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If It Happened Now: The Austin Ripper—Who Was Protecting the Women?

If It Happened Now: The Austin Ripper—Who Was Protecting the Women?

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Before Jack the Ripper, Austin had its own unidentified nighttime killer.

In 1884 and 1885, a series of brutal attacks terrorized Austin, Texas. Black women working as domestic servants were among the earliest victims. Their work placed them inside other people’s homes, but proximity offered little protection.

In this installment of If It Happened Now, Steph examines the Austin Ripper case, also known as the Servant Girl Annihilator murders. Who were the people behind the sensational name? How did race, gender, newspaper coverage, and investigative limitations shape the response—and the story we remember?

Then we bring the case into the present. Could DNA, surveillance cameras, and connected investigations have changed the outcome? And would the women targeted first receive the attention needed to stop the attacks sooner?

“The darkness helped him move. Indifference gave him time.”

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Join the conversation: If these attacks happened now, what would make the biggest difference: better technology or a faster response to the first victims?

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