TV-MASeason 1
Once upon a time in Yorkshire...
Synopsis
The Ripper (2020), Season 1 is a Netflix true-crime documentary you can watch online on iFILM — four episodes on the five years northern England spent in fear.
Between 1975 and 1980 thirteen women are killed and the investigation goes nowhere. The series walks the case episode by episode: early murders the press barely noticed, a hoax tape and letters that sent detectives chasing the wrong man, women marching for the right to walk home after dark. The fourth episode reaches the arrest and the reckoning over how badly the hunt was run.
Detectives, reporters and people close to the victims tell it, building a portrait of an era rather than just a manhunt. The season is sharpest on how contempt for the victims slowed everything down. Stream The Ripper Season 1 online on iFILM.
4 episodes
S1·E1Once Upon a Time in Yorkshire
In the 1970s, the brutal murders of sex workers in economically depressed areas of the UK spark little public interest - until a teen is also killed.
S1·E2Between Now and Dawn
As the killer continues to prey upon women, police hope that the tire tracks and a victims 5-pound note may finally lead to a suspect.
S1·E3Reclaim the Night
Police release phone calls and handwriting samples from a suspect. Women protest law enforcements continued inability to catch the Ripper.
S1·E4Out of the Shadows
More than five years after the first attack, police finally make an arrest, setting off a media frenzy and accusations of a botched investigation.
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