{"id":140670,"date":"2023-08-29T17:46:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=140670"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:46:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:46:28","slug":"the-yorkshire-ripper-moaned-his-life-was-absolute-hell-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/the-yorkshire-ripper-moaned-his-life-was-absolute-hell-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yorkshire Ripper moaned his life was &apos;absolute hell on earth&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Yorkshire Ripper moaned his life was &#8216;absolute hell on earth&#8217; while locked up at Broadmoor in never-before-seen letter<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peter Sutcliffe was convicted for murdering 13 women and trying to kill 7 more<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Newly unearthed letter dated April 4 1990 was written at the Berkshire hospital<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Yorkshire Ripper complained that his time in jail was &#8216;absolute hell on earth&#8217;, an uncovered letter has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Sutcliffe, who was convicted of murdering 13 women and trying to kill seven others, was known to be unrepentant over his heinous actions.<\/p>\n<p>But now a letter, written from inside Broadmoor hospital in 1990, could shed a light on the serial killer&#8217;s state of mind.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, which was bought decades later, reads: &#8216;I am not the type of person who writes to voyeurs or folk who think I wanted to do what I did! Because I didn&#8217;t!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My life was an absolute hell on Earth because of it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/17\/74840379-12457627-image-a-10_1693325593238.jpg\" height=\"934\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Peter Sutcliffe, known as the &#8216;Yorkshire Ripper&#8217; was convicted of murdering 13 women and trying to kill another seven, and was known to show little remorse over his actions<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/17\/74840397-12457627-image-a-11_1693325598796.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In a recently uncovered letter, Sutcliffe wrote that his time in jail was &#8216;absolute hell on earth&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe killed his first victim in 1975 and went on to carry out a spree of sexually-motivated attacks over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested and charged in early 1981 and, after a two-week trial, was found guilty on 13 counts of murder.<\/p>\n<p>He had already pleaded guilty to seven counts of attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe was sentenced to 20 concurrent life sentences and was transferred to Broadmoor in March 1984.<\/p>\n<p>This new letter is dated April 4, 1990, and the return address is given as &#8216;P. Sutcliffe, Crowthorne Hospital&#8217;. Broadmoor is in Crowthorne, a Berkshire village.<\/p>\n<p>It goes on to read: &#8216;A torment beyond belief and it was a darned relief when it was all over, I can assure you of that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well, no more to be said. I can&#8217;t even think about it and I don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thank god I now know the truth, and I am not living in a fantasy world, that&#8217;s all I can say.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It is signed, &#8216;yours sincerely, Peter&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Graves, 32, says he got the letter from an antiques dealer last month.<\/p>\n<p>The lot also included a second, typed letter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/17\/74840381-12457627-image-m-13_1693325759825.jpg\" height=\"382\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe penned the letter in 1990 while housed at Broadmoor Hospital, Berkshire (pictured). He died of illness aged 74 while in prison in 2020<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/17\/74841539-12457627-image-a-14_1693326705387.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In another letter, Sutcliffe wrote that he could no longer trust anyone he knew because of a &#8216;pathetic creep&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>This reads: &#8216;Sorry mate, I can&#8217;t oblige because a pathetic creep has made it impossible for me to put any trust in anyone I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have his lying letters and family photographs still to prove what a two-faced lying troglodyte he is.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ben, a control room operator from Cumbria, said: &#8216;The dealer had this letter tucked away in a drawer and he sold it to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Nothing like it has ever been put online before &#8211; it struck me that he seems to regret what he&#8217;s done with the crimes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe died from ill health in prison in 2020, aged 74.<\/p>\n<p>ITV announced a seven-part series about the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper starring Toby Jones earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12457627\/The-Yorkshire-Ripper-moaned-life-absolute-hell-earth-locked-Broadmoor-never-seen-letter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yorkshire Ripper moaned his life was &#8216;absolute hell on earth&#8217; 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