BRUTAL life on the streets where the Yorkshire Ripper once slayed victims was today exposed as women told of how they are too scared to go out over an unnerving threat.
Bradford's deprived Manningham area remains a gritty red-light district more than four decades after serial killer Peter Sutcliffe first struck.
The stark reality of life in the poverty-stricken zone emerged ahead of new ITV drama The Long Shadow, which tells the bungling chase for the Ripper, who killed 13 women, among them several prostitutes.
Three of his victims came from Bradford - including Yvonne Pearson, 21, a prostitute brutally attacked on waste ground behind a mill.
Now, less than half a mile away, sex workers are still risking their safety on the city's streets.
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The Sun Online saw two women plying their trade in broad daylight - leaning into car windows to haggle for business.
One local, Lou, said: "They're everywhere at night. If you're up at 6am, you'll see it there.
"You hear the screaming and shouting at night when they are calling to each other.
"It's not the prostitutes that are the issue, though, it's the customers.
"They constantly stop women walking down the street. We could be just coming home from work but they assume that every woman is selling sex.
"It is incredibly unnerving being eyed up - especially given the history of the Ripper.
"It's always in the back of your mind."
Another woman told us: "Drugs and the prostitution go hand in hand. They'll charge £20 to have sex and then go and get their hit of heroin. When it wears off, they go back out again.
"You see the kerb crawlers rolling down their windows - I think they expect every woman to be a prostitute. If you're new to the area, and not used to it, you'd definitely feel unsafe."
Sutcliffe lived north of Lumb Lane, the city's red-light district, where he would drive around, staring at the prostitutes.
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One account of his early life suggests that after a row with his girlfriend, Sutcliffe was determined to rid himself of his virginity.
He was fleeced of £5 by the sex worker and returned with a brick in a sock and battered another woman in a case of mistaken identity.
It was here, experts believe, that violent and insecure Sutcliffe became the Yorkshire Ripper.
Now, the red-light district has been forced from Lumb Lane into an industrial area near Thornton Road.
We saw syringes and used condoms laying in the street, while at a nearby pub its landlady told how her smoking shelter, hidden from view, is used by punters at night.
Women in Manningham told Sun Online how they still feared for their safety at night.
Latvian mum Kira Andina, 37, said: "I don't go out. I don't feel safe at all.
"There are junkies everywhere. I'm too scared to go out at night - there are too many bad people.
"When I go out with my dog in the morning, I'll see syringes and condoms. Every day.
"I took my daughter to the park and there were people having sex. I had to put my hand across her eyes. She's only eight - she shouldn't have to see that kind of the thing."
Kira, who was propositioned by a driver as she posed for our photographer, added: "It happens all the time. They say very bad things like 'I'm going to f*** you'."
Bradford's Manningham area is not only synonymous with Sutcliffe but also wicked Stephen Griffiths, nicknamed the Crossbow Cannibal.
He murdered at least three sex workers between 2009 and 2010, and claimed to have butchered and eaten their body parts.
Pub landlady Terri Whittam, 31, who was touted cannabis while walking her dog off Lumb Lane, told Sun Online: "You don't see many women around. You might see them shopping during the day but come 7pm, you don't see any.
"I would walk around here on my own, no problem, because I'm used to it. But my sister wouldn't dare walk the street after dark. Not even to go to the local shop.
"If somebody shouts out of the car to me, I just ignore it. The only thing you can do is turn a blind eye to it. It happens all the time but you just learn to live with it.
"We shouldn't have to - but what else can you do?"
Academic researcher Mary Falcao, 28, moved to Bradford from Reading, Berkshire.
She said: "I was first here in 2017 and you would always feel like you shouldn't be out at night.
"I left in 2018 but I've had friends of mine who were told 'don't go out by yourself' or 'if you must, go out in pairs' because there had been so many sexual assaults.
"Since I've come back it doesn't feel quite as bad as the hype but I still wouldn't go out by myself.
"I would never walk around here by myself after dark. That would be a dumb thing to do."
The Long Shadow, broadcast this month, stars Toby Jones, David Morrissey and Katherine Kelly and exposes the failings of the biggest manhunt in British criminal history.
Despite 2.5 million police man hours expended on catching him, Sutcliffe was allowed to continue his murderous spree for more than five years.
Bradford Council banned film crews from using public land for the show fearing it would perpetuate Sutcliffe's evil crimes.
Terri added: "People think the worst of the area because of what they hear.
"When the older fellas in the pub talk about Sutcliffe I have no interest in it at all. It's not now, is it? It's like people can't move on from it.
"Bringing up the Ripper repeatedly and making dramas about him makes people more on edge.
"It's just another kick to the city."
Stuart Campbell-Parker, 68, has lived in Manningham for 15 years, said: "It's not as bad as it used to be.
"You get more drugs than prostitution these days, I think. Drugs is the main issue.
"But I just get on with it. If you get bothered by what is going on, you'll just upset yourself. You'd never leave the house.
"I keep myself to myself - if you bother me, I'll bother you."
The Long Shadow, from the producers of Whitehouse Farm and Des, about serial killer Dennis Nilsen, said the show will focus on Sutcliffe's victims and not glorify the killer.
New Pictures co-founder Paul Whittington said the programme "powerfully exposes the enduring legacy of the failings of the biggest manhunt in British criminal history".
He added: "This is a vital story about class prejudice, pervasive and entrenched societal sexism and women simply not being heard that still has relevance today."
A report after Sutcliffe was handed 20 life sentences in 1981 found that he could have been responsible for a further 13 offences.
The 1982 Byford report, made public in 2006, said: "We feel it is highly improbable that the crimes in respect of which Sutcliffe has been charged and convicted are the only ones attributable to him."
It was revealed in 2017 that police interviewed Sutcliffe in jail about 16 unsolved attacks but they did not quiz him about any murders.
No charges were ever brought.
