Yorkshire Ripper tape

Title

Yorkshire Ripper tape

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Jun 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Interview with Dr John Wells, lecturer in phonetics at University College London, on a tape sent to West Yorkshire Police during the Yorkshire Ripper murder investigation. Female reporter not identified. (The tape was later revealed to be a hoax made by John Humble).

Contributors

John Wells

Keywords

Homicide; Murderers; Yorkshire Ripper; Peter Sutcliffe; Magnetic tape recordings; Criminal investigation; Linguistics; Phonetics

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