Make your own way to Tower Hill in central London to meet your guide. Then, set off on foot to begin your tour of Londons grim and gruesome past. As you wander along history-steeped streets, learn about the disease, criminality and executions that were once commonplace in the capital.
Pause outside the Tower of London, often cited as Londons most haunted building. Hear spine-chilling tales from its 1,000-year-old history as a palace and prison, and learn about the royal figures and politicians who were executed here between the 14th and 18th centuries.
Continue on to St Katharines Dock, once one of the main commercial docks in the city. Learn how ships would bring exotic goods like silk and spices to the capital, as well as less pleasant imports, such as bubonic plague and the Black Death.
Next, head to Londons notorious East End. As you stroll down hidden alleys and backstreets with your guide, uncover horrific stories about some of the areas most notorious criminals, including the Kray twins gangsters who were once described as the most dangerous men in Britain and the London Burkers, a group of body snatchers.
Pause outside St Botolph's Church, known as the Church of Prostitutes in the late Victorian period. Hear how prostitution was once one of the areas most prolific trades, then unravel the mystery surrounding Jack the Ripper, Londons most fearsome, unidentified serial killer. Learn about the Rippers victims and killing methods, and talk through some of the suspects with your guide.
Then, make for Old Spitalfields Market, which is built upon a giant plague pit, and hear scandalous histories of the atrocious manner in which the patients were treated at Bedlam, Englands first psychiatric hospital.
After around 2.5 hours, your tour concludes at Liverpool Street.
