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The untold story of the woman who escaped the Yorkshire Ripper
Sep 28, 2023
Ruth Shaw, survivor of an encounter with the Yorkshire Ripper, shares her untold story of encountering the serial killer during her university years. The podcast explores the impact of the case on the community and the need for societal change. The episode also discusses the adaptation of a book about the Yorkshire Ripper into a TV series and promotes a sustainability event.
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- The police's focus on the hypothesis that the Yorkshire Ripper was targeting prostitutes led to missed opportunities to catch him, including disregarding testimonies of surviving victims and photo fits that matched his appearance.
- Ruth Shaw's encounter with the Yorkshire Ripper highlights the need for change within the police force by emphasizing the undervaluing of women's testimonies, which ultimately resulted in the failure to prevent further attacks and sparked a necessary review of cultural attitudes towards women's safety.
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Encounter with the Yorkshire Ripper
Ruth Shaw, a young student at the University of Bradford, had a terrifying encounter with the Yorkshire Ripper in 1979. After leaving a pub, she was followed by a man who gave her an intense feeling of terror. She managed to escape when her boyfriend appeared, but the police dismissed her encounter as insignificant, leading to a missed opportunity to catch the killer. Seven weeks later, Barbara Leach was murdered in the same location. Ruth later realized that the man who had chased her was Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper.
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