Yorkshire Ripper. The long shadow

[RestlessNatives]

The letters were examined at the time and it was shown that they incorrectly recorded the number of victims at the time they were written. One body hadn't been found and hence wasn't known about and that everything in the letters was already in the public domain. The police ignored the analysis showing this. It was also shown that the letters used many phrases from the original ripper letters from the Victorian case, some of the language used wasn't still commonly used at the time of the Yorkshire ripper. There's a Netflix documentary that details all of this.

Only a small point but why would this be grounds to dismiss the letter? Surely the actual Ripper could have used them in the same way the fake one did.
Amongst all the other ridiculously incompetent things they got up to, this seems irrelevant.

 

[rentaghost]

Only a small point but why would this be grounds to dismiss the letter? Surely the actual Ripper could have used them in the same way the fake one did.
Amongst all the other ridiculously incompetent things they got up to, this seems irrelevant.

His point about the letter writer getting the number of victims wrong makes every other point about them irrelevant

Sutcliffe actually returned to the crime scene about 8 days after the murder. He was searching for the £5 he'd paid Jordan. He couldn't find it and in a fit of rage he mutilated her body further and tried to decapitate her. A day or two later Jones and his mate discovered what was left of the lass.

The fiver was actually concealed in one of the hand bags pockets.

I was surprised the drama didn’t follow the £5 lead more as it was narrowed down to the payroll of 3 companies one of them Clarkes where Sutcliffe, nicknamed the Ripper by his workmates worked.

 

[toosb]

Yes many times just round the corner from my late grandparents home in Heaton

Why many times?

 

[rentaghost]

Why many times?

In fairness I did visit Cromwell Street when I was down that way.

 

[toosb]

In fairness I did visit Cromwell Street when I was down that way.

I'm just curious about the "many times".
Each to their own I guess.

 

[herra soul mob]

Just finished watching excellent series, very well made and goes without saying, very bleak.

As alluded in previous posts, policing left a lot to be desired, chaotic doesn't come close at times and Oldfield seemed grotesquely over-promoted ( not as much as his sidekick who would be over-promoted if he was a paper-boy )