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Historic Newspapers: Jack the Ripper

All of the newspapers shown here include content related to the Whitechapel murders by the criminal known as "Jack the Ripper."  They are all contemporary reports found in the best newspaper title to be had for these events, The Times of London. They are not reproductions of any kind. Rather, they were the very issues potentially held with trembling hands by those who walked through the streets of London during this horrific sequence of killings.
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Was he really "Jack The Ripper"? Item # 716873

THE TIMES, London, December 12, 1888  "Jack the Ripper" reports were common in the latter half of 1888, capturing the interest of people on both sides of the Atlantic as evidenced by the reports in

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Life in 1903 - "Jack the Ripper", Bandits, Fires, Murders... Item # 702824

MEMPHIS MORNING NEWS, Tennessee, Dec. 21, 1903  The front page has an abundance of bad news: "Jack The Ripper... Ghastly Find In A Hotel" (an early 1900's version of "click bait"), "No Safety for

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Peter Kurten indictments.. The Vampire of Düsseldorf... Item # 688790

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 2, 1931

  • Peter Kurten indictments
  • German serial killer - rapist
  • Vampire of Dusseldorf - monster

The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "'JACK THE RIPPER' MUST FACE

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Walter Sickert (Jack the Ripper?) death.... Item # 661178

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, January 24, 1942.

  • Walter Richard Sickert death
  • English Impressionist painter
  • The real "Jack The Ripper" ?

Page 19  has a one column heading: "W. R. Sickert, 81, Famed Artist,

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