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Shannon Matthews Case Revisited: What Happened, Who Were the Suspects in the Biggest Crime Since the Yorkshire Ripper?

The 2008 Shannon Matthews case saw a staged abduction by her mother and Michael Donovan, sparking the UK's largest missing-person search in decades.

International Business Times UK

The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey review – girl turns detective

In 1979, tween best friends in Yorkshire investigate the identity of the Ripper while navigating their own journeys into teenagedom

The Guardian - UK

Inside Wormwood Scrubs, one of Britain’s worst prisons and home to its most infamous criminals

Celebrities such as Pete Doherty have spent time behind bars as well infamous killers like the Yorkshire Ripper, Holly Evans writes

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All the times the authorities almost caught Peter Sutcliffe – but didn’t

From the lost evidence to brushing aside eyewitness statements, the police investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper was a litany of failings

Evening Standard

Who are the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe's family and what do we know about them now?

Explore the intriguing story of Peter Sutcliffe's family, their past struggles, and how they have moved on from his notorious crimes

Evening Standard

Who is Katherine Kelly, the star of true crime show The Long Shadow?

Kelly plays Emily Jackson, who was brutally murdered by Sutcliffe in 1976

Evening Standard

The week in TV: The Long Shadow; Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins; Who Killed Jill Dando?; The Great British Bake Off – review

George Kay’s Yorkshire Ripper drama tries to subvert expectations; Matt Hancock goes commando; the murder of Jill Dando still haunts; and Bake Off newbie Alison Hammond is the icing on the cake

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The Long Shadow review – a shattering serial killer drama that breaks all the rules

A mighty cast including Katherine Kelly and Toby Jones tells the stories of the women murdered by Peter Sutcliffe. Finally, the focus is on the victims

The Guardian - UK

The Long Shadow review: True-crime drama has a leering fixation with the gory details

ITV show seeks to shift the focus to the victims of the Yorkshire Ripper, but it actually ends up glamourising of one of Britain’s worst ever serial killers

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Katherine Kelly stars in poignant drama about Peter Sutcliffe’s victims

The sensitive retelling shows how many of the women killed by Sutcliffe faced character assassination by press and police. Plus: the concluding part of Laura Kuenssberg’s excellent series. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

ITV show about Peter Sutcliffe renamed after victims’ families complain about ‘disrespectul’ title

ITV show, written by George Kay, was originally titled ‘Yorkshire Ripper’

The Independent UK

The Long Shadow: the horrifying true stories behind ITV’s gritty true-crime Yorkshire Ripper drama

The shocking new series follows the police hunt for one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history – here we unpack all the grisly details of the real-life case

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby joins grim list of Britain’s most notorious serial killers

As Letby, 33, is convicted of murder of seven babies, we take a look at some of the country’s most shocking murderers

The Guardian - UK

The Long Shadow: release date, cast, plot and everything we know

The Long Shadow is a true crime drama that focuses on the victims and survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.

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The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time review – Sheffield in the shadow of Peter Sutcliffe

Catherine Taylor’s account of her youth – haunted by the Yorkshire Ripper case and isolated by political activism – is a lyrical study of how place shapes character

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Yorkshire Ripper detective reveals how keen-eyed biologist helped to catch Wearside Jack

Detective who worked on both cases unveils how the hoaxer was found in a new three-part podcast

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