Was Jimmy Savile an Accomplice of the Yorkshire Ripper?

Evidence shows that this could be much more than a conspiracy theory.

Sam H Arnold
CrimeBeat
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5 min readDec 5, 2023

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Much is known of Jimmy Savile, the most prolific sexual predator in UK history. Savile never faced any charges for his crimes of assaulting over 450 people; he died before the depth of his depravity was unearthed.

In contrast, Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, killed thirteen women and attempted to murder a further seven, feeling the full force of the law when convicted. He died still in prison in 2020 of Covid.

What is less well known is that many of those who investigated Sutcliffe thought he had an accomplice. The name of the accomplice being spoken about is Jimmy Savile.

At first sight, this suggestion might seem far-fetched, and the stuff of conspiracy theories, but the evidence for this being true is very compelling, none more so than the strange relationship the pair had whilst Sutcliffe was in Broadmoor.

Predators such as paedophiles and serial killers are products, however, of common forces. Both of them inhabited a world where men were encouraged to take by force what they wanted and then discard their victims. Both use sex and violence instead of intimacy.

Peter Sutcliffe

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Sam H Arnold
CrimeBeat

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