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London has leaned into Jack the Ripper tourism. The locals don’t like it

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By 8 p.m., three London tour groups are jostling for room in Mitre Square, where murder victim Catherine Eddowes was found with her face mutilated and kidney removed. “I once saw two guides get into a fistfight over space here,” claims Charlotte Everitt, a guide with London-based Rebel Tours.

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London has leaned into Jack the Ripper tourism. The locals don't like it

Tourists often arrive in London with a checklist: Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, afternoon tea \u2014 and a Jack the Ripper tour.

19 days ago·Salt Lake City, United States

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London has leaned into Jack the Ripper tourism. The locals don’t like it

Walking tours, a museum and even a fish and chip shop all trade heavily on the legend of one of the world’s most notorious serial killers, but there are rising concerns about the ghoulish focus of this dark tourism.

21 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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