeant William Thick.

Suzanne Huntington is the author of the forthcoming book; ‘The Thames Torso Murders. Fact or Fiction?’ due later this year by Mango Books. She most recently presented a talk on Charles Hebbert for the 2021 Casebook Jack the Ripper Online Conference and her talk for this years East End Conference is entitled Unravelling the Torso Cases: A Gordian Knot

Adam Wood is Editor of Ripperologist magazine, and the former Editor of the Journal of the Police History Society. He is the author of Swanson: The Life and Times of a Victorian Detective, the Notable British Trials volume on the Trial of Percy Lefroy Mapleton, and co-author with Police historian Neil Bell of Sir Howard Vincent’s Police Code, 1889, and also the co-author of the series of Edgar walking guidebooks with Blue Badge tour guide Richard Jones. Adam is the owner of the nonfiction historic crime publishing company Mango Books. His talk at this years East End Conference is on Dr. Thomas Bond and his Profile of Jack the Ripper.

Steve Blomer is the author of "Inside Bucks Row", the first volume of a planned six book series and has had articles published in 'Ripperologist' magazine and the Journal of the Whitechapel Society. He presented a talk on the Seaside Home Witness at the 2021 Casebook: Jack the Ripper online conference. Steve’s talk takes a look at the reliability of the timings given in police and witness reports for the Whitechapel murders and is entitled A Question of Time.

Lauren Davies is a researcher and historian of women's history, the co-host of the history podcast “Transatlantic History Ramblings with Lauren and Brian” and is a Medieval Studies Masters student from Swansea in South Wales. She has over the past few years developed an interest in the stories of women across a broad spectrum of history and their encounters with the criminal justice system of their period. She’s spoken on the medieval prison system to the Metropolitan Police Heritage Society, and the relationship of the Medieval Jewry with the Tower of London for the Whitechapel Society. Lauren’s talk is entitled Jack the Ripper and the Contagious Disease Act

Karl and Jon welcome author and podcaster Madeline Quinones to the show to discuss the next story in the canon:

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter

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Join Book Club regulars Jonathan Menges, Jon Rees and Ally Ryder as well as guest Mark Ripper as they discuss Matthew Coniam's interesting spin on the Crippen Case.

We are pleased to bring to you the April 2022 guest speaker from the Whitechapel Society:

Lauren Davies: The Medieval Jewry of the East End

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Off the Shelf sits down to discuss the Case of the Salmon Sandwiches by M.W. Oldridge, and afterwards, interviews the author about various unrelated things.