Mary Sutcliffe Halifax Slasher
It was there some six miles away from the dense terraces of halifax that the slasher terror had its prologue.
Mary sutcliffe halifax slasher. Baffled police argue with each other about how to catch the suspect. The situation became so serious the scotland yard was called in to assist the halifax police. A huge reward is offered for leads to his arrest. According to one report the attacker was said to have one distinctive feature bright buckles on his shoes.
Five days later mary sutcliffe reported an attack on herself. Reports of attacks by a mysterious man with a knife or a razor continued and the nickname the halifax slasher stuck. Reports of attacks by a mysterious man with a knife or a razor continued and the nickname the halifax slasher stuck. The situation became so serious the scotland yard was called in to assist the halifax police.
1 five days later mary. Five days later mary sutcliffe reported an attack on herself. The week long scare began after mary gledhill and gertrude watts claimed to have been attacked by a mysterious man with a mallet and bright buckles on his shoes. November of 1938 in halifax england a series of attacks on civilians lasted nine days.
Vigilante groups form and innocent men are set upon. Chaos through the city sprung as more people reported their attacks by the halifax slasher. The week long scare began after mary gledhill and gertrude watts claimed to have been attacked by a mysterious man with a mallet and bright buckles on his shoes. Five days later a third woman named mary sutcliffe came forward claiming she was attacked by a man with similar description.
In the early evening of 16 november 1938 gertie watts and mary gledhill both 21 year old mill workers were walking down old bank lane from their barkisland home to an evening class in ripponden below. Halifax west yorkshire 1938. The papers name him the halifax slasher. Reports of attacks by a mysterious man with a knife or a razor continued and the nickname the halifax slasher stuck.
Five days later mary sutcliffe reported an attack on herself. The hunt is on for a razor wielding attacker possibly a murderer. In the following days people flooded the police with reports of a suspicious person carrying knives or razors and he was quickly dubbed the halifax slasher. Police mobs of civilians and the scotland yards investigated the case.