![Now Wearside Jack has gone to the grave, there's still one enduring mystery - why DID he do it? | Daily Mail Online Now Wearside Jack has gone to the grave, there's still one enduring mystery - why DID he do it? | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/08/22/22/17587102-0-image-a-25_1566509087406.jpg)
Now Wearside Jack has gone to the grave, there's still one enduring mystery - why DID he do it? | Daily Mail Online
![Letter sent to George Oldfield from the Ripper hoaxer Wearside Jack | Chapeltown, Things to come, Lettering Letter sent to George Oldfield from the Ripper hoaxer Wearside Jack | Chapeltown, Things to come, Lettering](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/a9/77/36/a97736a3c0a86184718f6735496c37e9--number--sunderland.jpg)
Letter sent to George Oldfield from the Ripper hoaxer Wearside Jack | Chapeltown, Things to come, Lettering
![The "Wearside Jack," recording was in fact a hoax. The police focused their investigation on it and ignored the testimonies of survivors, leading to more deaths at the hands of the real The "Wearside Jack," recording was in fact a hoax. The police focused their investigation on it and ignored the testimonies of survivors, leading to more deaths at the hands of the real](https://preview.redd.it/wcmunrwd7cm71.jpg?auto=webp&s=33f9cc36b0381f9bead42a0e95067e08f817355b)
The "Wearside Jack," recording was in fact a hoax. The police focused their investigation on it and ignored the testimonies of survivors, leading to more deaths at the hands of the real
![Now Wearside Jack has gone to the grave, there's still one enduring mystery - why DID he do it? | Daily Mail Online Now Wearside Jack has gone to the grave, there's still one enduring mystery - why DID he do it? | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/08/22/22/17587118-7384925-image-a-26_1566509094502.jpg)
Now Wearside Jack has gone to the grave, there's still one enduring mystery - why DID he do it? | Daily Mail Online
![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)