Wearside Jack is the nickname given to John Samuel Humble (born 8 January 1956), a hoaxer who pretended to be the Yorkshire Ripper in the late 1970s. In 2006 he was convicted for perverting the course of justice.
Read more about Wearside Jack: Taunting Letters, Wearside Accent, Hoax Revealed, Re-visiting The Mystery, Trial and Conviction
Famous quotes containing the word jack:
“That is the man all tattered and torn
That kissed the maiden all forlorn”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 29–30)