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'Most gruesome case in British history' dissected in true crime documentary hitting screens this week - with harrowing testimony from murderous cannibal's family
A serial killer who murdered three women will have his twisted case dissected in a new true crime documentary on a streaming platform this week.
Cannibal Stephen Griffiths was handed a life sentence after he killed the women, who working in the red light district in Bradford, between 2009 and 2010.
The monster, who dismembered and ate some of the body parts of his victims, used a powerful crossbow and a knife.
Now, a brand new documentary will chart the killer's crimes and air testimonies from the victim's devastated families.
Stephen's sister Caroline will also appear in the 90-minute show, speaking publicly for the first time about her brother.
She's expected to detail her twisted siblings bizarre and violent behaviour throughout their childhood.
Airing on Prime Video from July 12, the show is titled The Crossbow Cannibal - the same name Stephen chillingly gave himself in court.
Teasing the show, an official synopsis reads: '15 years since the Crossbow Cannibal was arrested, this documentary looks at one of the most gruesome cases in British criminal history, profiling the making of a murderer who drew inspiration from other serial killers.'
The Bradford criminology student, who told police he was studying for a PhD in homicide, killed 43-year-old Susan Rushworth, who disappeared in June 2009, followed by 31-year-old Shelley Armitage in April 2010, and then 36-year-old Suzanne Blamires in May of the same year.
Leeds Crown Court was told disturbing details of the killings by the then-40-year-old including the shocking revelation that 81 different pieces of Ms Blamires were found in or by the River Aire in Shipley.
When he was arrested Griffiths told police 'I've killed loads' and claimed he had eaten some of Ms Blamires's flesh, adding: 'That's part of the magic.'
Stephen was previously the subject of another crime show, which aired last year on Channel 5 called Serial Killer Wives.
It heard from Kathy Hancock, 37, who dated Griffiths and was once a prison officer at Full Sutton Prison, near York.
Kathy recounted the horror of living with the monstrous killer, recalling how he once drugged her and laughed as she lost consciousness.
The Bradford criminology student, who told police he was studying for a PhD in homicide, killed 43-year-old Susan Rushworth, who disappeared in June 2009, followed by 31-year-old Shelley Armitage in April 2010, and then 36-year-old Suzanne Blamires in May of the same year
Meanwhile, last month true crime fans were left gripped by a BBC show that they 'binge-watched in one sitting'.
The four-part series, titled The Black Forest Murders, was recently acquired by the broadcaster.
Based on the non-fiction book SOKO Erle by Walter Roth, the German show takes inspiration from the criminal cases of two murdered women in southern Germany.
The fictional series stars Nina Kunzendorf as Senior Detective Barbara Kramer and Tilman Strauß as Thomas Riedle, amongst others.
A synopsis reads: 'The clock is ticking... When a woman is bludgeoned to death, detectives face mounting pressure to crack the case and catch a killer.
