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Wicked Beyond Belief
- The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 21 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
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A gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history.
It is over 40 years since Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking 7 more. Still, he remains a killer of almost mythical proportions; his surviving victims, and their families, forever attached to his infamy.
Michael Bilton’s acclaimed account is a powerful indictment of the calamitous investigation that logged over 2 million man-hours of police work – the biggest criminal manhunt in British history. With exclusive access to the detectives involved, the pathologist’s archives and declassified documents, this account reads like the most gripping of thrillers.
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‘A masterpiece that reads like a thriller’ Time Out
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- stacey
- 23-12-23
excellent listen
learnt a lot more on what actually happened within the police force and where they went wrong more so than just missed opportunities like how many times he was interviewed. also A lot more victims than I originally thought just not as known because they survived or weren't accepted by the police as potential victims because they weren't working prostitutes
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- susan lindsay
- 17-11-23
Fascinating
Insightful, factual and brilliantly narrated. I could not stop listening to this account of the Yorkshire ripper investigation. A full record detailing the poor victims and the impact on their families, the police search, scientific evidence, psychologist reports and the man himself, without the usual tabloid sensationalism.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-02-24
An exellent book!
I highly recommend this book if you are interrested in the case or fan of the show ”Long shadow”
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- Helz
- 30-10-23
Brilliant
I wanted to listen to this after watching the itv series. So interesting but horrifying and sad. Good narration
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-01-24
A brilliant listen of the story about the hunt for the ripper in 1970's Yorkshire
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- R
- 12-10-23
Fantastic!
Really great listen. Lots of in-depth info about the way the police mishandled their investigation. Well done MB a compulsive listen and a compassionate(to the victims) account of the crimes of a truly evil man.
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- Nogbad the bad
- 21-09-23
Harrowing
A very difficult listern a very harrowing story excellently written and performed , found it very hard to turn off needs listerning too in one go
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- Nigel R Benson
- 20-12-23
Mostly excellent
Like many people, I knew the story, though not in anything like the detail that was given here. The narration was excellent, the balance very good, the fact that the focus was on the investigation and the victims rather than the Ripper was exactly what was needed. I thought it was brilliantly laid out and described throughout. My issue was in the descriptions of various sections of the investigation and aftermath, all of this coming after his conviction and imprisonment. There was a deep dive into his time in Broadmoor, his relationships with the system and individual crimes which were broadly connected, largely by MO. Whilst these in themselves were all as good as the rest of the book, the way they were used was totally disjointed and and at times appeared to make no sense because they had no apparent link to anything else. It just seemed very odd to have what amounted to standalone pieces dropped in the middle of the book. Moreover, at the end of one of the pieces was announced the end of the book. It felt as if we had stopped in the middle of something that needed to be continued. Very odd.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-02-24
Dark but somehow light...
Highly recommend this book. It's a pretty intense story of what happened in Yorkshire all them years ago.
Found it fascinating and very informative.
Yes, at times I did shiver and cringe but the story is told really well and you learn a lot not just on the murders but get a great impression of what that area of the country was like in the 1970s.
Narrated really well.
Enjoy
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- Elaine Gribben
- 08-10-23
Very aptly titled
This was a harrowing listen and the title completely defines the subject of the investigation, who I will not dignify by naming. This thoroughly researched work correctly focuses on the victims whilst highlighting the flaws of the case. It is infuriating that so many chances were missed and evidence overlooked, however, we cannot view this with the hindsight of today's technology. It is clear that many of the individuals working on this case gave their utmost but poor management led the team down so many wrong paths. We should never forget those many individual, deceased and survivors, who were irrevocably affected by this case.
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