Ep 376 Remastered: The Forgotten Victims, Part 1

For decades, the women murdered and attacked by Peter Sutcliffe (known as PS in this series) were overshadowed by the man who targeted them. In this remastered Crime Analyst series, Laura Richards puts the women back at the centre of the story.

Laura deconstructs the pattern of offending, escalating risk and critical opportunities that were missed, including additional attacks she believes are linked to PS and how harmful assumptions about his victims distorted the investigation.

The failures in this case were instrumental in why Laura’s specialist unit at New Scotland Yard was later created. It remains one of the most misunderstood serial murder cases of our time - and why Crime Analyst refuses to use the notorious nickname that made the perpetrator famous while the women became the forgotten victims.

Join Laura in the intelligence cell as she re-examines the case through behavioural analysis, victimology, risk and prevention.

Listen to the complete Forgotten Victims series:
https://www.crime-analyst.com/case-001-the-forgotten-victims/

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Laura Richards analyses and deconstructs the murders and attacks on lone women committed by Peter Sutcliffe (known as PS throughout the series) in the north east of England in the 1960s and 1970s.

This case happened before Laura started her career at New Scotland Yard. It was the very reason her unit was set up.

Listen and find out why Laura believes this is one of the most misunderstood cases of our time and why we should stop referring to this serial killer as The Yorkshire R*****

Join Laura each week in the intelligence cell as she behaviourally breaks down each attack and highlights which cases she believes to be linked, why PS did what he did and how he was allowed to get away with it for so long.

You won't want to miss this.

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Clips
https://twitter.com/i/status/1327217063010721794

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kMhnKX9xmI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuxVdf46sJk

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