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UK True Crime Podcast

Wearside Jack: Episode 99

UK True Crime Podcast

UK True Crime Podcast

Personal Journals, History, Drugs, Crime, True Crime, Serial Killer, Murder, Uk, Police, Guns, Fraud, Robbery, Crimepodcast, Society & Culture, Uktruecrime

4.32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Yorkshire ripped terrified large parts of England as he murdered seemingly at will. Police had lots of suspects, but one in particular stood out. Two letters and one tape convinced leading detectives that he was in fact the Yorkshire Ripper. In this episode of the UK True Crime Weekly Podcast I tell the story of Wearside Jack.

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0:00.0

Oh, I think you're so much as amazing!

0:04.8

What are you going to spend it on?

0:06.2

We've just had a baby by IVF, so if we want another baby,

0:09.6

that will definitely go towards some IVF, which we lovely.

0:12.4

An extension on the house, possibly, just to...

0:14.6

We'll probably get another baby one day.

0:18.0

With people's push-cord lottery,

0:19.5

you could win prizes every single day.

0:21.8

If you won, what would you spend it on?

0:24.2

PPL managed lottery and, perhaps, of good causes,

0:26.3

18-plus conditions apply,

0:27.6

and, hopefully, responsibly, not available in Northern Ireland.

0:30.4

Hello and welcome to episode 99 of the UK True Crime Weekly podcast.

0:35.4

I'm Adam.

0:36.8

I couldn't believe it of him,

0:38.7

because he'd behaved so normally at home,

0:41.4

said Sonia Sutcliffe,

0:43.2

of her serial killing husband, Peter.

0:46.7

In today's episode, we head back to the time

0:49.4

of the Yorkshire Ripper's Rain of Terror,

0:52.0

to look at a hoax,

0:53.6

which had a major effect on the results of the inquiry.

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