Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders

The first episode explores the missed chances of Peter Sutcliffe’s early offending and presents evidence to show that his campaign of murder and mutilation may have started at least six years before his first acknowledged victim, with the killing of Mary Judge in Leeds in 1968. Among the casest explored in this episode are Judith Roberts, a schoolgirl killed in Staffordshire in 1972 and Carol Wilkinson, a bakery worker murdered in Bradford in 1977. Despite the clear similarities with Sutcliffe’s MO, two innocent men – Andrew Evans and Anthony Steel – were convicted of these murders.

Explores the horrific secret murders of Mary Judge in Leeds in 1968, Staffordshire schoolgirl Judith Roberts in 1972, and Carol Wilkinson, a bakery worker murdered in Bradford in 1977.

The pressure continues to build on West Yorkshire Police. On top of the crimes that police decide to include in the Ripper investigation, murders and attempted murders with a clear link to the killer are discarded and left unsolved.