![Twelve of the victims of 'the Yorkshire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe: Wilma McCann, Emily Jackson, Irene Richardson, Patricia Atkinson, Jayne McDonald and Jean Jordan. Bottom row: Yvonne Pearson, Helen Rytka, Vera Millward, Josephine Whitaker, Barbara Leach and Jacqueline Hill. <p>Twelve of the victims of 'the Yorkshire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe: Wilma McCann, Emily Jackson, Irene Richardson, Patricia Atkinson, Jayne McDonald and Jean Jordan. Bottom row: Yvonne Pearson, Helen Rytka, Vera Millward, Josephine Whitaker, Barbara Leach and Jacqueline Hill.</p>](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7663/3831877_7_dashboardbig_2.56604516.jpg.jpg)
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Irish Examiner view: The booming business of murder
From grisly narratives such as that of the 'Yorkshire Ripper', to mysterious murders and disappearances here at home, we are fascinated by true crime stories
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