Crimes That Haunt Us

Was Gloria Booth the Yorkshire Ripper's FIRST Victim? | 1971 Unsolved Murder

21 min · 21. maj 2026
episode Was Gloria Booth the Yorkshire Ripper's FIRST Victim? | 1971 Unsolved Murder cover

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In the early hours of June 13, 1971, 29-year-old Gloria Booth was found brutally murdered in Stonefield Park, Ruislip — naked, bitten, mutilated, and strangled in an attack of shocking savagery.  Her case remains unsolved to this day. But what if Gloria was the first victim of one of Britain's most notorious serial killers — Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper? Decades later, explosive theories from investigators like Chris Clark suggest striking similarities: the ligature strangulation, distinctive bite marks matching Sutcliffe's teeth gap, hammer blows, industrial grease and dust on her body, and his documented presence in the London area. This gripping podcast explores Gloria's final hours, the botched investigation, chilling forensic details, local rumours, and the persistent claims that she was an early, unacknowledged victim of the Ripper's reign of terror. From her ordinary life in West London to the desperate family pleas for answers — even as Sutcliffe lay dying in 2020 — this is the full untold story of a murder that still haunts Britain. Was Gloria Booth the Yorkshire Ripper's hidden first kill? Watch until the end for the evidence that refuses to go away.  For the documentary version see here https://youtu.be/r3eeykal5ls [https://youtu.be/r3eeykal5ls] (00:00) The Haunting Case of Gloria Booth (01:04) Who Was Gloria Booth? (03:30) Day of the Murder (4:16) The Phonecall (5:44) Last Sighting of Gloria (7:14) Crime Scene Investigation (8:54) Post Mortem (11:26) The Killers Profile (14:46) A Local Monster? (15:36) The Yorkshire Ripper (18:42) Sutcliffe Ties to Ruislip

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