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On the Trail of the Yorkshire Ripper: His Final Secrets Revealed Kindle Edition

by Richard Charles Cobb (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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“An outstanding analysis of Peter Sutcliffe, his crimes, his victims and the reasons for the failure of the police investigation.” —North Yorks Enquirer
 
Peter Sutcliffe, The Yorkshire Ripper, remains the most infamous serial killer in British criminal history.
 
His reign of terror saw 13 women brutally murdered and the largest criminal manhunt in British history.
 
Just like Jack the Ripper, his Victorian counterpart of 1888, he remains a killer of almost mythical proportions, yet the locations and circumstances surrounding his foul deeds remain a subject of confusion to this day . . . until now.
 
Using ground breaking new research together with the original police reports, newspaper descriptions and eye witness testimony, we can finally present the truth about what actually happened.
 
For the first time in over four decades we re-examine the crime scenes and deliver the real story of the Yorkshire Ripper murders.
 
“An extremely detailed, very comprehensive, and at just over 200 pages, not daunting to read, next important addition to any student of true crime’s library.” —The True Crime Enthusiast
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"It’s an extremely detailed, very comprehensive, and at just over 200 pages, not daunting to read, next important addition to any student of true crime’s library."
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About the Author

Richard C Cobb is a crime historian and founder of “H Division” Crime Club which gathers together true crime experts for research projects, social occasions, conferences and events.

Richard is also the owner of East End tours, a walking tour company in London providing award winning tours on crime subjects such as Jack the Ripper and the Kray twins as well as cultural history tours of Spitalfields and Brick lane.

Originally from Ireland, Richard works in London and resides with his family in Bradford West Yorkshire.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0872J3HFR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword True Crime (December 27, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 27, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 24641 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 335 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Beryl
3.0 out of 5 stars On The Trail of the Yorkshire Ripper
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2021
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This book writing unfortunately for this reader, became a wee bit boring. While I appreciate that the author did a lot of research in order to present this book with lots of details there just seemed to have too many details that were not necessary for a writing of true crime. It is quite obvious that the police let the victim and their families down by not following the proper procedures! Who knows? Perhaps the Yorkshire Ripper might not have so many victims to his list nor that many who managed to survive his horrid beatings with the hammer and the cuttings with the knife!
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Charles Cartwright
2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing really new here
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2023
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The title of this book is somewhat misleading, there really aren't any 'secrets' revealed here. Mostly this is just a rehashing of previously published information with a couple of pieces of speculation thrown in by the author.

There is little to no critique of the hopeless police investigation, whose methods and personnel were wholly inadequate to resolve what was in truth a pretty straightforward series of crimes. In addition, as with most other treatises, there is no mention that W Yorks constabulary was not only led by incompetent senior officers but that a number of them were also corrupt and involved in several well publicized miscarriages of justice.

Much better books for those who want in depth detail of the YR cases and investigation than this one.
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dc61
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2023
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Informed and interesting without being vouyeristic. The police handled this very badly and, as a result, many more were murdered. That is a shocking reflection on the police yet nobody appears to have been held to account. Things don’t appear to have changed much either. It will be interesting if more information does become available in the coming years leaving more blood on certain individuals reputations.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in Australia on December 19, 2020
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Could not put this book down! Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was easy to read and gave a very good account of the atrocities that took place. Highly recommended for someone who to read about the Yorkshire Ripper.
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Mike P
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, flaws and all...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2023
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I enjoyed reading this book - if I can use such a word, given the subject matter. In fairness, I've read a number of books and articles about the case and consider myself something of a lay expert; that said, there were a still few nuggets of information in the book that I was unaware of, even if these amount to what are unproven theories on behalf of the author.

For example, Cobb speculates that Sutcliffe might have been in Farsley on 20th August 1980, the night he murdered Marguerite Walls, because he was actually looking for Maureen Long who had also lived in the area (he might have been hoping to find her and 'finish the job' he started in Bradford a few years earlier). Similarly, the writer suggests that the man seen skulking in the grounds of a Leeds infirmary late in the afternoon of 2nd January 1981 was actually Sutcliffe, who'd stopped to don those weird 'murder leggings' before driving to Sheffield, Light Trades House and eventual capture.

There are quite a few typos and factual errors, to be fair. For example, the index makes reference to 'Black Ash Grove' (Barbara Leach's murder was committed in Back Ash Grove). Meanwhile, page 95 tells us that Helen Rytka was 15 years old in 1964 but she was actually born in 1959; and, later in the chapter, the writer says that, 'in March 1978, the girls [the Rytka twins] turned 18, at which point local authority responsibility for them ceased' (Helen was actually murdered on 31st January 1978). In a similar vein, the Jean Jordan chapter states that the population of Manchester is 20 million!

For all the flaws, though, this is an interesting, informative and sensitive telling of the story - a truly shocking series of events that still fascinates so many to this day...
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5.0 out of 5 stars To read this is more than we ever knew
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2023
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This book is well worth the purchase
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cheryl henshaw
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2020
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Well , what more can be Written about a Serial Killer who was arrested nearly 40 years ago , and has had numerous books written about his foul deeds . Well Richard .C. Cobb's book proves quite a lot actually .

Straight away the authors enthusiasm for the subject in hand shines through , the book follows Sutcliffes reign of terror in a fast paced manner without skimping on Information, indeed through the book the author sheds his own opinions on certain events , and puts his own theories to the reader which makes a nice change.

The real plus point is through the authors painstaking examination of crime scene photographs and actually going to the Murder sites , you get to literally follow in the Rippers trail , with diagrams and modern day comparisons you get a good idea of the work that must have gone into this .

Having read a lot of crime books and books on the Ripper I was rather sceptical anything new could be written about this case , but the author certainly manages it.
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