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Casefile True Crime

Case 37: The Yorkshire Ripper (Part 1)

Casefile True Crime

Casefile Presents

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.741.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2016

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

[Part 1 of 3]

West Yorkshire is a county in England that has a population of over 2 million people. It covers an area of over 2,000 km² and is formed by five cities: Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees, and Calderdale. Each one of these cities has its own history, its own identity, and its own voice.

But during the 1970’s, they were all united. The residents of each city were looking over their shoulders, praying they wouldn’t be the next victim, in one man’s reign of terror who the press named, “The Yorkshire Ripper.”


Research for this episode by Victoria Dieffenbacher. Co-written by Victoria Dieffenbacher and the Anonymous Host.

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West Yorkshire is a county in England that has a population of over 2 million people. It

0:48.9

covers an area of over 2,000 km2 and is formed by five cities. Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield,

0:57.3

Kirkleece and Claudardale. Each one of these cities has its own history, its own identity

1:04.3

and its own voice. During the 1970s, they were all united. The residents of each city

1:11.1

were looking over their shoulders, praying they wouldn't be the next victim in one

1:15.4

man's reign of terror. The press named the Yorkshire Ripper.

1:22.4

At 7.30pm on the 29th of October, 1975, Wilman McKen, a resident of Leeds, told her 9-year-old

1:29.4

daughter Sonia that she was going to town. She said she'd be back later that night.

1:36.4

She instructed Sonia not to let the younger children out of bed. Wilman left the home, walking

1:43.4

out the back door. When Sonia woke up the next morning, she saw her mother hadn't arrived

1:50.4

home. She took her younger brother to a nearby bus stop and stood there waiting, as that was

1:57.4

the stop that Wilman used to travel. Sonia and her brother remained there waiting for their

2:03.9

mum until a neighbour spotted the baby. The baby was still waiting for her. The baby

2:09.9

took her younger brother to a nearby bus stop and stood there waiting, as that was the stop

2:23.9

that Wilman used to travel. Sonia and her brother remained there waiting for their mum until a neighbor

2:26.9

spotted them and returned them home. They were wearing schoolcaids over their pajamas. At 7.41am

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