38. The Yorkshire Ripper: Do women need to reclaim the night?
Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper murdered 13 women and attacked many others. Why wasnβt he stopped sooner?
Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper murdered 13 women and attacked many others. The case involved 5 million hours of mostly futile police work and sparked angst and fury among women. Could he have been stopped sooner?
On this episode of Bad People, Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen explore how the police were sidetracked in their investigation by confirmation bias and sexism and how women responded with βReclaim the Nightβ marches across the country.
Warning: This episode includes descriptions of sexual violence, murder and possibly some strong language.
This episode contains audio from: The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story produced by Wall to Wall, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Archive, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ AUDIO β BRASSTACKS, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, John Humble and ITV.
CREDITS
Presenters: Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen
Producer: Louisa Field
Assistant Producer: Simona Rata
Music: Matt Chandler
Editor: Rami Tzabar
Academic Consultants for The Open University: Dr. Zoe Walkington & Dr. Camilla Elphick
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Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins
Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland
Bad People is produced in partnership with The Open University and is a ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Audio Science Production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds.
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