How Police Let the Yorkshire Ripper Slip Away 9 Times

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]For 5 years, Peter Sutcliffe terrorized Northern England as the Yorkshire Ripper. He [music] killed 13 women, attacked seven more, always with a hammer and knife. [music] Police interviewed over a quarter million people. Sutcliffe himself was questioned nine separate times. [music] They had his car registration, his description, even his name on a list, [music] but they let him walk away every single time. Then in January 1981, >> [music] >> police pulled him over for fake license plates, a routine traffic stop. While in custody, Sutcliffe calmly confessed [music] to being Britain's most wanted killer. The 5-year manhunt was over.