Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders: The True Story of Serial Killer Peter Sutcliffe's Reign of Terror

In 1981, Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, was convicted of thirteen murders and seven attempted murders. All his proven victims were women; most were prostitutes. There is a still-secret story of how Sutcliffe's terrible reign of terror claimed at least twenty-two more lives and left five other victims with terrible injuries. Police and prosecution authorities have long known that Sutcliffe's reign of terror was far longer and far more widespread than the public has been led to believe. But the evidence has been locked away in the files and archives. As a result, the families of at least twenty-two murdered women have been cheated of their right to know how and why their loved ones died. Worse still, police blunders and subsequent suppression of evidence ensured that three entirely innocent men were imprisoned for murders committed by the Yorkshire Ripper. This book, by a former police intelligence officer, is the story not just of those long-cold killings, of the forgotten families, and of three terrible miscarriages of justice. It also uncovers Peter Sutcliffe's real motive for murder--and reveals how he manipulated police, prosecutors, and psychiatrists to ensure that he serves his sentence in the comfort of a psychiatric hospital rather than a prison cell. Contains mature themes.

About the Author :
Chris Clark was a policeman for twenty-eight years. He joined Norfolk Constabulary as a constable in 1966, proudly wearing its uniform until 1994. As well as serving as a beat officer, he also worked in Major Incident rooms and as a Royal Protection Officer. His chief responsibility, however, was in intelligence gathering and dissemination, helping to steer police towards an understanding of the travelling criminal who crosses boundaries at will. As an Intelligence Officer Chris built alliances with his counterparts in surrounding counties, Regional Crime Intelligence Offices, and the Intelligence Office at New Scotland Yard. Now retired, he has spent three years using his unique expertise to reinvestigate cold cases. Tim Tate is a multi-award winning documentary film-maker, investigative journalist, and bestselling author. His films have been honored by Amnesty International, the Royal Television Society, UNESCO, the International Documentary Association, the Association for International Broadcasting, the (US) National Academy of Cable Broadcasting, and the New York Festivals. Tim has written eleven non-fiction books, and is the coauthor of the bestselling Slave Girl, which has spent more than three years in Amazon's Top 100. Leighton Pugh trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after studying modern languages at Queen's College, Oxford. He has narrated audiobooks for Penguin, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Random House, Hachette, and Quercus. His radio work includes the plays Murder by the Book and Scenes from Provincial Life for BBC Radio 4 and the voice of Heinrich von Kleist in the BBC Radio 3 documentary The Tragical Adventure of Heinrich von Kleist. From 2010-2011 he was in four productions at the National Theatre, including The Habit of Art and A Woman Killed with Kindness.