A 360° Virtual Walking Tour · 90 Minutes · £15
The Dark Side
of London
From Kray twins gangland killings to Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel, plague pits to debtors’ prisons, the ghost of William Wallace to the forgotten dead of Crossbones — a 90-minute walk through the murky, gory, fascinating underbelly of London, filmed in full 360° video.
Pay to View — £15Walk London’s gory and criminal past — from the safety of home
This tour takes you to a decidedly less glamorous and much less visited part of London — the East End and Southwark. Filmed on a full 360° camera with professionally recorded commentary by expert historian Stephen Liddell, this is the closest you can get to the dark history of London without setting foot on a plane.
Whitechapel’s dark alleys. Borough’s medieval backstreets. The riverside where heretics, pirates and Scottish heroes met grim ends. Because we do the walking, you can experience the murky side of London’s long criminal history from the comfort and safety of home.
The Journey
Ten chilling stops through the East End and across the Thames into old Southwark.
A Kray Twins Killing
Begin at the location of one of the great gangland killings of the 20th century — an act of violence involving the legendary Kray twins that shook London’s underworld.
Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel
Follow in the footsteps of the most infamous serial killer in British history through the streets and alleys where his victims lived and died in 1888.
Hip Spitalfields Today
Wander through the increasingly hip streets of modern Spitalfields — once the teeming, desperate heart of Victorian East End poverty.
Plague Pits & Witch Ponds
Visit the mass graves of plague victims and the old witch-ducking ponds where women accused of witchcraft met cruel and often fatal justice.
William ‘Braveheart’ Wallace
Stand at the execution site of Scotland’s greatest hero, where Wallace met one of the most brutal state executions in medieval history.
Across to Old Southwark
Cross the Thames by St Paul’s and enter an area that was once both London’s most notorious and — long ago — its most salubrious.
Shakespeare’s Globe
See the recreated Globe Theatre, a stone’s throw from where the original stood, and where the Bard’s plays first thrilled the riotous crowds of Bankside.
The Infamous Clink Prison
Visit the place that gave English slang its word for jail — and hear the brutal tales of the men and women who suffered behind its walls.
London Bridge & Borough Market
Discover the true, gruesome history of London Bridge (spoiler: it involves a lot of severed heads) and the thousand-year story of Borough Market.
Crossbones & the Debtors’ Prison
Finish at Crossbones — the haunting burial ground of Southwark’s “outcast dead” — and the Victorian debtors’ prison ruins that so moved Charles Dickens.
What makes this tour special
This isn’t a true-crime documentary or a history lecture. It’s the real walking tour — the kind we run in person — narrated with the same warmth, dark humour and historian’s eye you’d get on the street.
Filmed in full 360° video, so you can look around in every direction as you walk through these extraordinary places. And covering a side of London most visitors — and even many Londoners — never experience.
Perfect For…
🔍 True-Crime Fans
Kray twins, Jack the Ripper, notorious executions — a dream tour for armchair detectives.
📖 History Buffs
From the Middle Ages through Shakespeare to Dickens — a thousand years of dark history.
🏠 Armchair Explorers
For those who love London but can’t easily travel — every step brought to your screen.
🎃 Halloween Viewing
Plague pits, ghosts, witches and executions — the perfect seasonal watch.
✈️ Pre-Trip Planners
Visiting London soon? See these locations before you go and understand what you’re seeing.
🎁 Gift Givers
A distinctive gift for the crime-drama, history, or London fan in your life.
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