FROM THE ARCHIVES | Peter Sutcliffe: 13 Forgotten Victims
British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues
4.6 • 876 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Five years after Peter Sutcliffe’s death, his crimes continue to cast a long shadow over Northern England. In this remastered episode, I revisit a two-part series from my archives, now presented as one seamless story.
This episode focuses on the thirteen women whose names are too often forgotten. I look at who they were, the lives they were building, and how systemic failings left them at risk. I also revisit the investigation’s major missteps, the Wearside Jack hoax, and the eventual arrest and trial.
Fifty years on from the first confirmed murder - and five years since Sutcliffe’s death - their stories remain as important as ever.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
| 0:08.2 | Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:14.0 | Five years have passed since Peter Sutcliffe's death, but the impact of his crimes and the fear he spread across Northern England is still |
| 0:23.1 | felt across the country. For years, women lived on edge as a brutal series of attacks and |
| 0:30.0 | murders shook the cities and towns of Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Huddersfield, and Halifax. |
| 0:37.6 | In this episode of British murders withoke Blues, I've dug into my archives to revisit |
| 0:43.0 | my original 2023 two-parter, now carefully blended into one continuous episode. |
| 0:50.8 | Before we dive in, please hit follow on your podcast player of choice. It's a zero-cost way to support |
| 0:56.4 | the show and helps it reach more true crime listeners. And if you're feeling generous, |
| 1:01.8 | five-star ratings and reviews make a huge difference. Thank you in advance. Here's the episode. |
| 1:10.2 | This episode focuses on the stories of the 13 innocent women whose names are too often forgotten, |
| 1:16.8 | who it lost their lives at the hands of Peter Sutcliffe, who many knew as the Yorkshire Ripper. |
| 1:21.9 | Those women were Wilma McCann, Emily Jackson, Irene Richardson, Patricia Atkinson, Jane MacDonald, Jean Jordan, Yvonne |
| 1:30.8 | Pearson, Helen Richter, Vera Millward, Josephine Whittaker, Barbara Leach, Marguerite Walls, and Jacqueline |
| 1:38.9 | Hill. This two-part episode is dedicated to their memory. This is a story I've been putting off doing for quite a while now. |
| 1:47.2 | I think part of the reason is because this one is so close to home. |
| 1:51.1 | I obviously don't mean I was involved in any way or knew anybody involved in this case. |
| 1:56.1 | What I mean is the murders took place in the surrounding areas that are close to my life. |
| 2:05.6 | As you all know, I live in Leeds, and the majority of these murders occurred in Leeds, |
| 2:10.9 | specifically in places such as Rounday and Chapel Town, the former of which is where I used to live, |
| 2:13.5 | and the latter I've driven through hundreds of times. |
| 2:18.6 | Originally, though, I'm from Huddersfield, which is where one of the murders took place. |
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