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Jan 2023
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The Arrest of the Yorkshire Ripper - Ori...

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January 2, 1981. Britsh police arrest a man named Peter Sutcliffe for a routine traffic violation, but they soon realize that he is a mass murderer known as the Yorkshire Ripper.


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