Becoming a woman in the shadow of the Yorkshire Ripper
'He was everywhere and nowhere, a man of a thousand faces'
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In January 1981, the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe was arrested in Broomhill, saving the life of the woman who would have been his fourteenth victim. For the young women of this city, his long-awaited capture was both a relief and a vindication of their fears that the Yorkshire Ripper would one day…
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