Today we begin a series on Jack the Ripper. In part one, we'll learn about the east end

of London in the mid 19th century. From boarding houses to brothels to crime riddled streets,

the setting proved the perfect location for a criminal, specifically a murderer to get

away with their acts. Today we'll look at a few murders in this area and begin to explore

the canonical five killings. I'm Mike. I'm Ian. And I'm Dave. If you thought Jack the Ripper

was the nickname Ian gave his left hand while jerking off to the trashy boners subreddit,

stick around. It is, but this episode is about the other guy. This is Necronomopod.

In the 17th century, the east end was still a series of separate semi-rural settlements.

There was a shortage of accommodation, so marshland was drained and built on to have the

large numbers of people now living there. By the 19th century, London was the busiest port in the world.

And this became the main source of employment in the east end. Those who could afford to live in

more pleasant surroundings moved out. And the area became one where the vast majority of people

lived in extreme poverty and suffered from appalling sanitary conditions. Houses were crowded

closely together and usually very badly built because there was no regulation. But the poor and

needy were attracted by the possibility of work. Ian, how you feeling? Feeling pretty good.

Yeah. Yeah, back to normal. Welcome back. You were a little under the weather last week.

I was at a bunch of soup. Feel better. Better than sponges, I guess. It is better than sponges.

More nutritious. I think our non-patrons won't necessarily know that story, but more

reason to get on patreon.com, I guess. You hear all about me eating sponges. Yeah.

But you're feeling better? Yeah. Yeah. Feeling good. Our listeners will be happy.

You know, they were live-ed that we didn't do a show for them last week, the needy-fuckers.

I believe the exact quote was, I don't give a shit if you're sick Ian. Give me a show you bitch.

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