The Ripper (Season 1)

The Ripper (2020) is a British true-crime docuseries from Netflix, available to watch online on iFILM. Between 1975 and 1980, the north of England lived under the shadow of a killer the press had named the Yorkshire Ripper.

Across four episodes, the focus falls less on the murderer than on the investigation that kept failing. West Yorkshire police drowned in tens of thousands of statements, chased a hoax tape down the wrong path, and let the case drag on for years. Directors Ellena Wood and Jesse Vile hand the mic to reporters, retired detectives and the families left behind, tracing how the era's contempt for women warped the hunt.

This isn't a parade of gore but a sober look at how a whole region got let down. The tone stays cold and almost archival, with no manufactured suspense. It lands for viewers who want true crime stripped of cheap thrills. Stream The Ripper (2020) online on iFILM.