In 1979, police diverted a huge manhunt for Britain's most notorious serial killer from West Yorkshire to Sunderland. They were convinced that the man who had brutally murdered eight women and attacked seven others came from Wearside. But they were wrong. They were victims of a hoax, and the consequences were disastrous.
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