1 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,760 It's the worst series of unsolved murders in the world. 2 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,800 For many people, he made fun of the police. 3 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,760 He's on a crusade against prostitutes. 4 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,920 He had operated in: Bradford, Huddersfield, Manchester, 5 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,160 but life had to go on. 6 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,520 People still went to work. People went out at night. 7 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:41,720 Operations Room, Halifax. 8 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,160 With all that George Oldfield he had in his hand now, 9 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,520 tire tracks, the five pound note, 10 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,960 the marks of the shoes on the scenes,  11 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:54,440 the blood group, 12 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,000 calligraphy, 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,280 the identikit. 14 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,120 He believed it would be just a matter of time. 15 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,720 People just wanted to know that life she would return to normal. 16 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:15,880 APRIL 1979 17 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,320 It was around 6:00 or 6:30 in the morning. 18 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,640 Someone knocked on my door and there was a message from... 19 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,200 one of our photographers... 20 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,600 which said they had found a body in Halifax. 21 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,160 It was truly shocking 22 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,640 see the Ripper Squad there 23 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,680 in this exclusive area. 24 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,800 He was the first person to die that I had ever seen. 25 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:54,280 This morning at 6:30 he was found the body of Josephine Whitaker, 19. 26 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,880 He was found on a playing field 27 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,400 at Savile Park. 28 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,520 11 months have passed since the previous one Ripper murder. 29 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,240 The police now know that it won't take long before it hits... 30 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:08,200 You thought: 31 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:10,280 "Oh, my God... 32 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:12,600 It won't stop." 33 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,600 A NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES 34 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,920 The body was found by a woman about 50 meters from the road 35 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,360 on the lawns of Savile Park, 36 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,080 one of the most exclusive areas of Halifax. 37 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,640 One of his shoes was found 20 meters from the road. 38 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,800 Because of the signs dragging in the grass, 39 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,160 police believe she was attacked on the side of the road 40 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,640 and dragged where his body was found.  41 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,480 This murder in such a middle class area 42 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,160 it changed everything. 43 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,800 She was a middle class office worker who  he worked at the Halifax Building Society. 44 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,120 The police told us that this man he targeted prostitutes. 45 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,680 But she wasn't a prostitute. 46 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,400 The Ripper's last murder it is different from the others, 47 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,960 now in fact it has not hit in one area at red lights, but in a quiet... 48 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,640 Whitaker was a girl very respectable. 49 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,800 The worrying thing now is that... 50 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,440 came out of... 51 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,880 red light areas where it operated in the past. 52 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,720 Which means that now every woman... 53 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:39,480 is at risk. 54 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,480 Any woman who goes out alone at night 55 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,400 He's at risk until we catch him. 56 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,280 DO NOT WALK ALONE 57 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,880 I was horrified by the attack to Josephine Whitaker. 58 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,920 West Yorkshire Police had assuming that every woman was now at risk. 59 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,840 Their explanation was: "He changed tactics 60 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,040 because we made it the red light district is impenetrable." 61 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,960 So now he was looking for other women, 62 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,360 but that doesn't mean it wasn't anymore a killer of prostitutes. 63 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,520 I went to work at a local radio station, who didn't have a large staff. 64 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,360 So if a story came out you had to go and deal with it. 65 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,600 You got into this little car of the radio station 66 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,440 with the city street map open at the knees. 67 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,200 And I absolutely was aware that this was a city 68 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:32,120 where this man, I thought, he was looking for vulnerable women. 69 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,440 And a vulnerable woman was a woman who went off alone at night. 70 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,280 And that was my job. 71 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,800 POLICE 72 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,480 I was doing my usual I work in the CID office, 73 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:57,760 then I received a call, they told me that I had been assigned to the Halifax case. 74 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,760 So I went in the operations room in Halifax. 75 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,680 Suddenly, a message arrived for a meeting, 76 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,760 an information meeting at the courthouse, 77 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:17,600 that it was an unusual place, because we had never done them there. 78 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,200 So I thought, "What's going on?" 79 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,760 George Oldfield entered... 80 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,680 and there was an officer with a tape recorder. 81 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,800 George Oldfield explained who had received a cassette. 82 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,800 That he would make us listen. 83 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,880 He wanted us to listen carefully. 84 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:50,760 Because he was convinced that... 85 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,000 that tape had been sent by person who had sent the letters. 86 00:05:55,840 --> 00:06:00,080 DEPUTY CHIEF COMMISSIONER GEORGE OLDFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE CID, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE 87 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:02,080 They were all... 88 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:04,520 quite amazed. 89 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,240 We wondered what was on the tape. 90 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,280 The whole room... 91 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,800 he sank into silence. 92 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:18,240 He pressed the button. 93 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,480 And here... the voice. 94 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:33,200 I'm Jack. 95 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,800 I see you don't have it yet I was lucky to find me. 96 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:42,240 I have the utmost respect for you, George. 97 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:43,840 But, Lord... 98 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,400 He's no closer to getting me now... 99 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,640 than it was four years ago, when I started. 100 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:56,880 I guess his boys they're letting you down, George. 101 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:01,520 Not very happy about it, huh? 102 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,560 I don't know well when I strike again. 103 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,480 But it will definitely be this year. I don't know where. 104 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:15,840 Maybe Manchester. 105 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,200 I like it there. 106 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,960 There are a lot of them going around there. 107 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,280 They never learn, do they, George? 108 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,640 At the rate I hit, 109 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,240 I should be in the Book of Records. 110 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,320 I think it's 11, so far, right? 111 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,000 Well, it was nice talk to her, George. 112 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,520 Yours, Jack the Ripper. 113 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,880 Here, finally, the lead that opened the case. 114 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,120 He had given us a good opportunity, because we had his voice. 115 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,120 WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE MARCH 1979 116 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,800 They had the letter posted from Sunderland. 117 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:04,360 And now they had the tape with a Sunderland or "Geordie" accent. 118 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,440 Well, first, we knew we were looking for a man. 119 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,400 And there are millions of them and we didn't know where it came from. 120 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,840 But now that we can locate the area, the field has narrowed significantly, 121 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,840 I'm sure you'll agree. 122 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,600 We knew the sound of his voice. 123 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,600 We knew his handwriting.  124 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,040 How much more did we need? 125 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,400 One of the experts who helped the police to analyze the tape and the voice 126 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,360 He is a linguistics teacher at the University of Leeds, 127 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:34,960 Mr Jack Windsor Louis. 128 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,200 He believes he has cordoned off the area where the voice comes from. 129 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,480 This was ascertained by my colleague at the University of Leeds, Stanley Ellis, 130 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,280 which, a few weeks ago, 131 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:49,800 went to Sunderland, I remember the letters were sent from Sunderland, 132 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,040 so this was the ideal location to begin the investigation. 133 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,480 He had to travel a short distance from Central Sunderland, 134 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:59,880 before you start hearing this accent. 135 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:02,480 And how small it is the area you isolated? 136 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:04,840 I think you can say that which is 1.5 square km. 137 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:11,000 The town of Castletown approximately 5km from West Sunderland. 138 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,480 Castletown, a thriving mining village, 139 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:17,520 he was harshly hit from the recession. 140 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,200 - Is your husband at home? - Yes. 141 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,800 The police have a team of 100 detectives 142 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,000 who carry out investigations house to house in the area. 143 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,760 We are investigating about Jack the Ripper. 144 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:38,400 I was an inspector in charge of Sunderland Central. 145 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,480 The killer was from Sunderland 146 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:46,600 and we had to find him. 147 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,040 You're a little stunned when you understand that... 148 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,080 now it's your stuff. 149 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:04,720 I challenge anyone to say what a rumor it is not an identifying characteristic. 150 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:17,680 We felt part of it of a very modern police force. 151 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,280 And it was time to put an end to this story. 152 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:35,200 There she was, on the stairs of the house at number ten, the first 153 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,120 and so far the only woman, to be British Prime Minister. 154 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,640 His mission, no less than the transformation of Britain. 155 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,160 Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. 156 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,480 Where there is a mistake, may we bring the truth. 157 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,520 Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. 158 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,400 - A two-handed salute! - With two hands, this way? 159 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,640 - It was new that time! - Let's go! 160 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,960 In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister. 161 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,000 So, all my friends said: 162 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,080 "Wow, what a success. 163 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:10,360 This will change the way to perceive women." 164 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,240 I applied for a graduate degree in fine arts. 165 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,800 So I came to Leeds with great expectations. 166 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,840 At the end of the 70s,  something was always happening. 167 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:37,280 At one point, I cut my hair short, 168 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,080 discolored, almost white and then dyed bright yellow at the tips. 169 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:48,240 You could explore all these things, jeans and men's suits. 170 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,320 Even the contraceptive pill was... 171 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,280 easy to find in the 70s. 172 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,160 It was truly a great moment. 173 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,000 It was very liberating and I was very sociable. 174 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,680 I made friends easily. 175 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,120 Where did you get this dress? 176 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,960 It was all very lively at the time. 177 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,680 There was a lot of music, punk bands. 178 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,200 I was only slightly aware 179 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:24,880 of the Ripper. 180 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,280 I had my reservations, of course, but then you thought: 181 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,760 “It won't affect me.” You know what they say at that age. 182 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,280 You feel like you can do anything, go anywhere 183 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,800 and that wouldn't have influenzato i tuoi movimenti. 184 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:50,840 SEPTEMBER 1979 185 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,720 Ricordo di essere stata in redazione. 186 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,120 Eravamo tutti seduti al grosso tavolo 187 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,280 e poi qualcuno disse: "C'è stato un altro omicidio dello Squartatore." 188 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,200 Barbara Leach era una studentessa a Bradford. 189 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,240 Barbara Leach ha lasciato la Mannville Arms sulla Great Horton Road 190 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,000 all'una di domenica mattina. 191 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,560 His house in Ash Grove è a meno di 150 metri dietro l'angolo. 192 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:26,720 Eppure Barbara ha scelto di lasciare her friends and walking alone in the dark. 193 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,240 Somewhere along the way it has met the man called the Ripper. 194 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,000 Who respected the dark commitment done in June. 195 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,160 All the women in the room turned pale 196 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,800 and I remember shivering right into the bones. 197 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,320 And the men said, “Wow, another one Ripper murder, get to work!" 198 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,320 And there I thought that was the difference between those who see a story 199 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,040 and who feels involved from history itself, why then 200 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,720 I think all of us we felt in danger. 201 00:13:54,800 --> 00:14:01,080 11. BARBARA LEACH 4 MONTHS, 28 DAYS SINCE THE LAST MURDER 202 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,440 What worries the police is that, despite 203 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,840 non-specific precautions taken after the last Ripper murder, 204 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,840 he managed to strike again. 205 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,520 The fact is that they did not succeed to do a lot to stop it. 206 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,280 Despite his recorded voice, 207 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,000 his handwriting and evidence of 12 murders, 208 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:18,880 they don't know who he is yet. 209 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,160 What an effect it had about her and her husband? 210 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,120 How difficult it was for her to come to terms with it? 211 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:31,960 Well, we haven't done that yet. 212 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,480 He told us: "Don't worry, I always go out in a group", or... 213 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,440 “The guys are there and they make sure that he is well", or... 214 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,040 Things like that. Don't... 215 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,840 He never would have thought to walk around the city alone, 216 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,120 but... I mean, they were just five, ten minutes away 217 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,400 from where he was, from where he lived. 218 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:55,960 When Barbara died, my wife had bought a new dress for the funeral. 219 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,280 It was quite expensive and I didn't agree, 220 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,960 but then she said: "It's not just for Barbara's funeral 221 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,240 that I will wear it, it's also for his degree, 222 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:11,240 for his wedding and the birth of her children. 223 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,000 Here's what was taken from us, our future. 224 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:20,520 People read police communications 225 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,000 and maybe it all flows over you. 226 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:24,800 But I wanted them to think... 227 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,160 who could be their daughter, the next one. 228 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,160 Even if the area is illuminated,  229 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,480 she was brutally attacked and died from multiple wounds. 230 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:41,840 The attack was... 231 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,640 I remember everyone talking by Barbara Leech. 232 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,360 And it was the turning point. 233 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,440 And the university, at the student council, 234 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,840 he made minibuses available to us to escort women home. 235 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,080 The social life of students continues, 236 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:00,280 but it is punctuated by minibus advertisements and the escort service 237 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,280 to bring the girls home. 238 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,200 FILM EVENING DON'T RISK 239 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,920 We began to be much more cautious when we went out, 240 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,880 who we went out with and came back soon. 241 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,240 DON'T RISK IN THE DARK 242 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,440 I spent some time  243 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,040 to learn to go out alone 244 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:23,680 to be cautious 245 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,520 and not to be afraid. 246 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,000 This went against the grain. 247 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,320 - Well, we're all scared, aren't we? - We know that... 248 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,800 - I'm always afraid. - We're worried. 249 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,880 - We are very scared. - Let's go to self-defense lessons. 250 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,360 They teach you how to kick… 251 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,280 Like karate, but against the Ripper is not enough, 252 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,760 but there are many other strange people. 253 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,880 There are many women who are very worried after all these murders. 254 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,840 What can he say to ease their worries? 255 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:58,240 I can only tell them who must not go out alone at night, 256 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,080 that is, late in the evening. 257 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,280 It's not safe for them walk the streets  258 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:04,760 in the early hours of the morning,  259 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:09,680 as seen here and how was seen in Halifax a short time ago. 260 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:13,840 I remember the murder... 261 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,800 of Barbara, in particular. 262 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:22,960 We had a group of policemen incompetent people who said: 263 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,920 "Don't go out late at night. You are putting yourselves in danger. 264 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,840 Don't take a taxi if you are drunk. 265 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:29,600 Don't go out alone. 266 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,280 Don't drink alone in pubs." 267 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,960 The most important thing then in Leeds it was feminism. 268 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,200 We would never have agreed to those things. 269 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:47,440 The men went to a bar... 270 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,840 and they drank with other men. 271 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,360 And if the women wanted to go out and socialize, 272 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,320 they could only do it 273 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,480 under care and the supervision of a man. 274 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:04,960 We thought, "Like hell!" 275 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,800 We weren't the killers. 276 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,400 We were them who needed protection. 277 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,400 ARE MEN THE ENEMY? 278 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,080 It was a very unpleasant time for police officers. 279 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:30,320 Media pressure was increasing. There was public fear and anxiety. 280 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,080 Politicians began to say: "What's going on?" 281 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,440 Trust... 282 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,120 of people began to be eroded by all this. 283 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,960 So does the commissioner decided to launch Project R. 284 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,840 West Yorkshire Police launched a huge advertising campaign 285 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,080 which aims to catch the most criminal wanted, the Yorkshire Ripper. 286 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,640 To better explain the campaign, we have online 287 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,360 the man leading the investigation. 288 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,160 Yes, I think it's the first time that there is an advertisement 289 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,320 on such a large scale used as an investigation method for the police. 290 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:20,480 It was the greatest intervention of police PR. 291 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,240 The advertising campaign foresees a mobile exhibition 292 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,080 is brought to the shops every day and in the markets of the area. 293 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,240 He focuses on the two clues police chiefs. 294 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,520 The first, three letters sent from Sunderland 295 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,200 and written, the police are sure of it, from the Ripper. 296 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:42,840 The second, that tape played continuously to the crowds of customers. 297 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,440 They spent a million pounds. 298 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:54,240 There were these huge posters and advertisements taken from national newspapers, 299 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,040 a traveling event who advertised his voice. 300 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,480 The feeling was that this... 301 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,520 it would have generated a lot of work. 302 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,960 We thought, “Shall we go through with it?” 303 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,320 HELP US STOP THE RIPPER. LOOK AT HIS HANDMANSHIP. 304 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:15,560 SUNDERLAND POLICE STATION 305 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,400 Before knowing about Project R, 306 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,480 we were still looking the author of the letters. 307 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:27,160 And we had ours elimination techniques. 308 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,000 I expected someone called and said: 309 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,880 "I am absolutely certain... 310 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,160 of this and that." 311 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,480 That call never came. 312 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,760 We didn't have a transcript complete with letters. 313 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,400 West Yorkshire had given us a sample of calligraphy. 314 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,160 And we had heard bits and pieces of the letters. 315 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,200 But we hadn't seen them... 316 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,000 in their entirety. 317 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:03,800 We made a request... 318 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:06,040 and we received the three letters. 319 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,680 So I started with the first... 320 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,760 and... there was something special the way it was written. 321 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,240 This sentence struck me: "Damn cops." 322 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,720 As soon as I read it, I thought: "There's something wrong. 323 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,320 He's using Victorian language." 324 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,360 So I went in the operations room and said: 325 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,560 “I want someone to go to the library. 326 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,600 You could get some books about Jack the Ripper in 1888?" 327 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,640 Because I knew that letters had been written. 328 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:50,280 The original letters from 1888 they began to show 329 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,760 strong similarities in phraseology. 330 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,880 In one of those it was written: “I will haunt whores.” 331 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,600 And in the other: "My purpose is to eliminate roads." 332 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,800 And then, in 1888, one of the letters said: 333 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,960 "The leather apron gets on my nerves." 334 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:21,040 In the West Yorkshire letters he said: 335 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,880 "That photo in the newspaper It gets on my nerves." 336 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:32,240 The author of the letters he used these letters from 1888... 337 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,760 almost like a script. He was copying them. 338 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,320 This began... 339 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:41,960 Many light bulbs went on in my head. 340 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:43,760 METROPOLITAN POLICE OF WEST YORKSHIRE 341 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:49,160 I make no apologies for intruding in the privacy of everyone in this country 342 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:54,720 in our efforts to do so that everyone has heard this tape 343 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,800 and they saw the handwriting. 344 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,520 Every night stop from the Midlands on the Scottish border 345 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,360 is visited to identify the Ripper. 346 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,080 I came here tonight to play a tape 347 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,560 of the man we believe to be the Yorkshire Ripper. 348 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:15,560 I should be in the Record Book. I think it's 11 so far, right? 349 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:19,000 Well, I'll continue for a while. 350 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:24,920 I can't see myself getting arrested for now, even if you are getting closer. 351 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,600 I was looking at the letters 352 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:32,240 and the graph describing the murders and when they occurred. 353 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,320 And I discovered there was a fatal flaw. 354 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,960 At the time when the letters had been sent 355 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:45,840 the body of Yvonne Pearson it had not been discovered. 356 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,840 And he was only discovered 357 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,600 after sending the letters. 358 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,200 And he could easily have said: 359 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,560 "There's a body out there, that you have not discovered." 360 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,840 It claimed only murders 361 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,640 which had been reported in the press. 362 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,240 CONSTANT AGONY 363 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:12,760 We understood that everything in the letters it was in the public domain. 364 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,520 16 YEARS 365 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,080 LOOTER OF WOMEN 50 TIMES 366 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:17,280 21 YEARS SEVERAL BOYFRIENDS 367 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:21,080 And I said, “It happened something terrible here." 368 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:27,080 I thought the letters and the ribbon they were all a hoax. 369 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:31,160 How can we stop this madman to kill again? 370 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,600 Here's one way... listen. 371 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,920 I see you don't have it yet was lucky to find me. 372 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:41,840 He's no closer to getting me now 373 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,000 than it was four years ago when I started. 374 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,160 Not very happy about it, huh? 375 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,280 The only time it's almost managed to catch me 376 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,920 it was a few months ago, in Chapeltown. 377 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,240 We were all with the police. 378 00:24:57,360 --> 00:25:01,640 "Yes, we hear the voice. Let's see the calligraphy. We'll get him." 379 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,320 All my friends said: 380 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,200 “Who has a Geordie accent? 381 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,760 Could it be that? Or maybe that? 382 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,640 Until then, there was nothing else we could do than waiting and being afraid. 383 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:18,120 But once you heard the voice and given the handwriting, 384 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,240 we felt a little stronger. 385 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,400 Anyone he knows? 386 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:27,960 He thinks so. 387 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,560 And what is the person's name please? 388 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,440 How much do you think  to be close to a turning point? 389 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,040 We are closer now than before  we have never been in the past 390 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:40,200 and we are much more optimistic. 391 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,600 We thought he was an impostor. 392 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:50,520 So we presented the report saying that we had raised doubts. 393 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,880 But it didn't change things. 394 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,400 George Oldfield had a huge weight on his shoulders, 395 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,760 without real evidence. 396 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,840 And so, when the letters arrived... 397 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,760 he wanted those letters to be true. 398 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,480 There was an atmosphere gloomy at university. 399 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,480 You couldn't go out alone. 400 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,480 You should have brought an alarm. 401 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,760 You had to watch where you were going. 402 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,840 You had to be careful what you were wearing. 403 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,240 In a certain sense, you felt imprisoned. 404 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:46,960 We started... 405 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,480 strong and powerful, thinking to be able to do anything, 406 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:52,920 to fight the world. 407 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,880 And then because of the murders... 408 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,360 we were back to... 409 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:02,640 be vulnerable women 410 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:04,920 which is very frustrating 411 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,800 when you fought so hard to be perceived as an independent person. 412 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,200 I started thinking: 413 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:16,840 "Wait a minute, 414 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,840 I can't live like this. It's crazy. 415 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:27,440 So I decided to go out for the weekend before my 21st birthday. 416 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,720 It was Saturday. 417 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:41,920 It was very cold. 418 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,200 We met in a pub. 419 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,960 And we drank two beers. 420 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,200 My friends said, "We have to go. It's getting late." 421 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,440 They walked to the park... 422 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,880 and I said, "I'm going into town. I have to catch the bus." 423 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,840 As I started walking for Hillary Place, 424 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,880 I noticed that a light was off. 425 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,120 And it was much darker of the illuminated streets from which I come. 426 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:29,120 And halfway, a voice from behind me he said, "Hey, hi." 427 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,560 It seemed to have a Yorkshire accent. 428 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,240 I was in a hurry, but I turned and... 429 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,760 I didn't recognize that boy. 430 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,200 And as I was leaving, 431 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,200 suddenly I heard this absolute fear. 432 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,320 And then I heard his footsteps behind me. 433 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,840 And as I ran faster, the steps became faster, 434 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,400 until it reached me 435 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,280 and what I heard was this huge blow to the top of the head. 436 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,120 And I saw the sidewalk approaching me. 437 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:11,480 That's all. 438 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,120 I remember waking up in a hospital bed. 439 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,880 I had a broken jaw, the fractured skull... 440 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,560 I broke my eyebrow... 441 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:33,960 Puncture wounds to the back of the neck... 442 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,400 lots of cuts and bruises, enormous swelling and abrasions. 443 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,480 It was nothing short of horrible. 444 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,320 A couple of doctors explained it to me 445 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,280 that the wounds were similar to those 446 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,560 of the other Ripper victims. 447 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,800 I didn't want to hear that. 448 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,680 And I didn't tell anyone that they told me. 449 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,240 Be associated to a murderer of prostitutes 450 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,320 it's too dark. 451 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:19,280 Too dark and too sinister. 452 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,520 The best thing to do it was moving forward. 453 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,000 Go ahead and graduate. 454 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,120 The police arrived. 455 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,520 They asked me to report the evening's events. 456 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,920 And so I explained in detail what I had done and where I had walked. 457 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:39,560 And they left. 458 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,320 The police have not been heard from since. 459 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,320 Nothing. Nothing at all. 460 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,680 I think they downplayed it, 461 00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:01,240 because they couldn't face public anger and ridicule 462 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,320 that emerged at the time. 463 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,160 HELP US CATCH THE RIPPER 464 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,080 Project R had produced nothing. 465 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:17,200 And now it was going off the rails. 466 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,280 A year had passed from the advertising launch. 467 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,720 It was November 1980. 468 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:29,120 And the worst thing 469 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:31,360 it was that... 470 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,680 The Ripper has struck again. 471 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,160 When he killed for the first time here at Scott Hall, 5 years ago, 472 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,120 it was just another murder investigation. 473 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,120 Now, the Yorkshire Ripper is registered in the criminal history books. 474 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,080 There are many theories as to why  it's been dormant so long, 475 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:49,960 perhaps the Ripper was dead 476 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,520 or maybe he was in prison for another crime. 477 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,600 If there is one thing that tragic murder by Jacqueline Hill provided, 478 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,200 it's another opportunity to take the most wanted criminal in the UK. 479 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,560 Jacqueline was a student Cleveland's third year 480 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,760 who studied French to the nearby university. 481 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,160 The attack occurred around 10pm. 482 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,840 on his way home from an evening seminar. 483 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,600 A member of the public found Jacqueline's bag late at night 484 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,960 and saw blood on the bag. 485 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,720 He called the police thinking that something had happened to her 486 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,720 and some officers showed up. 487 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,080 They did a search, presumably superficial... 488 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:29,640 they received another call... 489 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:30,920 and they went away. 490 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,360 They went to another scene. 491 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:38,440 And it wasn't until the next morning that Jacqueline's body was found. 492 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,840 Two officers did a brief search 493 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,600 of the area where the bag was found. 494 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,200 Yet, it wasn't until Tuesday morning 495 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,240 than Jacqueline's body it was found by a passerby. 496 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,160 And that leaves one possibility crucial ten-hour gap 497 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,880 before the start of the hunt to the Ripper. 498 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,560 The Commissioner of West Yorkshire 499 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,720 he was at the press conference to respond to the criticisms of two students 500 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:02,480 the intervention was not timely 501 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,280 when Jacqueline's bag was found Monday evening shortly after the attack. 502 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,360 If the agents were negligent, 503 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,040 then, obviously... 504 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,280 we'll find out. It is being investigated. 505 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,120 It's easy to say in hindsight that they should have found the body. 506 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,840 Maybe they should have. It wasn't any more 50 or 60 meters away. 507 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,520 But what they should have done... 508 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,400 in hindsight,  what they could have done, 509 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,040 these are just conjectures. 510 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,120 The death of Jacqueline Hill it really changed things. 511 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,440 The anger that another young woman had lost her life 512 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,520 it was at a boiling point. 513 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,000 Five years is too long. It lasts a long time. 514 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,000 If they haven't caught it yet, I don't think they ever will. 515 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,560 Well, I think they would could have done much more. 516 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,240 I wish they would hurry up and get it, 517 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,440 because everyone is scared, even me. 518 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:56,560 I don't go out alone. 519 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,880 There were men in the pubs 520 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,800 with whom we women drank. 521 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,680 And the men they offered to take us home. 522 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,920 And when we said: "No, thank you very much", 523 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,640 they said, "Why? You're scared that one of us is the Ripper?" 524 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:19,960 They used it on women 525 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:21,800 like another tool 526 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,480 to make us scared and complicit. 527 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,680 And, of course, things got worse when West Yorkshire Police issued, 528 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,120 more or less officially, a curfew on women. 529 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,160 George Oldfield repeated his warning: no woman is safe 530 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,960 until this murderer he will not be caught. 531 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:42,520 You will take some special precautions, in light of this, in North Leeds? 532 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:47,320 The only precautions we can advise women... 533 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:49,320 is not to travel alone. 534 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,880 And no woman is safe until he is captured. 535 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:55,400 We organized a march. 536 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:57,520 And... 537 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,320 I don't remember how many women there were, 538 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,080 but it was the loudest march I have ever attended. 539 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:07,480 The women were furious. 540 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:13,200 GET MEN OFF THE STREET 541 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,640 It was almost taken for granted that men they went out and attacked women 542 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:19,880 if the women had been outside sun at night. 543 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,720 Men walk confidently on the streets of Leeds alone. 544 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,280 They can do it, but women can't. 545 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,280 Because not all men do they consider what is happening? 546 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,880 Why should women stay at home? 547 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,040 Because a homicidal maniac wander the streets. 548 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,720 A homicidal maniac… 549 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,360 All women in everything  the country is being terrorized. 550 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:42,840 We don't fit. 551 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,520 I saw some girls around all week. 552 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,440 - What? Alone? - Alone, yes. 553 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,000 The March We Reclaim the Night he was saying, 554 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:59,080 the night, the evening, the darkness... they are ours, as much as men's. 555 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:04,240 There were women from all walks of life society who shouted at the police. 556 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,240 They shouted on media coverage. 557 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,160 They shouted about male violence. 558 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,840 It was never discussed only of this murderer. 559 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,840 It was never just about these murders. 560 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:19,160 The men committed regularly rape and domestic violence, 561 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,680 and I think women they were recognizing... 562 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,280 that that murderer would not have done what he had done 563 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:30,000 if it weren't for culture of the misogyny we lived in. 564 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:37,960 If you look at one of our famous newspapers, on the front you have a cover 565 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,280 of the Ripper cases... It's full of sexism. 566 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:43,880 You turn to page three and there's a naked woman. 567 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:48,160 And he exposes this irony. They don't see the connection. 568 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,160 There were marches throughout the country 569 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:57,960 to proclaim a woman's right to walk alone without fear. 570 00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,720 Get the men off the streets! 571 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,680 What do you think he did Saturday's demonstration? 572 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,640 I believe women they no longer accept it. 573 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:10,400 They will not accept being afraid. They will fight. 574 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:17,200 The murders had a profound effect on feminism. 575 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,720 Many women participating they felt a little freer... 576 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,520 in being visible, in standing up and making yourself heard. 577 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,760 Saying, "This is another life of a woman... 578 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,880 that could have been saved if you had  done your job well." 579 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,400 NO WOMAN DESERVES RAPE ALL MEN BENEFIT FROM RAPE 580 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,080 On Saturday there was a great press conference. 581 00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:58,240 There were more than a hundred of journalists, 582 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,200 people, TV crews and things like that. 583 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,360 And I think I counted five women. 584 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,360 This is the story of a man who kills women 585 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,360 and the people who investigate they are all men,  586 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,000 all the people who write in this story they are all men. 587 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:19,320 So where is the voice of women? 588 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,680 I applied to the Sunday Times. 589 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,400 One of the things I wanted to do 590 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:31,480 it was take a look  to the Ripper case. 591 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:36,640 The police had made a summary of the case, called "special relationship". 592 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:39,080 And it had been spread 593 00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,120 to police forces around the world. 594 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:47,360 We knew among whom he would receive a copy of this report was in the FBI. 595 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:51,160 So, we made a request to the American Freedom of Information Act, 596 00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:54,480 saying, "We would like everything you have about the Yorkshire Ripper." 597 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,200 The brown envelope arrived... 598 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:05,880 "Special Report." We had it. 599 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,080 CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE  WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE 600 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:10,280 SPECIAL NOTICE JUNE 1978 601 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:14,440 I was shocked as a human being 602 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,840 when I started reading that report, 603 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:22,760 because the misogynist and the horrible words about women 604 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,000 they shook me to the core. 605 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:26,480 WOMAN OF EASY CUSTOMS 606 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,800 Wilma McCann he was the first victim of this murderer. 607 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,680 "During the last months of life, 608 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,520 McCann neglected his home and his children. 609 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,240 His house was dirty and in deplorable conditions. 610 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,440 He regularly left his children 611 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,040 and went out drinking until dawn." 612 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:57,120 You see…this describes a woman to me very vulnerable, 613 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,200 who is struggling and happens to be a single mother. 614 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:07,240 From the beginning, Wilma McCann she was always presented as a prostitute. 615 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,600 Yet, when you look the special notice, it turns out 616 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:15,120 who had no basis for thinking so, if not their assumptions 617 00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:17,720 about his way of life 618 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,800 and the fact that he sometimes drank and left his children. 619 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:24,600 We are certain that this man hates prostitution. 620 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,720 So Wilma became a prostitute, 621 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,080 because they thought that she was a prostitute. 622 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,400 And, of course, that hypothesis it was very important 623 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:41,520 because it was with Wilma McCann that it began the prostitute killer theory. 624 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,560 Another victim was Irene Richardson. 625 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,800 He had no previous convictions, 626 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:53,880 but it was thought she was involved actively engaged in prostitution. 627 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,880 If he had no convictions, How did they know? 628 00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,440 Who thought she was a prostitute? 629 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,880 This woman lived in a way quite respectable 630 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,480 up to ten days before dying. 631 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,560 She seems to have lowered her status. 632 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,160 And she may have been a prostitute. 633 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,000 That hypothesis became reality. 634 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:15,240 MURDER OF WILMA MCCANN 635 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:21,400 This idea of the "prostitute killer" was the heart of the police theory, 636 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,680 But they were imposing this identity to the victims, 637 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,480 because it was their idea of the case. 638 00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:34,520 I thought, "How can the police, which is full of terrible judgments 639 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:40,280 about dead women, understand this guy of a murderer and identify him?" 640 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,400 A woman of easy virtue. She had a Jamaican boyfriend. 641 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,040 This woman was used to it to go to pubs alone. 642 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,360 He had an insatiable sexual appetite. 643 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:59,000 I don't remember when I realized that Wilma McCann he wasn't the first victim, 644 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:02,360 because for a while that was how they presented it. 645 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:06,000 And the reason was because she was the first to have been killed. 646 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:10,520 When, in reality, there were others women who had been assaulted before. 647 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,720 They were not included in the series for a long time, 648 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,160 because they were not in any way linked to prostitution. 649 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:24,960 And so, the police excluded  incredibly important testimonies, 650 00:42:25,240 --> 00:42:28,760 including that of Olive Smelt, who had spoken to him. 651 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:36,720 The police told her it was very lucky because she survived. 652 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,400 She thinks he was scared from something? 653 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:46,040 Apparently, there was a boy recently left his girlfriend's house, 654 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:50,680 who pointed his high beams at me, he must have seen me lying there. 655 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:55,680 If the attacker saw it coming and ran away, we will never know. 656 00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:00,400 Ms Smelt believes that, from his experience, 657 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:05,480 the police should have understood that any woman alone was at risk. 658 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,080 My friends, who knew me, they knew I wasn't a prostitute. 659 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:10,840 But... 660 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:13,920 it wasn't fair to other women 661 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:16,880 think they could get out on the road safely. 662 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,120 I was certain they couldn't. 663 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,800 Olive told me that the man who had attacked her, 664 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:27,360 without any doubt, he had a Yorkshire accent. 665 00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:34,000 I've always said, he's not a Geordie. 666 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,920 The man who spoke to me he was a Yorkshireman. 667 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,240 What is certain about the Ripper it's that he has a Geordie accent 668 00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:43,200 This is undoubtedly the best track for detectives 669 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,520 since the Ripper's first murder four years ago. 670 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,560 That accent makes him stand out a lot. 671 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:52,360 They were eliminating those who didn't have a Geordie accent 672 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,840 and then, talking to one of the first surviving victims, 673 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:59,160 it became clear that she had been attacked by a local man. 674 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:04,520 You thought, “Wow, now I do  that they will never catch him, 675 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,840 because they are looking for an invented person." 676 00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:21,720 Commissioner, it seems there has been a change of emphasis 677 00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,440 in these attacks in the last year. 678 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,480 Yes, that's true. Do you mean the... 679 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,440 the different type of woman who is attacked? 680 00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:32,320 Yes, certainly. I believe... 681 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,680 that the first nine or ten, they were prostitutes. Yes. 682 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:38,720 After five years 683 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:42,480 and several million pounds and several hundred thousand 684 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:43,880 of hours of investigations, 685 00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:46,880 what can be done to capture this man? 686 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:48,600 We are absolutely certain 687 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,000 that someone in the community know something. 688 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:53,200 And they are reluctant to tell us. 689 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,560 Maybe they didn't see something on the scene, 690 00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:58,880 but they know or suspect someone who could be the Ripper. 691 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:00,680 I hope they come forward. 692 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:11,440 I remember thinking: "They'll never catch him. 693 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:12,880 They'll never catch him." 694 00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:16,560 You're saying it's grossly abnormal, 695 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:20,560 yet it can appear like a normal man. 696 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:23,000 - Absolutely. - Well, that's all I wanted to know. 697 00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:25,480 They won't take him. He's one step ahead of them. 698 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:27,440 They'll never catch him. 699 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,360 This person likes to think 700 00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,840 that so many people do they live secluded after dark? 701 00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,400 Yes, and that's the feature of a psychopath. 702 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:38,640 Never. 703 00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:40,960 Never. 704 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,360 What is a psychopath and what should we look for? 705 00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:48,320 There is no definition of a psychopath, 706 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,720 but they don't learn from their mistakes. 707 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:52,520 They are cold and insensitive. 708 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,400 If he's under pressure, we might have another murder next week. 709 00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:58,920 If it doesn't go bad, it could be next month. 710 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,480 If things calm down, it could be next year. 711 00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:08,080 We always have fear during investigations. 712 00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,000 To have another case. 713 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:18,360 JANUARY 1981 714 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:23,880 I remember one of mine colleagues came in and said: 715 00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:25,760 "A sergeant and a constable 716 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:27,600 who did their duty 717 00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:30,480 down in Sheffield and in the Sheffield area... 718 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:33,480 They saw a car... 719 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,280 A man and a woman in the car. 720 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,960 But the license plate, once checked, 721 00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:42,680 did not identify the vehicle, that was a Rover. 722 00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:46,440 The license plate identified another vehicle." 723 00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:51,920 So they realized he had committed a crime. 724 00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,560 They took him to the police station 725 00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:59,200 for the vehicle crime. 726 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:02,520 But then the agent saw an image... 727 00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:04,960 The identikit of a person, 728 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:09,520 that he identified or was suspected to be the Yorkshire Ripper. 729 00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:12,520 And this man looked very similar. 730 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:15,800 So, being a good cop, he thought: 731 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:22,680 “I will go back to that place and search it.” 732 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,040 So he returned to that place. 733 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,360 He searched the area carefully. 734 00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,680 He did it meticulously. He didn't call the team. 735 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:36,400 He did it himself. 736 00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:40,600 He found the hammer. 737 00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:44,240 And then he found the knife. 738 00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:22,520 Subtitles by: Francesca Zanacca