Did Jimmy Savile know Yorkshire Ripper?
Did Jimmy Savile know Yorkshire Ripper?
Broadmoor visitor Savile appeared instantly chummy with Sutcliffe after he was moved to the secure hospital following his slaughter spree from 1975 to 1981. The Yorkshire Ripper may have taken the secrets of his potentially murderous relationship with Jimmy Savile to his grave.
Who is the real Yorkshire Ripper?
Peter William Sutcliffe
| Peter Sutcliffe | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter William Sutcliffe2 June 1946 Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 13 November 2020 (aged 74) Durham, County Durham, England |
| Other names | The Yorkshire Ripper Peter William Coonan |
| Occupation | HGV driver |
Where is Jimmy Savile’s grave?
Woodlands Cemetery, United Kingdom
Jimmy Savile/Place of burial
What was Jimmy Savile accused of?
On 6 February 2015 he was found guilty of nine indecent assaults and two rapes, with victims’ ages ranging from 11 to 18 and having occurred between 1973 and 1988. While he worked at the same hospital Savile groomed kids, there is no known link between them.
Is the Yorkshire Ripper dying?
November 13, 2020
Peter Sutcliffe/Date of death
Is Jimmy Savile’s grave marked?
Jimmy Savile is today lying in an unmarked grave after his family removed his headstone and sent it to be broken up and disposed of in a landfill.
What happened to Jimmy Savile’s gravestone?
Savile was buried in North Yorkshire’s coastal town of Scarborough in a gold coffin with a pricy £4,000 headstone. The headstone, which bears the epitaph: “It Was Good While It Lasted”, was removed and demolished as soon as his crimes came to light, in a bid to leave no trace of where he lays.
Why was it called Operation yewtree?
“Yewtree” was chosen from a list of names which are intended to be neutral and unrelated to each particular case. This system, dating back to the 1980s, is used for operations which are started to handle specific crimes, as opposed to more general, pro-active operations with names connected to their intent.
Did Jimmy Savile and the Yorkshire Ripper know each other?
He was dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, and rumours have circulated that the horrible pair knew each other before the Ripper was jailed for life. The pair were both from West Yorkshire – with one of the Ripper’s victims – Irene Richardson – being found yards from Savile’s Leeds penthouse apartment.
How close were Jimmy Savile and Peter Sutcliffe?
In a previous post, I pointed out that Jimmy Savile and Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, were close friends, but how close has yet to be established. Certainly, they had much in common: both were psychopaths with a tendency to violence and a hatred of women.
Where was the Yorkshire Ripper’s photo taken?
It was taken at Broadmoor, which most people will know is a maximum security mental institution which caters for the criminally insane, such as serial killer Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper.
How old were the victims of Jimmy Savile?
His victims, we now know, ranged in age from 5 to 75, with his last crimes committed at the age of 82. Not only was a Jimmy Savile an abuser, but a necrophiliac as well. He was a close friend of Peter Sutcliffe, and we know that the police regarded him as sufficiently important to interview about the Ripper murders.
