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Now Wearside Jack has gone to the grave, there's still one enduring mystery - why DID he do it? | Daily Mail Online
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Detective reveals one in a billion chance that eventually caught Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer Wearside Jack - YorkshireLive
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![Pictured this morning Wednesday 19 October, author and lecturer Patrick Lavelle who has spent eight years trying to track down the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer who became known as Wearside Jack. Detectives are Pictured this morning Wednesday 19 October, author and lecturer Patrick Lavelle who has spent eight years trying to track down the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer who became known as Wearside Jack. Detectives are](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D34F2A/pictured-this-morning-wednesday-19-october-author-and-lecturer-patrick-lavelle-who-has-spent-eight-years-trying-to-track-down-the-yorkshire-ripper-hoaxer-who-became-known-as-wearside-jack-detectives-are-continuing-to-question-a-man-today-wednesday-19-october-2005-in-connection-with-the-so-called-wearside-jack-hoax-letters-and-tape-sent-to-the-yorkshire-ripper-inquiry-team-see-pa-story-police-ripper-press-association-photo-photo-credit-should-read-paul-watsonpa-2D34F2A.jpg)
Pictured this morning Wednesday 19 October, author and lecturer Patrick Lavelle who has spent eight years trying to track down the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer who became known as Wearside Jack. Detectives are
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Graham Spiers on Twitter: "'Wearside Jack' is dead, from alcohol-induced disease, aged 63. Those of a certain vintage will recall the TV headlines and mayhem this hoaxer caused in the search for
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