Lo squartatore

A concise and well put together documentary. The doc style lent it self well to this story with very good use of archival footage. The people interviewed were relevant to the cases and added good insight into the police work and political climate.

Overall a good documentary series but it gets hijacked towards the end by a couple of contributors peddling their political agendas. Yes the police made horrible blunders and judgements but the idea it was all some male conspiracy is over the top. The contributions by the people at the centre of the story - the victims' families, the survivors and the police officers are fascinating and often heartbreaking. The emphasis on the women who died rather than the murderer is welcome too.

Documentary about the Yorkshire ripper, a serial killer that had the entire United Kingdom in its grip for several years. Lately there are a lot of shows about famous serial killers, it's just something people like to watch, and I get that as you just want to try to understand what is going on in a mind of a sick person. This one is divided in four episodes, maybe a tiny bit too long but still interesting to watch. Again you can't help it to be a bit disappointed by the investigation, the police forces are again not completely faultless even though not as failing as with Dahmer, Gacy, the Night Stalker or the Golden State killer but still the ripper should have been arrested much sooner. The episodes are basically interviews of investigators, victims that were lucky to got away, reporters, and the public opinion. Everyone adds to the story, everyone has their opinion, good or bad. I won't say it was the best series about the Yorkshire ripper but it was certainly interesting to watch.

New 4 part documentary on Netflix which has frustratingly accurate footage of the police's disregard for the victims. It was their arrogance which blinkered their investigation for far too long before he was finally caught. Not by the extent of their police work, but by officers arresting him for a completely unrelated offence, which the bigwigs happily took the praise for. Although I've seen something very similar before, it's still a very worthy watch.

A lot of reviewers have noted there was too much reference to the feminist movement during this series. To my mind, this was an integral part of the programme. I didn't see this as male bashing, but more about the incompetence of the police at the time, their use of derogative language to describe the victims, while highlighting their preconcieved notions about the women from the outset of the murders. These dated and, frankly, mysoginist views hampered the investigation. Well worth the watch.