 Wearside Jack

Wearside Jack is the nickname given to John Samuel Humble (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2019), an Englishman who pretended to be the Yorkshire Ripper in a hoax audio recording and several letters in the period 1978–1979.Humble sent a taped message spoken in a Wearside accent and three letters, taunting the authorities for failing to catch him.