Yorkshire Ripper Letter Writer
The chilling letters and tape sent by sunderland hoaxer john humble to detectives investigating yorkshire ripper after the death the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe we look back at the notorious.
Yorkshire ripper letter writer. All of them undoubtedly hoaxes. Peter sutcliffe was a bradford lorry driver who became known as the yorkshire ripper and was jailed for life in 1981 for murdering 13 women and trying to murder seven others in the deluded belief. Peter sutcliffe who died in hospital of coronavirus today aged 74 was banned by prison staff from sending romantic notes to the mystery woman.
Secret prison tapes letters expose yorkshire rippers monstrous path to becoming uks most notorious serial killer. Wearside jack is the nickname given to john samuel humble an englishman who pretended to be the yorkshire ripper in a hoax audio recording and several letters in the period 19781979. Peter sutcliffe 74 has been writing scores of letters to fans to counsel them on their rocky love lives despite using knives hammers and screwdrivers to kill 13 women and attempting to murder seven more.
The yorkshire ripper is said to have had a secret lover he called his darling girl who he tried to send letters from behind bars. Nov 14 2020 710 et. The message recorded on an audio cassette caused the investigation to be moved away from the west yorkshire area home of the real killer peter sutcliffe and thereby helped to.
Invalid date on a warm summer evening in august 1969 peter sutcliffe smashed a gravel filled sock over the head of a woman he had been following in bradfords red light. Sutcliffes first murder victim 28 year old sex worker wilma. He left education at the age of 15 before taking on a series of jobs including grave digging.
The dear boss letter is arguably the most famous of the three most prominent ripper letters as it marked the first usage of the moniker that would later become legend the author signed it. He urgently tried to contact the woman all summer and asked a penpal to pass on a message according to reports. The yorkshire ripper is dishing out relationship advice from his cell to women trapped in abusive partnerships.
Soon after the dear boss letter was made public hundreds more letters were received claiming to be written by jack the ripper. Humble sent a taped message spoken in a wearside accent and three letters taunting the authorities for failing to catch him. A series of phone conversations with yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe made during his time in prison got a story.
The yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe.