Wearside Jack, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Wearside Jack

British hoaxer

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1956

Date of Death: 30-Jul-2019

Profession: laborer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Wearside Jack is the nickname given to John Samuel Humble (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2019), an Englishman who pretended to be the Yorkshire Ripper in a hoax audio recording and several letters in the period 1978–1979.Humble sent a taped message spoken in a Wearside accent and three letters, taunting the authorities for failing to catch him.
The message, recorded on an audio cassette, caused the investigation to be moved away from the West Yorkshire area, home of the real killer, Peter Sutcliffe, and thereby helped to prolong his attacks on women and hindered his potential arrest for eighteen months.More than 25 years after the event, a fragment from one of Humble's envelopes was traced to him through DNA, and in 2006 Humble was sentenced to eight years in prison for perverting the course of justice.