All news on the topic: Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe

Former Assistant Chief Constable James Hobson led the hunt for Sutcliffe and never lost interest in the killer, he would read any new books or articles even in later years

Evil child killer Ian Huntley's daughter Samantha Bryan, 25, has written to her biological father to request a prison visit with him and says "you have to confront your demons"

These pictures of derelict block of flats in Bradford act as a chilling reminder of a seedy and gruesome killing carried out by the infamous Peter Sutcliffe in 1977

A horrifying police error that could have prevented the murders of 13 known Ripper victims 'and many more' has been exposed following ITV series The Long Shadow

Less than a year after Peter Sutcliffe married his doting wife Sonia Szurma, the killer began callously murdering women. Sonia stood by her ex-husband during his trial and said she 'didn't suspect a thing'

John Humble got a sinister kick when he sent police officers investigating the Yorkshire Ripper an anonymous two-minute tape confessing to be the twisted serial killer

Former intelligence officer Chris Clark's new book details cases where he says evidence points to Peter Sutcliffe being responsible - and claims he committed up to 45 murders

ITV's The Long Shadow tells in devastating detail the stories of Peter Sutcliffe's innocent victims, who were murdered by the sick serial killer over the course of years

The Long Shadow tells the story of the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe's victims and looks inside the police investigation that finally snared the twisted killer

ITV's The Long Shadow will tonight look at the case of Jacqueline Hill, who had ambitions of working within the justice services, when her battered, lifeless body was found 100 yards from her university halls

Peter Sutcliffe's niece, Emily Sutcliffe, has spoken for the first time about what happened to her evil uncle's ashes following his death from Covid in 2020

Peter Sutcliffe died behind bars from Covid in 2020 and ITV's The Long Shadow tells the story of his 13 victims, who were all killed in cold blood

Actress Sammy Winward was best known for playing Katie Sugden in ITV's Emmerdale for over a decade but later shunned fame and decided to become a teacher

Bruce Jones is best known for playing Les Battersby in ITV's Coronation Street, but his life away from the cameras has been eventful - from a broken marriage and to his Hollywood break

West Yorkshire Police was notoriously misled after being distracted by a hoax in their search for killer Peter Sutcliffe. Constable George Oldfield became obsessed with the case, and in tonight's The Long Shadow, he is seen falling desperately ill

John Humble, also known as Wearside Jack, managed to trick police searching for the Yorkshire Ripper as he helped Peter Sutcliffe evade capture from 100 miles away despite never meeting

As seen in ITV's The Long Shadow, Meg Winterburn was an undercover officer on the Yorkshire Ripper case. And here, she shares why murderer Peter Sutcliffe chose the victims he did

Peter Sutcliffe's sick murders triggered one of the biggest manhunts the country has seen however the years-long investigation to find the serial killer went down a rabbit hole thanks to hoax letters and a confession tape from John Humble, aka Wearside Jack

Who was Wearside Jack? The Mirror looks back at the true story of John Humble, who plagued the minds of detectives working on the Yorkshire Ripper case for 27 years

Missing crucial clues, chasing false leads and letting slippery Peter Sutcliffe give police the slip for years - viewers about to see the deadly mistakes on ITV's The Long Shadow

As Peter Sutcliffe's younger brother, Carl Sutcliffe, slammed ITV bosses over The Long Shadow for opening up old wounds, he shared detail on what it was like living with the serial killer

Peter Sutcliffe's little brother Carl recalls growing up with the serial killer as a sibling and the very moment he found out he was related to the notorious Yorkshire Ripper

Irene Richardson was just one of the women Peter Sutcliffe brutally murdered during his years-long killing spree and as her story has been told in new drama The Long Shadow, a devastating secret has come to light

HMP Frankland, dubbed 'Monster Mansion', opens its gates to cameras on Channel 5 tonight to give an insight into life behind bars for some of the UK's most dangerous criminals

ITV's The Long Shadow will tell the story of third victim Irene Richardson, whose long-lost son only discovered her devastating fate when he went searching for his birth mum