Whitechapel, East London 1888: A Day in the Life of a "Penny Hang" & "Fourpenny Coffin Houses"

Описание: Sleep wasn't a right. It was a rental. And if you couldn't pay, you slept on a rope.

Whitechapel, 1888. While the world focused on the crimes of Jack the Ripper, a quieter, deadlier tragedy was unfolding inside the ""Common Lodging Houses."" In a city of immense wealth, thousands of people paid a penny to hang over a rope for the night, or four pennies to sleep in a wooden box known as a ""coffin.""

In this video, we use advanced AI reconstruction to simulate a 24-hour cycle of survival on Dorset Street—the most notorious street in London. We experience the suffocating air of the Penny Hang, the crushing labor of the docks, and the brutal reality of a life where sleep is the only escape, and even that is rationed.

This is not a story about a killer. It is a story about the victims, and the system that broke them long before a knife ever could.

⚠️ Historical Context: Dorset Street was famously described by the police as ""The worst street in London."" It was the scene of the murder of Mary Jane Kelly, Jack the Ripper's final victim, but the daily violence of poverty claimed far more lives.

⏳ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro
02:15 The ""Penny Hang""
04:50 The ""Fourpenny Coffin""
07:15 What Daylight Spits Out
09:40 Labor That Doesn't Keep You Alive
12:05 When The Body Gives Way
14:30 Violence and The Vanishing
16:55 The Loop Begins Again
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