Patricia Atkinson: Last News

Yorkshire Ripper, was one of Britain’s most horrifying serial killers, responsible for the gruesome murder of at least 13 women as well as seriously injuring others.The 74-year-old mass murderer, who died after contracting Covid in 2020, was an inmate at HMP Frankland in Durham after he was found guilty of the gruesome killings and jailed for 20 life sentences.Ahead of ITV documentary Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders, exploring over 20 unsolved murders and attempted murders linked to Sutcliffe - set to air on Wednesday, March 2 – here’s a look at the ruthless murderer’s tragic victims and the chilling murder methods he used.Peter Sutcliffe's brutal killing spree took place between 1975 and 1980 across Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. The twisted killer targeted vulnerable women in red light districts, leaving those working in Leeds and Bradford in a constant state of terror.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Paranormal investigators claim the ghost of the Yorkshire Ripper told them to go away after they contacted him.Karl Hassall and Sam Singleton stood in the flat of one of his victims, Patricia Atkinson, known as Tina.Peter Sutcliffe murdered the sex worker in the now derelict, ground-floor bedsit in 1977. The ghost hunters used a spirit box to try to communicate with her.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!An urban explorer took chilling photographs of a flat where the Yorkshire Ripper carried out his fourth murder. Nature has been gradually claiming back a block of flats in Bradford, Yorkshire since it was abandoned in the years following Patricia Atkinson's death.