Whitechapel, London. Established in 1721 with the current building dating back to around 1900. Its history is intertwined with the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. On August 7 1888, sex worker Martha Tabram enjoyed a last drink at the White Hart before heading home via George Yard (located next to the pub) and being viciously stabbed. Severing Klosowski was a junior surgeon who moved to London in 1887, changed his name to George Chapman, and set up shop as a barber in the basement of the White Hart. He came up with the "musical shave", which involved his wife entertaining customers on the piano while her husband gave them a shave (sound familiar to anyone?). The Ripper murders stopped when he moved to the US, where a spate of Ripper-like murders occurred in New Jersey where Chapman lived in 1891 and 1892. He had a string of wives who apparently when he would tire of them he would slowly poison them with antimony. After the death of his third wife questions were raised and he was tried, convicted, and hanged at Wandsworth prison on April 7, 1903.

The pub Is long and narrow with rooms front and back, each served by its own bar. A free house, Fuller's London Pride was my beer of choice. One to check out if you are in the Whitechapel area.