Comments on: London Murder Map

By: Missy Lou

Missy Lou — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:59:51 +0000

I konw what you mean about “smelling” the squalor and degredation that has been buried. I don’t know if old energy stays in a place, perhaps that is a load of rubbish but there is a definate feel about London in some places.
Perhaps it is borne of a deference to a place when some calamity or great event takes places. I remember being in Tianemen Square and while it was a sunny day and loads of school kids were having there photos taken, I felt the heaviness of knowing that 15 years before, this place had been the site of a huge clash between protestors and the red army. The only visual reminders were the army who were literally everywhere. I say were because it has been a while since I was in China, and it is changing all the time.

By: solidgoldcreativity

solidgoldcreativity — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:01:18 +0000

Geez, to think I lived in London for years and never visited the London Dungeons. I would have loved it I reckon. I scared myself badly one day by visiting the underground Middlesex Prison just up the road from where I worked in Old Street, close to Clerkenwell, a part of the City where you can virtually smell the squalor and violence just under the surface of the present. The Rutherford book sounds interesting, and somewhat similar to Peter Ackroyd’s idea in billing his book, also titled “London”, as “biography”.

By: Annyca O'Shea

Annyca O'Shea — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:37:49 +0000

I have been to the London Dungeons where you can follow the tracks of Jack the Ripper. They have replicas of how his victims looked when found. They took photos of the poor working girls. I have never seen so many adults going green at the same time.
My mother came with me and when we went onto the toher part of the tour she was so scared!
What really stood out to me is that London has a very violent past, amazing but a tough violent past. There is an amazing book called “London” by Edward Rutherford. It goes into the history of London from pre Roman era. This book is told through by following a fictitious family line, with a particular set of features, including webbed feet. These genetic line is following right through to present day.
Fabulous read and you will learn so much about this facsinating city.

By: Mulberry

Mulberry — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:23:42 +0000

I am not generally very fond of reading news about murders and calamities. But I have to agree, that reporting was exquisite! Nowadays, its so clinical that it makes me feel that such happenings are very commonplace and I can never be safe. Whereas that reporting made it seem like a work of fiction, so I was captivated but not fearful..if that makes sense..