The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper: How Police Missed Peter Sutcliffe
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
For five years, Peter Sutcliffe—better known as the Yorkshire Ripper—terrorized the UK, leaving behind a trail of brutal murders and a nation living in fear. But Sutcliffe’s story didn’t begin with his first victim. His childhood was shaped by violence and humiliation, setting the stage for a man whose crimes would haunt Britain for decades. From his disturbing fascination with death to the devastating police missteps, including a hoax that derailed the investigation, this episode unravels the complex and horrifying story of Peter Sutcliffe. With 13 confirmed murders and a police investigation so massive it required reinforced floors, this case is as much about failure as it is about justice.
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| 0:00.0 | For five years, Peter Sutcliffe terrorized the UK, leaving women across the country afraid to step outside after dark. |
| 0:20.0 | He claimed he was cleaning up the streets, but his brutal murders told a different story. |
| 0:25.8 | Police interviewed him nine times and still missed their man, thanks to outdated methods and |
| 0:31.1 | one truly bizarre hoax. |
| 0:33.2 | This is the story of how the Yorkshire Ripper evaded capture, the failures that kept him killing, |
| 0:38.5 | and the shocking way he was finally caught. |
| 0:41.3 | But before we get into that story, if you like your true crime brief and bingeable, you've found the right podcast. |
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| 0:51.5 | Welcome to 10-minute murder. |
| 0:57.0 | Let's get into it. Bastard prostitutes who were littering the streets, I was just cleaning up the place a bit. |
| 1:14.8 | Those were the words of a man whose reign of terror gripped the UK for five years, the Yorkshire Ripper. |
| 1:21.4 | At his peak, his crimes left the police urging women of all ages to stay locked indoors, |
| 1:29.3 | warning that as long as he was on the loose, no one was safe. Before Peter Sutcliffe became one of Britain's most infamous serial killers, |
| 1:35.3 | he was a child exposed to violence that would shape his life in unimaginable ways. Born prematurely |
| 1:42.1 | in 1946, Peter's arrival into the world was already marked by trauma. |
| 1:47.2 | His mother, Kathleen, had endured a violent beating from his father, John, while heavily |
| 1:52.4 | pregnant, sending her into early labor. After two weeks in the hospital, mother and child |
| 1:57.9 | returned to a home where fear was constant. With more children came more visits |
| 2:02.8 | for John's cruelty, and Peter didn't escape his father's wrath. One Christmas, John smashed |
| 2:09.1 | a beer glass over Peter's head simply because the boy had dared to sit in his chair |
| 2:14.0 | at the dinner table. For John, his abuse had a twisted justification. He believed |
| 2:19.5 | Peter was weak, a slim, timid boy who lacked the toughness John thought a son should have. |
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