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Welcome to the serial killer podcast, the podcast dedicated to serial killers.

Who they were, what they did, and how.

I am your host, Thomas Bowe-Thune.

An internight episode we travel back across the middle passage, the Atlantic.

And once more back in the United Kingdom, Northern England, to be precise, Yorkshire.

And if you follow the topic of serial murder, the main name of that city will bring forth an immediate nickname, the Yorkshire Ripper.

Sometimes also referred to as Wershide Jack.

England has two very famous serial killers that share parts of their nicknames, Jack the Ripper and the Yorkshire Ripper.

Jack operated as we know, and will look closer at in a later episode, in the Victorian era.

In Yorkshire, however, their Ripper terrorised the populace in the latter end of the 1970s, until his capture in 1981.

Unlike Jack, the Ripper in Yorkshire is known to us.

His name is Peter William Subcliff.

And he is responsible for the brutal murders of 13 women.

The fair of Peter Subcliff inflicted upon not only Yorkshire, but whole of UK is quite unique in modern European history.

But Yorkshire Ripper case was not only the story of one killer.

It is also the story of police incompetence and a more contemporary controversy regarding mental health care and personal safety.

Although the Yorkshire Ripper case happened over 35 years ago, it's still very much part of the public dialogue.

Imagine, dear listener, a bleak English twilight evening.

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