Personal Data
| Name: | Peter William SUTCLIFFE |
| Nickname: | The Yorkshire Ripper |
| Born: | 2 Jun 1946 |
| Status: | Married |
| Occupation: | Lorry Driver |
| Died: | – |
Crime Data
| Classification: | Serial Killer |
| Country: | UK |
| Active: | 1975 – 1980 |
| Victims: | 13+ |
| M.O.: | Killed prostitutes with a hammer & knife |
| Arrested: | 2 Jan 1981 |
| Fate: | 20 Life sentences with no release |
History
Awaits update…
Victims
Wilma McCann, 28yrs • Emily Jackson, 42yrs • Irene Richardson, 28yrs • Patricia Atkinson, 32yrs • Jayne MacDonald, 16yrs • Jean Jordan, 20yrs • Yvonne Pearson, 21yrs • Helen Rytka, 18yrs • Vera Millward, 40yrs • Josephine Whittaker, 19yrs • Barabara Leach, 20yrs • Marguerite Walls, 47yrs • Jacqueline Hill, 20yrs
Books
- Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper – Michael Bilton (2012, Harper Press)
- Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper – Gordon Byrne (2004, Faber & Faber)
- The Yorkshire Ripper: The In-depth Study of a Mass Killer and his Methods – Roger Cross (1981, Harper Collins)
- After Evil: She Was One of the Yorkshire Ripper’s Victims, He Was the Boy Left Behind – Jane Carter Woodrow (2009, Hodder & Staughton)
- The Real Yorkshire Ripper – Noel O’Gara (1987, Noel O’Gara)
- The Streetcleaner: Yorkshire Ripper Case on Trial – Nicole Ward Jouve (1986, Marion Boyars Publishing)
- Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders – Chris Clark (2015, John Blake Publishing)
- Somebody’s Mother, Somebody’s Daughter: Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper – Carol Ann Lee (2020, Michael O’Mara)
- The Yorkshire Ripper: Britain’s Most Notorious Serial Killer: Crimes of Pure Evil – Roger Harrington (2017, Independently published)
- Peter Sutcliffe – The Yorkshire Ripper – Andrew Alexander (2016, True Crimes Book 3)
I’m Jack: The police hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper – Peter Kinsley (1980, Pan)
Films
- Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper – TV mini series, 1999, 120 mins, narrated by Janet Suzemann
- Peter: Portrait of a Serial Killer – 2001, starred Walt Kissack, Tansy Adair, Peter Bacon
- This Is Personal – The Hunt For The Yorkshire Ripper – TV mini series, 2000, 120 mins. Starred Alun Armstrong, Craig Cheetham
