Overview

For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.

Created by Ellena Wood, Jesse Vile

Network

• Netflix

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Alan Whitehouse

  Self - Yorkshire Post

  4 eps

• 

  Keith Hellawell

  Self - Superintendent, Bradford

  4 eps

• 

  Bruce Jones

  Self

  4 eps

• 

  Jeremy Thompson

  Self

  4 eps

Themes

• 1970s
• interview
• yorkshire
• serial killer
• miniseries
• true crime
• missing person
• murder of a prostitute
• leeds

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