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Stop 7 of 9 on The East End & Whitechapel
The Royal London Hospital & Joseph Merrick
Shoreditch, London
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"This is the Royal London Hospital. And in the eighteen eighties, directly across this road — you could throw a stone to it — there was a penny shop where crowds paid to file past a man billed as half-human, half-elephant, and recoil. His name was Joseph Merrick, and his story is the reason I brought you here."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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This is just one of 9 stops on the The East End & Whitechapel tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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