Return of Jack the Ripper

Name: Return of Jack the Ripper, London
Brand: CityDays
SKU: return-of-jack-the-ripper
Price: 15 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (3 reviews)

An immersive game and informative walking tour in the streets where the murders took place

Experience The World's Most Notorious Crime Spree

£15/person, 2 to 3 hours

Available any day, any time.
Start at Aldgate Station
5 min setup

The experience

The Experience

Explore the true history behind one of the world's vilest unresolved crime-sprees. The murder sites. The pubs visited by the victims and suspects. Evidence from the original Scotland Yard investigation.

Will you be the one to finally work out the true identity of Jack the Ripper?

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17th July, 1889. Early morning. A body has been found in the crime-filled streets of Whitechapel.

The wounds are chillingly familiar.

Are the whispers true? Has the Ripper returned to claim his sixth victim?

About the game

Hunt A trail of interactive clues that guide you to the sites of Jack The Ripper's past crimes. Investigate the history and context behind them as you get to the bottom of a case that has confounded generations.

A 2-3 hour experience
Across 3.4 km / 2.1 miles

Interactive messages with characters

Thrilling challenges & puzzling clues,
for all levels

Optional breaks at pubs & cafes

How it works

Real History

Real history

Why Whitechapel?
Why then?
What Created A Man Like the ripper?
Who Were His Victims?

Return of Jack the Ripper offers an informative and immersive insight into these questions, combining puzzles with facts and information taken from the real-life police investigation.

WARNING: Contains gruesome details some might find disturbing.

Rated 5/5 on Google

Rated 5/5 on TripAdvisor

Fun clues & challenges: Engaging puzzles and captivating stories reveal the story in a new light.
Discover secret places: Experience unique places and share stories in independent pubs visited by victims and suspects.
Play together or competitively: Work as a team or compete head-to-head to set the fastest time on our leaderboard.
Fully flexible bookings: Alter your booking freely; change the date, time, number of people or chosen trail. Even stop and start once you've begun.

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Reviews

The great things our customers have to say about CityDays

Lauren James

Great day! Awesome way to see the city.

Fenwick & Black

What a great way to spend the day! Really engaging clues, interesting facts and kept us thinking for a good few hours. …

The FRIENDS Cast

So fun! Brilliant storytelling and the right amount of difficulty so we managed to figure it out eventually.

Phat Phucs

Great trail with some interesting facts

McClellands

Another fun day. Slowly ticking off all the major cities

Kungaloosh!

A wonderful, insightful and above all fun way to spend an afternoon. My husband is born and bred in London and he was b…

Team PO

A brilliant range of landmarks and other beautiful areas covered, very historically rich as well as a fun and enticing …

Lovely Ladies

Another great trail complete! This is the 3rd one we've done and are slowly working our way through them all. The trail…

Wallerkota

Very good and fun trip. Good questions overall and would def do it again.

McClellands

Fabulous way to explore a new city and a great way to keep my kids (10, 12) involved!! Would highly recommend.

PH

Great tour of the city with fun clues to dolce along the way. Timely stops for ‘refreshment’ and start/end times not to…

Frank's Pack

We had such a good day with the CityDays York Food tour - it took us all over the city and to cafes we wouldn't have di…

Crookes not Villains

Great, fun & informative.

Bombastic Barry

I found the experience really fun and interesting and definitely a great way to spend a day in london. It was so good t…

The College Girls

What a delightful way to see York !! Loved every minute . Thankyou for a great fun couple of hours

Jess & Abbie

Brilliant day! We had such a wonderful time exploring parts of our city we never knew about! Already recommended to all…

You have to take your sister with you

We loved this walk, the clues were fun and unpredictable and it showed us parts of greenwich we had never explored. Wou…

House of Craze

Great way to see different parts of the city. We loved it, pretty easy to follow, we took our time and really enjoyed t…

Team ZG

Had a great time figuring out the clues with friends. The game takes you all over Dublin and was an extremely fun outin…

Dave O's team

It's a great hunt with historical explanation included for each place!

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FAQs

: The duration of each of our trails is different, you can see specific information on the "plan your day" section of the specific trail. In general our routes aim to last around 2.5 hours on average.
: We can split your booking into teams if you'd like to get competitive! Just let us know at hello@citydays.com, sending your order email address and order number.

We recommend a team size around 5, with a minimum of 2 people and maximum of 8 (soft max).
: You can take extra breaks or come back to your route at anytime. Just continue from where you left off at your own convenience. Handy if the heaven's decide to open! Your team clock will still be ticking, but not everything's a race!
: Of course! After purchasing you can login to your dashboard, where you can enter your team name and number and get setup to go within a couple of minutes. If you're a larger group and would like the booking split into smaller teams, please book in advance so we can accommodate this for you.
: Some of our trails have specific time slots that you should start within, this is usually due to closing public areas that you'll be travelling through. Some adventures can be played at any time so you can start whenever you're ready.

The latest start time assumes that you'll take no longer than the maximum duration, most teams will complete the trail within this time, if you'd like to go slower then start a bit earlier!
: Yes absolutely, add a phone for every member when setting up the team on the dashboard, or by forwarding them the extra-member join message you received at the start.
: WhatsApp & Telegram apps can be used to receive clues on almost all our trails. There are a select few that are Telegram only due to technical restrictions, you can check which apps you can use on the "Plan your day" section on each trail page.
: All international phone numbers work with our system, using WhatsApp or Telegram will only use data so make sure you can roam whilst away.
: START: Commence the trail when you're at the start location.

HINT: You're at the correct location but don't know how to find the answer.
(1 Penalty Free)

LOST: Got lost on the route? We'll send a detailed path to get you back on route.
(1 Penalty Free)

SKIP: When you're on a set break but ready to move on.
: There are time penalties for; incorrect answers, hints and losts. You receive 1 penalty-free of each, but after that you'll have 10 minutes added onto your team time for each use.
: Simply; If you don't have a great time on our trail, let us know why and we'll give you your money back in full. Easy!
: Our trails don't require any local knowledge. All the trails can be completed by visitors/tourists without an issue, a perfect way to explore a new city!
: We accept Google Pay, Apple Pay, Paypal, VISA, MasterCard and American Express. All processed securely by our payments provider Stripe.
: After purchase you'll receive login credentials to enter your dashboard. There you can enter a team name and phone numbers, upon submission you'll receive a message to confirm the booking with us.

WhatsApp Setup Guide

Telegram Setup Guide
: Whatsapp & Telegram integrations will use data, again if your contract has a set amount of data you should not be charged. If you have any questions or issues then please get in contact with us.
: We turn your city into a playground of clues! When you begin you'll receive the first clue. Solve the obscured directions to discover your path and lead you to answer the question. Use your surroundings to help guide you and find the answer to the clue. Once you've found it reply back to us to receive the next.

Along the way we'll take you to fantastic secret areas and breaks at brilliant pubs/cafes.

Check out our How it works page to see more.

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