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
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—John Skelton (1460?–1529)