David Yallop on his Yorkshire Ripper book
- Title
- David Yallop on his Yorkshire Ripper book
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 24 May 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:10:36
- Description
- David Yallop, author of Deliver Us From Evil, the first book to come out about the Yorkshire Ripper, says he decided to write the book when Barbara Leach was murdered, because she was the same age as his daughter. He criticises the police investigation which he says was littered with mistakes. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- David Yallop
- Keywords
- Books; Authors; Crime; Police; Yorkshire; Women; Homicide; Murderers; Yorkshire Ripper; Peter Sutcliffe; George Oldfield; Policing practice; Criminal investigation; Barbara Leach; Deliver Us From Evil; Helen Rytker
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