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Oct 17, 2026 11 min

S1 E1: The First Victim — Leeds, 1975

from Case Files: True Crime Stories Hosted by Rehan Ahmed

Leeds, 1975. A young mother of four is found murdered on a playing field in Chapeltown — and the press gives the killer a name that will haunt Britain for five years: the Yorkshire Ripper. In this first episode of Case Files Season 1, host Marcus traces Peter Sutcliffe's early life, the hammer attacks of the summer of 1975 that police never connected, and the murder of Wilma McCann that started it all — plus the chilling admission Sutcliffe made years later about why he really killed. New episodes daily — one complete case every season. Subscribe for your daily dose of true crime. Music by SINIUS (Free Music Archive, CC-BY 4.0).

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