Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Jack the Ripper" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase: White Chapel District, Whitechapel District, London, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman (Anna Chapman), Elizabeth Stride (Hippy Lip Annie), Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly (Mary Kelly), The Whitechapel Fiend, and Jack the Ripper.
Narrow the dates of the search results to 1888-1891, the time period when Jack the Ripper was active.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"British Bits"
Salt Lake Daily Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), November 27, 1888, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Jack, the Ripper"
Sacramento Daily Record-Union (Sacramento, CA), December 18, 1888, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"The Whitechapel Fiend has Adapted a New But Effective Scheme"
Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Forth Worth, TX), December 22, 1888, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Is It 'Jack the Ripper' Again?"
New York Tribune (New York, NY), December 22, 1888, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Cut Up The Corpse"
St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, MN), December 27, 1888, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"A Change of Base"
St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, MN), December 28,1888, Page 5, Image 5, col. 3.
"The Mania for Murder"
The Sun (New York, NY), January 5, 1889, Page 4, Image 4, col. 2.
"Jack the Ripper"
The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA), October 25, 1890, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"It's Jack the Ripper"
St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, MN), April 25, 1891, Page 1, Image 1, col. 7-8.
"Jack the Ripper's Mark"
The Sun (New York, NY), April 25,1891, Page 1, Image 1, col. 7.
"Jack the Ripper in America"
The McCook Tribune (McCook, NE), May 1, 1891, Page 6, Image 6, col. 3.

Jack the Ripper: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America