Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital houses some of Britain's most dangerously disturbed individuals, including serial killers, rapists, and terrorists. Among them was the notorious Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, who instilled fear even in the seasoned staff.

Neil Wheatcroft, a nursing assistant at Broadmoor for nearly 15 years, recounted his first encounter with Sutcliffe on Channel 5's Broadmoor. He said: "He frightened me to start with because his eyes were like looking into a shark – there was no life there at all."

Sutcliffe is known to have brutally murdered at least 13 women between 1975 and 1980. Wheatcroft noted that Sutcliffe didn't mingle with other inmates: "He was never a mixer. He didn't play pool or card games."

During his time in prison, Sutcliffe suffered several violent attacks. In 1983, fellow inmate James Costello assaulted him, leaving him with four wounds requiring 30 stitches.

The one thing that concerned Sutcliffe was money. Author Geoffrey Wansel reveals how Sutcliffe pursued legal action upon reaching 65 to receive his state pension while incarcerated.

He argued: "I worked hard all my life and paid my taxes, so why can't I have my pension?" He claimed entitlement by stating 'This is a hospital, not a prison.'

Despite his efforts, Sutcliffe never received his pension but secured the job of delivering food orders to patients like Neil Wheatcroft. While prison food is generally poor, meals at Broadmoor are considered much better.

"Food in prison's terrible," one ex-inmate explained, "but the food in Broadmoor... it was like a hotel." Neil added that Sutcliffe would ask inmates what they wanted each morning.

Sutcliffe spent 32 out of his 39 years in custody at Broadmoor before passing away from complications related to diabetes in HMP Franklin at age 74.