Photos and copy transcripts of the Wearside Jack letters which famously misled murder squad detectives are among the rare items to go under the hammer at an auction this month.
In one of criminal history's cruellest hoaxes, John Humble tricked police into believing that serial killer the Yorkshire Ripper was Wearside Jack, a man with a gruff Sunderland accent. For reasons he never fully explained, Humble delighted in taunting detectives with letters and an infamous tape, anonymously claiming he was the killer who was terrifying northern England in the late 1970s.
Now photos and copy transcripts of his letters will appear at an auction alongside a psychic's impression of the Yorkshire Ripper as never seen before personal items from legendary Scotland Yard murder sleuth, Commander Jim Nevill, go under the hammer.
