- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Dec 16, 2020
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Interviews with their families and friends, conducted in the ‘70s and recently, further foreground their tragic plights. At the same time, Wood and Vile’s wealth of archival material not only retraces the police’s steps—and reporters’ efforts to cover them—but creates a powerful sense of life in West Yorkshire circa the second half of the ‘70s, when economic hardship led to rising unemployment, infrastructural breakdowns, and an air of modernity fraying at the seams.
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Even though the case has been settled for almost 40 years — and Sutcliffe died in November — The Ripper is fascinating to us because it will examine the underlying factors that slowed down the investigation, instead of talking about the killer himself.
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It becomes as challenging for the viewer to distinguish between the victims as it did for investigators, and that appears to be by design. But the series nimbly shows how economic despair caused by a rapidly over-industrialized England forced women like McCann, Emily Jackson, Irene Richardson, Patricia Atkinson, and many more into the streets and made them prey to a misogynistic killer. It’s also hard to look away from the trainwreck of miscommunication passing around the police department.
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Nov 20, 2021Didn’t know much about the Yorkshire ripper until I saw this documentary and what a shock it was. RIP victims
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Jan 15, 2021
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Dec 22, 2020binged it in one session, everyone who loves true crime its a must watch, very addicting stuff