The Ripper

6.6IMDb Score
Released:2020-12-16
Genre:Documentary, Crime
Duration: min
Country:United Kingdom
Director:Ellena Wood, Jesse Vile
Actors:Alan Whitehouse, Keith Hellawell, Bruce Jones, Jeremy Thompson, Christa Ackroyd
Production:RAW

Overview:

For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.

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