Experienced criminologist Jane Carter Woodrow reveals the tragic legacy of the Yorkshire Ripper murders and its devastating impact on the family of one victim, Emily Jackson, as seen through the eyes of her son Neil. As featured in the Netflix documentary series The Ripper .
Experienced criminologist Jane Carter Woodrow reveals the tragic legacy of the Yorkshire Ripper murders and its devastating impact on the family of one victim, Emily Jackson, as seen through the eyes of her son Neil. As featured in the Netflix documentary series The Ripper.
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Experienced criminologist Jane Carter Woodrow reveals the tragic legacy of the Yorkshire Ripper murders and its devastating impact on the family of one victim, Emily Jackson, as seen through the eyes of her son Neil. As featured in the Netflix documentary series The Ripper .
Experienced criminologist Jane Carter Woodrow reveals the tragic legacy of the Yorkshire Ripper murders and its devastating impact on the family of one victim, Emily Jackson, as seen through the eyes of her son Neil. As featured in the Netflix documentary series The Ripper.
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Everything seemed perfect in Neil Jackson s childhood until one day, on a cold January morning in 1976...
He was awoken by the police knocking on the door to break the shocking news that his mother had become the second victim of a serial killer - soon to become known as the Yorkshire Ripper .This evil act exposed a web of secrets and lies that was to devastate Neil and change his life forever.Jane Carter Woodrow, an experienced criminologist, discovers what happens when the camera and the lurid headlines fade away. Neil's riveting story captures the real nature of the tragedy that murder can visit on a family and shows how incredibly he pieced his life back together after becoming one of the forgotten victims of Britain's most notorious serial killer.Critic Reviews
“'Unsparing, shocking, beautifully told story of a young boy who woke up to a nightmare.'”
If you read any book this year, you must read this one. - Alma Cullen, Scriptwriter, TV's Inspector Morse
Unsparing, shocking, beautifully told story of a young boy who woke up to a nightmare. - Norman Hull, AVP FilmsInsightful, revealing and detailed, AFTER EVIL is a warm and human portrait of the collateral damage inflicted on a whole family hit by a serial killer. And it is ultimately a moving story of survival and how, against all odds, it is possible to go beyond tragedy. - Andrea Michell, Bravura FilmsAbout the Author
Jane Carter Woodrow has a PhD in Criminology from Cambridge and has worked as a scriptwriter on several high-profile television dramas, including In Suspicious Circumstances and The Bill.
Everything seemed perfect in Neil Jackson s childhood until one day, on a cold January morning in 1976...He was awoken by the police knocking on the door to break the shocking news that his mother had become the second victim of a serial killer - soon to become known as the Yorkshire Ripper .This evil act exposed a web of secrets and lies that was to devastate Neil and change his life forever.Jane Carter Woodrow, an experienced criminologist, discovers what happens when the camera and the lurid headlines fade away. Neil's riveting story captures the real nature of the tragedy that murder can visit on a family and shows how incredibly he pieced his life back together after becoming one of the forgotten victims of Britain's most notorious serial killer.
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