The Yorkshire Ripper Tape
Wearside jack is the nickname given to john samuel humble an englishman who pretended to be the yorkshire ripper in a hoax audio recording and several letters in the period 19781979.
The yorkshire ripper tape. Peter sutcliffe the serial killer dubbed the yorkshire ripper by the british press for admitting to killing 13 women in the 1970s died after testing positive for covid 19 the british ministry. John humble from sunderland sent the police fake tapes claiming to be the serial killer. The message recorded on an audio cassette caused the investigation to be moved away from the west yorkshire area home of the real killer peter sutcliffe and thereby helped to. The sick fantasist behind the yorkshire ripper hoax has died aged 63 after drinking himself to death.