The Daily Routine of the Yorkshire Ripper Inside the UK’s “Monster Mansion” Prison

0:00 From hospital ward to Monster Mansion 1:14 Peter Sutcliffe’s background 2:15 The Yorkshire Ripper murders 3:27 The failed investigation and his arrest 6:10 Attacks in prison and Broadmoor 9:19 Life inside Franklin prison 13:32 Lockdown, illness and death 14:54 The case’s lasting questions What was daily life like for Peter Sutcliffe after the hospital ward became a high-security prison? I trace the final years of the man known as the Yorkshire Ripper, from his transfer to Franklin, the prison called the Monster Mansion, to his death in custody. I explain his background, the failures that allowed the investigation to continue for years, his conviction, and the attacks he survived in prison and Broadmoor Hospital. I also look at why doctors changed their assessment of him and why he was returned to prison after decades in hospital. I then reconstruct what his routine at Franklin may have looked like: single-cell confinement, counts, medication, meals, restricted movement, supervised contact and the constant danger posed by other prisoners. Finally, I examine his death during the coronavirus pandemic and the lasting questions surrounding the case, the police investigation and the families of his victims.