With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Ripper's letters to be auctioned (UK)

Letters written by the Yorkshire Ripper to a woman in Birmingham are to be sold at auction.

The 44 letters were sent by Peter Sutcliffe from Broadmoor high-security hospital in Berkshire to a woman in Birmingham between 1985 and 1990.

Sutcliffe, 63, murdered 13 women across northern England in the 1970s and 80s.

The son of one of his victims has criticised the auction by Manchester-based Trafford Books. The auctioneers declined to comment.

Read entire article at BBC