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James Hobson on Yorkshire Ripper investigation (1981)
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- Interview
Detective Chief Superintendent James Hobson of West Yorkshire Police says the Yorkshire Ripper investigation was the largest murder inquiry conducted in the history of the British police. Male interviewer...
Attack survivor on Peter Sutcliffe arrest (1981)
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- Interview
An unidentified female survivor of an attack by Peter Sutcliffe (poss. Olive Smelt) says she cannot remember what happened between speaking to her attacker and waking up in Halifax Infirmary but says her...
William Clark on arrest of employee Peter Sutcliffe (1981)
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- Interview
Peter Sutcliffe’s employer, William Clark of Clark’s Haulage Company, is interviewed following Sutcliffe’s arrest. He says everyone in the company had been interviewed 18 months previously after a...
Crowds jeer as Peter Sutcliffe arrives at court (1981)
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- Special
Actuality of the arrival of Peter Sutcliffe at Dewsbury Magistrates Court to face multiple murder charges. Members of the crowd outside the court are screaming and jeering and journalists can be heard in the...
Stanley Ellis and Jack Windsor Lewis on Yorkshire Ripper hoax tapes (1981)
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- Interview
Stanley Ellis, Senior Lecturer in English Language at the University of Leeds, and Jack Windsor Lewis, of the Department of Linguistics and Phonetics at the University of Leeds, talk about their involvement...
Yorkshire Ripper case - Discovery of Wilma McCann’s body (1981)
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- News report
Report on the discovery of the body of Wilma McCann, who was murdered by the Yorkshire Ripper in Leeds on 20/01/76, and the subsequent police inquiry. Male reporter not identified.
Yorkshire Ripper case - prostitute on her work (1981)
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- Interview
An unidentified female prostitute, working in the Leeds area, says she has begun working alongside another girl and is moving from town to town to find work. In the context of attacks by the so-called...
George Oldfield on public response to Yorkshire Ripper murders (1981)
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- Interview
Detective Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield of West Yorkshire Police on the disappointing public response to the murder of prostitutes, including Wilma McCann, by the so-called Yorkshire Ripper....
Maureen Long on attack by Yorkshire Ripper (1981)
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- Interview
Maureen Long, who survived an attack by the Yorkshire Ripper in July 1977, tells how she was attacked outside the Mecca ballroom in Bradford.
Yorkshire Ripper case - Police reconstruction (1981)
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- Special
Two unidentified women saying goodbye before one departs in a car. Possibly a police reconstruction, carried out as part of the Yorkshire Ripper murder investigation.