Peter Sutcliffe.

padd b1975 · 13-11-2020 09:28AM #1

Dead according to RTE Radio.

That is all.

TheValeyard · 13-11-2020 09:31AM

Not one tear will be shed.

JeffKenna · 13-11-2020 09:31AM

Who?

Gael23 · 13-11-2020 09:33AM

Into a bag and off to landfill

End of his story

anewme · 13-11-2020 09:34AM

Good news for Friday 13th.

Rot in Hell.

Hangdogroad · 13-11-2020 09:34AM

JeffKenna wrote: »

Who?

Aka the Yorkshire Ripper. Murdered 13 women in in North of England in the late 70s.

13-11-2020 09:34AM

May he roast on a spit for all of eternity.

13-11-2020 09:35AM

Didn't have a good time in prison. Justice of sorts.

everlast75 · 13-11-2020 09:36AM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Aka the Yorkshire Ripper. Murdered 13 women in in North of England in the late 70s.

https://pca.st/episode/01d8f370-7abe-0134-9030-3327a14bcdba

Well worth a listen. For this any many other topics

Mysterypunter · 13-11-2020 09:37AM

everlast75 wrote: »

https://pca.st/episode/01d8f370-7abe-0134-9030-3327a14bcdba

Well worth a listen. For this any many other topics

Complete and utter prick, pity he was ever born.

KevRossi · 13-11-2020 09:37AM

JeffKenna wrote: »

Who?

Edgy.

Very edgy.

antodeco · 13-11-2020 09:39AM

Had a heart attack 2 weeks ago. Was in a bad way. Caught Covid and died.

13-11-2020 09:40AM

KevRossi wrote: »

Edgy.

Very edgy.

Not really
The ripper case was in the early 1980s, it's a long time ago and Sutcliffe has barely been in the news since.
So there are plenty here who would never have heard of him.

anewme · 13-11-2020 09:41AM

The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story was on BBC4 only a month or so ago. Fascinating insight into the crimes and the investigation ( and the egos)including the judgemental society where one cared about women being murdered (until a 'respectable' woman was murdered).

It is a fascinating watch.

anewme · 13-11-2020 09:43AM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Not really
The ripper case was in the early 1980s, it's a long time ago and Sutcliffe has barely been in the news since.
So there are plenty here who would never have heard of him.

But seriously, you'd stick Peter Sutcliffe into the Google search bar and press return quicker than asking a question here and expecting someone else to do it for you.

13-11-2020 09:44AM

I was a child in the area when the ripper was active,
I remember everyone being scared. I was very young but it was such a
big thing.

JeffKenna · 13-11-2020 09:45AM

anewme wrote: »

But seriously, you'd stick Peter Sutcliffe into the Google search bar and press return quicker than asking a question here and someone else to do it for you.

My apologies, will Google instead for fear of upsetting yourself.

anewme · 13-11-2020 09:47AM

JeffKenna wrote: »

My apologies, will Google instead for fear of upsetting yourself.

Not upsetting at all. That's what Google is there for.

begbysback · 13-11-2020 09:48AM

anewme wrote: »

But seriously, you'd stick Peter Sutcliffe into the Google search bar and press return quicker than asking a question here and expecting someone else to do it for you.

Where?

JeffKenna · 13-11-2020 09:48AM

anewme wrote: »

Not upsetting at all, as someone else said, read as trying to be smart.

Well you must have misread then.

vandriver · 13-11-2020 09:49AM

bubblypop wrote: »

I was a child in the area when the ripper was active,
I remember everyone being scared. I was very young but it was such a
big thing.

I lived in Manchester at the time,and everyone was terrified.
I remember being home alone one day and phoning up the recording line which was supposedly the Ripper taunting the police.(it was a hoax) and scaring the bejaysus out of myself when he said he was coming down to Manchester next.

anewme · 13-11-2020 09:51AM

JeffKenna wrote: »

Well you must have misread then.

Well, now you know who he is.

There are some recommendations in the thread if you want to find out more.

Edgware · 13-11-2020 09:52AM

We're all Gods children

BPKS · 13-11-2020 09:53AM

antodeco wrote: »

Had a heart attack 2 weeks ago. Was in a bad way. Caught Covid and died.

Another positive outcome for the Chinese

begbysback · 13-11-2020 09:53AM

We are all made of stars

anewme · 13-11-2020 09:55AM

vandriver wrote: »

I lived in Manchester at the time,and everyone was terrified.
I remember being home alone one day and phoning up the recording line which was supposedly the Ripper taunting the police.(it was a hoax) and scaring the bejaysus out of myself when he said he was coming down to Manchester next.

Hoaxer was Wearside Jack- died last year as well.

Caught in 2005 or 2006 following advances in DNA many years later. Got 8 years for perverting the course of justice. In reality, he diverted the police investigation away from the crime scene and allowed the ripper free reign.

Hangdogroad · 13-11-2020 10:12AM

anewme wrote: »

The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story was on BBC4 only a month or so ago. Fascinating insight into the crimes and the investigation ( and the egos)including the judgemental society where one cared about women being murdered (until a 'respectable' woman was murdered).

It is a fascinating watch.

Highly recommended, it's in three parts and covers all aspects of the the case very well. I'm not a fan of the current trend for crime docs to drag on needlessly over twenty episodes.

pgj2015 · 13-11-2020 10:15AM

https://www.the-sun.com/news/196318/peter-sutcliffe-claims-tories-keep-him-in-jail-for-revenge-and-says-he-deserves-freedom-in-leaked-prison-recording/

The cheek of him, thinking that he could ever be released after killing so many women and trying to kill others.

13-11-2020 10:15AM

anewme wrote: »

Hoaxer was Wearside Jack- died last year as well.

Caught in 2005 or 2006 following advances in DNA many years later. Got 8 years for perverting the course of justice. In reality, he diverted the police investigation away from the crime scene and allowed the ripper free reign.

One of the main pieces of evidence in the case was a new £5 note found with the body of one of the victims.

The police did mammoth work and traced that £5 note back to a pay packet given to employees of a certain firm.

The police interviewed everyone at that firm, one of which was Sutcliffe, but ruled them all out because none had a Geordie accent.

The higher ups in police were so obsessed with this Wearside Jack that it allowed them to be blinded in their investigation.

The TV show mentioned earlier is very good and covered that very well.
It's been on BBC Four a few times in the last few years, will likely be on again.

seamus · 13-11-2020 10:17AM

KevRossi wrote: »

Edgy.

Very edgy.

I don't think so. I'm not young and he went to jail before I was born, for murders committed in another country.

He's not exactly a household name, I wouldn't expect most people to have ever heard of him.

Gregor Samsa · 13-11-2020 10:18AM

I remember when I was in first class, one of the tabloids ran a headline saying the The Yorkshire Ripper was coming to Ireland next - as if he was on a World Tour and was announcing locations and dates of his upcoming murders. One of the girls in my class was absolutely terrified. I remember trying to convince her that in order to actually know he was coming here, they’d have to know who he was, and then they’d be able to look out for him. Strange conversation that has stuck vividly in my head for about 40 years.

Peter Sutcliffe.

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