The Yorkshire Ripper: How Britain's Biggest Police Failure Let a Killer Walk Free

Peter Sutcliffe was interviewed by police nine times during his killing spree. His car had been flagged in red light areas dozens of times. A hoax tape sent from Sunderland misdirected the entire investigation for years. And a 17-year-old girl had seen him from a window, written down his licence plate, and alerted her parents — who called the police. He was still free. This is the complete documentary on the Yorkshire Ripper — one of the most devastating cases of institutional failure in British criminal history. Peter Sutcliffe murdered 13 women and carried out at least 7 attempted murders across Northern England between 1975 and 1980. But this documentary is as much about what the police got wrong as it is about what Sutcliffe did. Featuring extraordinary testimony from survivors, victims' families, investigators, and those who tried to raise the alarm long before Sutcliffe was finally caught. Why did it take so long? This documentary attempts to answer that question. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly true crime documentaries 📧 Business enquiries: [email protected]