The following rewards were offered during the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper,Peter Sutcliffe:

On the 2nd October, 1979, a massive publicity campaign aimed at detecting the series of crimes by identifying the author of the "Sunderland" tape and letters was launched throughout the North and the North East of England.

Shortly after the brutal murder of prostitute Helen Rytka, Assistant Chief Constable Oldfield used a local television documentary to speak directly to the man he was hunting, the Yorkshire Ripper.