I hunted serial killers for decades and missed catching the Yorkshire Ripper by hours... but there was another murderer so evil he haunts me 25 years later. Read it exclusively in The Crime Desk newsletterTo read Anthony France's gripping interview with a serial killer hunter sign up to The Crime Desk newsletter HERE What kind of cases do you want to read more about? Let us know at: crimedesk@dailymail.co.uk By ANTHONY FRANCE Published: 00:01 BST, 23 June 2026 | Updated: 06:46 BST, 23 June 2026
Former detective superintendent Bob Bridgestock hunted some of Britain's most despicable predators during his 30-year career in West Yorkshire Police.He was just a young officer when the Yorkshire Ripper held the county in a terrifying death grip – murdering 13 women in a barbaric spree - and still remembers the morning he got the phone call informing him the monster had struck again on the same street he had been watching only hours earlier.He tells The Crime Desk in an exclusive interview: 'As soon as they gave the location as Great Northern Street, I thought, "Oh God, damn, we've been sat there for seven days, and then suddenly on the eighth day he attacks, right where we would have been"'.But despite working on the brutal murder scenes of his victims, there was another killer who horrified the detective even more than Peter Sutcliffe.--To read our gripping interview with serial killer hunter Bob Bridgestock sign up to The Crime Desk newsletter HERE.You'll receive an email straight away with a link to read an exclusive subscriber article for free.Each week our team will bring you unrivalled insight, expert analysis, and in-depth reporting on the cases you can't stop thinking about.Every newsletter will be packed with exclusive features, interviews and the breaking stories dominating today's headlines.Delivered to your inbox every week, completely FREE
