Crimes That Shook Britain S06E05 Moors Murders

Summary

The Moors Murders, committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, involved the abduction and murder of five children in the 1960s. The couple's gruesome crimes shocked Britain and left a lasting scar on society, with the impact still felt across generations. Families of the victims continue to grieve with some, like Winnie Johnson, persistently searching for missing remains. These horrifying events changed the fabric of British society, prompting a profound reflection on safety and justice. Despite the passage of time, the memories and pain endure, making the story of these murders one that Britain can never forget.

Highlights

• Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's crimes still horrify generations more than half a century on.🕰️
• The murders drastically altered British society, raising safety and justice concerns.🚨
• Families of the victims endure endless grief and search for closure, especially Winnie Johnson, who sought her son Keith Bennett's remains until her death.💔
• The Moors Murders remain a chilling chapter in Britain's history of crime, highlighting evil's impact on society.🔥
• The enduring infamy of Hindley and Brady serves as a dark reminder of the past.🖤

Key Takeaways

• Brady and Hindley were responsible for the appalling murders of five children, known as the Moors Murders.🚨
• The couple's notoriety remains, casting a dark shadow on British history.🌑
• Many families are still haunted by these events, showcasing enduring grief and trauma.🕯️
• Decades later, society continues to grapple with the implications of these crimes.🤔
• The story highlights a timeless struggle for justice and closure for victims' families.⚖️

Overview

The Moors Murders committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were a series of brutal child murders that shook Britain in the 1960s. These heinous acts not only captured the nation's horror but also left an indelible imprint on British history with their gruesome nature and shocking audacity. The couple's cold-hearted actions shattered the sense of safety within communities and raised questions about morality, justice, and evil itself.

For the families affected, the pain from these murders is relentless and unyielding. Winnie Johnson's tireless search for her son Keith Bennett’s body exemplifies the incessant heartache and longing for closure that the victims' families endure. Her journey reflects the enduring hope and despair that remain ingrained in the British consciousness as they deal with the aftermath.

These dreadful crimes forced a national reflection on issues of protection for children and the evil lurking within seemingly ordinary individuals. The legacy of Brady and Hindley is not only etched in the annals of crime history but also serves as a sober reminder of the monstrous potential within humanity, urging a continued vigilance and empathy in protecting those most vulnerable in society.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 01:00: Introduction of the Moors Murders The chapter introduces the infamous Moors Murders, a series of brutal crimes committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. The pair lured five innocent children to their deaths while posing as responsible adults, leaving an indelible mark on the nation's collective psyche. Even after more than fifty years, the horrific nature of their crimes continues to appall and haunt generations, ensuring that the memory of these events will never fade.
• 01:00 - 04:00: David Smith's Testimony The chapter highlights the enduring infamy of a notorious killer couple, whose crimes have left a permanent mark on British history and society. Myra Hindley, in particular, is portrayed as Britain's most evil woman. The chapter reflects on the impact of the murders, suggesting that the memories will never fade and have become deeply ingrained in the cultural memory.
• 04:00 - 09:00: Discovery of Edward Evans' Body The chapter discusses the enduring grief and relentless search for closure by the families of murder victims, including Edward Evans, whose body discovery is a focal point. Despite the tragedy occurring decades ago, the pain remains fresh for the loved ones, as illustrated by one family member's admission of sleepless nights due to ongoing emotional turmoil. A chilling reminder of the past crimes is reiterated through the mention of other victims such as Pauline, John, Keith, and Leslie Anne, highlighting the impact of the case referred to as 'a crime that shook' the community. The persistent efforts to locate Keith's body underscore the family's determination and refusal to give up, reflecting a poignant journey of heartbreak and hope amidst unresolved mysteries.
• 09:00 - 15:30: Past Victims: Pauline Reade The chapter titled 'Past Victims: Pauline Reade' opens with a dramatic presentation, setting the scene in the sprawling housing estate of Hatle near Manchester. It introduces 17-year-old David Smith, who is seen making a crucial phone call to the police. The chapter presumably explores the story surrounding Pauline Reade, likely delving into the historical context and David Smith's connection to the events being narrated.
• 15:30 - 23:30: Investigation and Conviction The chapter titled 'Investigation and Conviction' recounts a gripping story of a murder witnessed by an individual. This individual was picked up by the police at a phone box and taken to the police station to share his startling narrative. He recalls being at a house the previous evening with friends Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, along with a 17-year-old named Edward Evans, who seemed to be a friend of Brady's.
• 23:30 - 30:00: Legacy and Ongoing Search for Keith Chapter Title: Legacy and Ongoing Search for Keith. In this chapter, Smith observes a dramatic change in Brady's demeanor as he sits outside smoking. The tranquility is shattered when a violent altercation erupts inside the house. Brady viciously attacks a visitor with an axe. David Smith recalls his frantic return to the room, witnessing the visitor desperately fighting for his life. Despite this, Brady relentlessly delivers numerous blows, instilling fear and chaos in the scene.
• 30:00 - 39:00: Brady and Hindley’s History and Motives The chapter explores the role of Brady and Hindley in a criminal case. Smith assists Brady in concealing Edward's body in an upstairs room. Realizing that he is the sole witness to the event, Smith consults with his wife and they decide to report the incident to the police. Consequently, the police visit W Brook Avenue, which is owned by Brady's grandmother.
• 39:00 - 45:00: Continued Impact and Search Efforts This chapter discusses the continued impact of a 23-year-old Myra Hindley, who claims her innocence by stating she was in the kitchen during the time of an attack. It details how two police officers, one in disguise, approached her address due to reports of a serious crime the previous night. Despite Hindley's dismissive reaction to the officers' inquiries, they managed to gain entry to the house.

Crimes That Shook Britain S06E05 Moors Murders Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 five innocent children lured to their deaths by vile Predators posing as responsible adults the depraved crimes of Ian Brady and Myra hindley still horrify Generations more than half a century on it's haunted the psyche of the nation in a way that means we won't ever let it go brutal murders and the devastation
• 00:30 - 01:00 they cause is overshadowed by the infamous killer couple whose notoriety shows little sign of waning I don't think the memories of the MS murders will ever fade away it never ever forgotten it doesn't leave you crimes so deeply ingrained in British history that they change the very fabric of our society Myra Henley was described as the most evil woman in Britain
• 01:00 - 01:30 decades on loved ones are still grieving this is what I live with all day I have 3 hour of sleep you're still thinking about it now families reveal their pain to us with one still searching for a body after all this time no matter what they do they will not give up on searching for Keith the murders of Pauline John Keith Leslie Anne and Edward make this a crime That Shook
• 01:30 - 02:00 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Britain the sprawling housing estate of hatle near Manchester 17-year-old David Smith makes a call to the police claiming to have
• 02:00 - 02:30 witnessed a murder police picked him up at the phone box and took him to the police station in hide where of course police officers listened to this astonishing story that he had to tell Smith recalls being at a house the previous evening with two friends Ian Brady and Myra hindley there's also a third man in the house that man is 17-year-old Edward Evans who appears to be a friend of Brady's
• 02:30 - 03:00 but nothing could be further from the truth and it isn't long before Smith sees a change in Brady as he sits outside smoking his attention is drawn to a fight inside the house Brady attacked him with an axe David Smith recounts rushing back into the room to see the visitor fighting for his life but Brady delivers blow after blow allegedly fearing for for his
• 03:00 - 03:30 safety too Smith helps Brady to hide Edward's body in a room upstairs he saw what had happened and uh he went back uh to his see his wife afterwards um and between them they realized that he was the only person who'd seen what had happened they contacted the police in the morning and the police uh went to W Brook Avenue the house on wle Brook Avenue belongs to the grandmother of
• 03:30 - 04:00 23-year-old Myra hindley who claims she was in the kitchen at the time of the attack two officers rushed to the address with one disguising his uniform so as not to alert the occupants hendley answered he said he'd come because there had been reports of a serious crime at the house the night before uh hindley poo pooed the the whole idea but nevertheless he got into the house
• 04:00 - 04:30 hendley was very reluctant to let him into one particular room a room which was locked braady said to hly give him the key true to David Smith's unbelievable account the police are faced with a horrific sight they found uh the body of Edward Evans in Mar H's bedroom trust and tied and covered you know shocking shocking pictures of what
• 04:30 - 05:00 happened the Grim discovery of the murdered teenager would take detectives on a trail leading back more than 2 years Pauline Reed lived in Gorton and she was on her way to a dance at the local Coop she loved dancing apparently and went regularly with her friends
• 05:00 - 05:30 that evening 16-year-old Pauline agrees to meet friends at the British Railway Social Club after getting ready for the dance she leaves her house and makes the short Journey alone but she never arrives her family search the streets of her hometown but find nothing other than one of Pauline's [Music] gloves despite local residents pulling
• 05:30 - 06:00 together and media interest to try and find the young girl she vanishes Without a [Music] Trace 4 months on and just 5 miles away in Aston underline 12-year-old John Kilbride is at the outdoor Market he'd been to the pictures on a Saturday afternoon with his um pal as they did most Saturday afternoons and at the end of the picture showed know they went to Ashton Market
• 06:00 - 06:30 which was again something that they did fairly regularly because young boys locally knew that they could pick up a few coppers at Ashton Market by helping the market Traders clear away rubbish at the end of the day after wandering around the Stalls trying to help the Traders Jon becomes separated from his friends and is never seen again he used to do a bit work you know
• 06:30 - 07:00 packing up on the market to get a earn a couple of BU for pocket money and give so much to my mother when he came home I remember my mother get look at the clock and time we getting on a bit John didn't come home that night then the house is full of police the next day you know and then the search started off then later on that week where they were searching all the houses on the street the artics and
• 07:00 - 07:30 the back Gardens and sheds and everything you know and it all it just escalated like that two children are now missing from the greater Manchester area in a matter of months and despite widescale searches and appeals no information leads to their Discovery and then just 7 months later the community would be rocked once more with The Disappearance of 12-year-old Keith Bennett Keith was always cheeky that's not surprising having a a mother like he
• 07:30 - 08:00 had um he was chea loved to play he loved playing football he loved his his brother um his sisters um he he just loved to be the normal little boy he was he was a monkey Keith was a monkey Keith lived in longsight in the longsight area with his uh with his mom and family and he went off to visit his Grand one evening Keith Bennett had celebrated his 12th birthday Just 4 days
• 08:00 - 08:30 before with his mother Winnie going out for the evening they walk along Stockport Road together then Keith makes his way to his grandmother's house alone this is the last time his mother would ever see him when he never gave up hope she was the strongest courageous woman I ever met in my life Keith broke his glasses the the day before at the swimming baths and so she
• 08:30 - 09:00 got the glasses to go and get them repaired and of course when he went missing he didn't have his glasses with him so that was the only thing she she'd got left 6 months on from Keith's disappearance a family just a few miles away would experience a similar heartache she was very quiet um she do anything anything for you and uh we had
• 09:00 - 09:30 no no trouble whatsoever she was never naughty very obedient she loved her school she just so a wonderful child you could have or wish to have 10-year-old Leslie Anne Downey lives with her three brothers mother Anne and her partner Alan in anot Manchester used to go out to play they
• 09:30 - 10:00 you say well don't go far so we could see where they were and very obedient children you'd have to shout at them or anything that lesie came in and um she said is it all right if I go to the fairr with her two friends and a friend's mother so I said yeah as long as you're back from 5:00 because love your tea
• 10:00 - 10:30 already they cuz I you said they like the tea and DIN and whatever you know so when 5:00 came we started to worry them cuz she wasn't a girl that were disobey you know should have been there and we had the te already out for her laid out for her life when she come back Allan and his family rushed to search
• 10:30 - 11:00 the fairground just yards from their home so I don't know I got e coats on went down actually nowhere to be seen just [Music] disappeared over a 17-month period during 1963 and 1964 four children in the greater Chester area have
• 11:00 - 11:30 disappeared 16-year-old Pauline Reed 12-year-olds John Kilbride and Keith Bennett and now 10-year-old leslianne Downey hasn't returned home after visiting a local fair went down and saw death sergeant and told him what happened so he said um come back at 11:00 so we went back just before 11 saw him again
• 11:30 - 12:00 and that's when he took particulars um but I think if they had have acted straight away it was possible that they could have done something as frustration mounts Alan has to also deal with unfounded accusations from the police they're saying to me come clean what have you done with her where is she have you heard her and they they was asking and the same
• 12:00 - 12:30 questions I was in there hours possibly 6 7 hours officers realize lesli's family are not responsible for her disappearance and launch a hunt to find her for 10 agonizing months they cling to numerous reported sightings but these lead nowhere
• 12:30 - 13:00 the following October and a chance meeting between two strangers at a railway station would help police to unravel The Mystery of the disappearing children 17-year-old Edward Evans is outside the buffet bar at Manchester Central Railway Station he was on his way to a football match
• 13:00 - 13:30 um and for some reason was on was at Central Station The Apprentice engineer is approached by a young man and never makes it to the match not entirely clear what what the circumstances of that meeting were uh but he was taken back to W Brook Avenue his decision to leave with the stranger ultimately costs Edward his life despite being lured back to hindley's Grandmother's house under the pretense of a party with
• 13:30 - 14:00 alcohol the mood quickly changes as the teenager is viciously attacked Brady just started beating him about the head with an axe just an horrific an horrific crime um astonishingly grandmother is upstairs in bed and oblivious to all this um this this lad understandably start in screaming trying to uh obviously trying to defend himself and save his life and
• 14:00 - 14:30 Brady then went and got a piece of electric cable and strangled him this horrific act of violence on a defenseless young man is witnessed by at least one other person who will eventually lead the police to further chilling discoveries he didn't only tell them of course of what he had personally witnessed he'd also told them that Brady had said to him that there had been other bodies there had been other murders and in reference to the actual murder of
• 14:30 - 15:00 Edward Evans had used the words it was the messiest yet nobody can anticipate where these words are to lead it was the days immediately after Edward evans's death where the whole case really uh or the whole campaign of Brady and Henley totally unraveled two names that up until now nobody knew of
• 15:00 - 15:30 at the point of Edward's murder the couple are just 27 and 23 years old when questioned both are quick to offer their version of events not us initially the evidence of course was simply they had got a man who admitted that he'd had a fight with Evans and had killed him hindley is quick to position herself in another room away from the attack as both are interrogated the
• 15:30 - 16:00 house is painstakingly searched and gives up further Clues various items were removed from the house one item that was removed was an exercise book and the exercise book contained various drawings and doodles and names Brady when asked about the book said some no consequences just a book I used to draw in do Doodles in what they said but there are names in it and one of the names was John killbride
• 16:00 - 16:30 this can be no coincidence there have been no sightings of Jon since his disappearance at a local market and police now have grave concerns that he has met a similar fate to Edward Evans the investigation quickly gathers Pace as photographs of hindley and Brady are found at the house posing on nearby saddleworth Mo worryingly David Smith also mentions other victims in his statement claiming br spoke about bodies buried at this
• 16:30 - 17:00 location this coupled with the photographs lead police to one conclusion fearing saddleworth Mo to be a burial ground for the killer couple they take the decision to search for John killbride dozens of officers are drafted onto the vast Baron land in Yorkshire to search for any clues as this gets underway other officers question a young neighbor of hindley's Grandmother which compounds their growing suspicions only days after
• 17:00 - 17:30 the Edward Evans killing they did house to house inquiries and they spoke to a 12-year-old girl and the 12-year-old girl told them of evenings that she spent with hindley and Brady but the girl also told police of trips that they made up to the MOs where they drank wine and chatted at this point hindley young neighbor has managed to pinpoint a
• 17:30 - 18:00 specific spot on the Moors of particular interest to them both this Sparks another Mass search and as the evidence mounts officers make another startling Discovery at the grandmother's house when they find a prayer book in the spine of the prayer book they found these two left luggage tickets for Manchester Central station
• 18:00 - 18:30 and uh what they discovered was in fact a veritable uh Aladdin's cave almost of of evidence CES masks wigs but even more significantly they found dozens and dozens of photographs some of these photographs showed Brady and hindley on saddleworth Moors whilst others would confirm officers worst fears horrific images of missing local girl Leslie and
• 18:30 - 19:00 Downey they also discovered the two pretty horrifying tapes one of lesli and Downey pleading effectively to be freed to be allowed to go back to her mother with the voices of Brady and hindley also on the tapes Bob Spears is a young officer new to the job and has been given the
• 19:00 - 19:30 unenviable task of searching for victims it was a result of photographs found in a suitcase that we'd all gone back to this location on the M on the 15th which was a Friday October everybody went on this massive search all the surrounding police areas sent men it was decided to give them about 4:00 we got nothing by then we're going home for the time I was working my attention
• 19:30 - 20:00 was drawn up the hillside so climbed up and looking over and you looked over the roadway the reservoirs the views is fantastic but it's so quiet there's no birds twittering silence and what I saw was a depression in the Pete with water and something was sticking out of
• 20:00 - 20:30 it the young officer gathers his colleagues and urges them to look closer our main reason for being that day was to find John killbride we didn't find him but we found Leslie Anne four different police forces have joined together to search saddle worth Mo for the body of John Kilbride a 12-year-old boy who vanished from a local market Mar It 2 years previously
• 20:30 - 21:00 but in a dramatic twist it isn't the body of John that an officer discovers but that of another missing child 10-year-old Leslie an Downey this discovery would confirm everyone's worst fears and in order to link the little girl's death with Brady and hindley police have to ask her family to look at some of the horrendous evidence they have found was a heartbreak didn't know what to
• 21:00 - 21:30 do that's what my nightmares are each and every night but is what to see and what we heard after the tapes they played with left Leslie asking to if she could go home and you can hear Henley saying be Qui as I smack you again
• 21:30 - 22:00 [Music] that that will never leave break never getting me out me mind as the devastating reality sinks in Alan and Anne must face another nightmare we studied the caror next thing is these couple won't pass be es sced so this police officer said you
• 22:00 - 22:30 know them so I said no he said it's Inland BR and just 5 days later the horror continues as the search teams also discover John kill bride's body almost 2 years on from his disappearance and close to where Leslie Anne has been found they brought John's shoe and we just a scream
• 22:30 - 23:00 downstairs which were my dad my mom she was just s in tears she was a very quiet person in mother the brutal murders of Edward John and Leslie are now rapidly becoming one of the largest investigations in the country there's a possibility officers interrogate the suspects but they remain defiant and uncooperative yet the evidence is
• 23:00 - 23:30 undisputable as the nation begins to learn of the horrific circumstances surrounding the children's deaths the case into Brady and hindley is prepared for Crown [Music] Court they were both sentenced to life in prison and I don't think many people thought they were ever going to come out there was a de care between the two of them
• 23:30 - 24:00 smiling at one another they stood side by side they just smiling so we shouted out a the bastards just so walked away took them downstairs and that was it with the death penalty recently abolished Brady is given three life sentences for the murders of Edward John and leslianne and hendley receives two life sentences for her part in the
• 24:00 - 24:30 killing of Leslie and Edward this punishment though provides little Comfort to the families of the children we just have to carry on with life you have to just carry on you got three boys everything it just went the op us went from from the house and were nothing in there as Allan Terry and the other families
• 24:30 - 25:00 try to cope with their grief the world is left wondering who Ian Brady and Myra hindley are and why they are driven to such acts of evil in Brady uh had quite a checkered background as a as a youngster uh he he went to uh bostel and and prison on several occasions primarily for dishonesty not not for any uh violent crimes he was born in Scotland born in
• 25:00 - 25:30 Glasgow and um following one conviction he appeared at court uh in Glasgow and the presiding uh judge said that he should be U moved to England to Manchester because his mother had had moved down to Manchester um and and he believed that this may sort uh Brady out um highly intelligent man um um taught himself
• 25:30 - 26:00 bookkeeping and then got a job um at mil wards where he met Mara hindley hindley is a local Manchester woman mainly raised by her grandmother with no previous convictions prior to this as people try to comprehend the indiscriminate way the pair hunted their victims two other children remain missing the whereabouts of Pauline Reed and Keith Bennett are still a mystery
• 26:00 - 26:30 but the killers are to reveal nothing more decades on Ian Brady is diagnosed as a psychopath after years in a mainstream prison and is moved to a high security hospital where a journalist looking to help the families of Pauline and Keith pays Brady a visit I knew the families were grieving uh I resented the way they were exploited by the Tabloid media just for the s Sensational projection of Myers face on
• 26:30 - 27:00 their front page now and again just to get people worked up uh and when I had a chance to do something uh to put the record straight I took the opportunity Fred Harrison has no idea where his conversations with the killer will lead but he presses on I needed him to confirm facts that he would rather suppress so that was a difficult uh Psych psychological exercise for him to
• 27:00 - 27:30 perform to somehow keep his mind close to what he'd done but at the same time share enough evidence for me to be able to go away one day and somehow screw Myra which was his agenda hindley is still denying any involvement in the murders and placing the blame firmly on Brady he knew that he had to stay in prison till he died and he wanted Myra to suffer the same fate because they
• 27:30 - 28:00 were uh the two of them were had shared the Deeds that that had led to children being murdered and buried on the Moors and uh he didn't feel that it was right that they should actually be exonerated in some way least of all by her proclaiming her innocence uh I went back repeatedly and spent I don't know about 18 hours in the end sitting in private with Ian Brady much of the time struggling to
• 28:00 - 28:30 understand what he wanted to get out despite being heavily sedated on drugs Brady makes an admission that will throw the case wide open once more po information he ended up admitting that there were other victims that they were on the Moors he was never going to put a cross on a map so that I could take 10 PES in from the road and dig up a
• 28:30 - 29:00 body more than 20 years after Pauline and Keith vanished this is the most information anyone has got from Brady Fred finally takes his findings to his newspaper that generated a number of um interesting little titbits of information coming in to the police and eventually the head of C at that time P topping decided to form a group to review and reinvestigate the whole thing this leads detectives to question Myra
• 29:00 - 29:30 hindley once more with little expectation of getting a straight answer we just literally walked in one day and uh and confronted her and said you know would you talk about it during this time Keith's distraught mother Winnie sends a letter to hindley begging to know what has happened to her son whether this letter influences the Killer's next move we will never know the first thing she said to is well how can I help um what do you want to know and very quickly she
• 29:30 - 30:00 said that she would be prepared to uh point out areas that were of interest to Ian Brady and those were her words not not mine areas of interest uh to Ian Brady on subtle with more which was probably code for where the missing children were officers spend months trying to coers the notorious couple into revealing what they know eventually they agree to take hindley back to the Moors in an attempt to jog her memory
• 30:00 - 30:30 obviously this was all top secret and done done covertly despite this a government Minister decides to announce the plan and the world's media descend onto the Moors to catch a glimpse of the operation police deploy decoys to try and manage the attention hindley made two visits there it was a case of I'm prepared to point out areas that are of Interest it is after her first visit back to the Moors that hindley finally reveals what so many people have been
• 30:30 - 31:00 waiting decades for the world's most reviled child murderers Ian Brady and Myra hindley have been locked up for almost 20 years but in a shock move both not only decide to admit to further killings but to provide details of what happened to the children information their families have been begging for it is 23 years since Pauline Reed
• 31:00 - 31:30 disappeared off the streets of Gorton and only now to her family learn of her fate they'd worked out a code hendley was driving a minivan Brady was riding a motorcycle and when they encountered on the street a likely victim Brady would flash the lights of his motorbike hendley would stop opposite the uh potential victim
• 31:30 - 32:00 they both saw Paul and Reed walking down the road um and um he flashed the headlight of the motorcycle and she pulled in and it was only when she pulled in she realized that she knew Pauling Reed they were neighbors and uh Myra Henley persuaded her to get into the uh car with her to go and find a glove that she lost when she got to the Moors they were
• 32:00 - 32:30 joined by Brady pulled up on his motorbike Brady was introduced as uh lindley's boyfriend he took Pauline Reed onto the Moors Pauline was attacked and murdered then left in a shallow grave the details of Keith Bennett's last moments now also come to light who was on his way to his grandmother's home in um Gorton when he was picked up in the
• 32:30 - 33:00 street in his case uh he was asked if he would help load some boxes onto um into hindley's vehicle he's taken up to settle with Mo yet a g and the three of them po the car at hog grain and walk out onto SLE with Mo Brady had uh had hidden a spade on the moall uh and that is collected on Route uh and of course the little boy's taken down to um shiny
• 33:00 - 33:30 Brooke uh murdered in a gully there with this renewed line of questioning hindley also gives an insight into the fate of 12-year-old John Kilbride hendley was was wearing a uh a wig to conceal her identity and she asked um John Kilbride to come and help them somehow or other persuaded him to get in a car with them and of course that was what happened he was taken up
• 33:30 - 34:00 to saddle with Mo she dropped Brady and John off on the mo itself and uh drove away and stayed away for half an hour or so and then went back and picked up Brady who obviously was alone by that time he' murdered John killbride I think she was worse than eny for a woman to do what she did with wor and Brady and despite Le's family receiving some justice 20 years before it is only
• 34:00 - 34:30 now they find out further details from her Killers about that fateful night she was stood near a ride when Henley of course moved in again and she looked a likely victim Brady arrived on the scene on this occasion they managed to drop some shopping and Leslie agreed to help them pick it up and that too in fact signed
• 34:30 - 35:00 her death warrant because she was persuaded to go back into to to to get into the vehicle and in her case they took her to this house in wle Brook Avenue in Hatley shortly after these shocking confessions comes another discovery on the Moors we asked was it Daylight how dark when uh Brady murdered Pauline Reed and she said well it was just going dust I remember this because I could see the
• 35:00 - 35:30 outline of the hills on the opposite side of the valley there was only one specific point where you could actually see the hills on the opposite side of the valley so we were we knew instantly that that was what she was talking about so it narrowed our search area enormously and it was a chance question and a chance answer that that really put us on the right track in the case of Pauline Reed I did in fact look out her remains which
• 35:30 - 36:00 was really quite an astonishing development 24 years after she'd been buried on the MS they found her Remains the irony if you can call it irony was that they found her grave only 100 yards from what had been lesli and Dow's grave as Pauline is finally laid to rest the search continues for Keith with his family time highly campaigning to find him when he never ever lost hope never
• 36:00 - 36:30 lost hope she never stopped searching she wanted to bring him home she just wanted to bury a son and that's all a mother can hope to do isn't it is to have your children near to you no matter how they're brought to you it's sad Mara hindley told the police at the time she said under caution and absolutely categorically quite clearly
• 36:30 - 37:00 this in this you know ke Keith Bennett was buried in this immediate area so we're talking about a very restricted area why would she lie she had no need to lie she told the truth about Pauline Reed and interestingly when we took um I Brady back to settle with Mo he walked us to exactly the same area so you know there is coroporation there despite Brady and hindley visiting the Moors and giving the police some information his
• 37:00 - 37:30 body is not recovered the search for Keith becomes his family's lifelong fight especially for his mother Winnie over the years many people have knocked Winnie's doors and made claims to knowing where Keith is ETC My Grandmother Had FSE help that many times and it tore her apart and no one else said tip and how would you pick someone up and put them back together when they've been given that hope Time and Time and Time Again Winnie was used to
• 37:30 - 38:00 people letting her down and making claims and that's why she was very thick skinned but she was willing still to go up the mall with whatever claims people made could be that chance that day that second that something could be found or someone was telling her the truth as the years turn into decades rather than fading the desire to find Keith intensifies everyone from police forces to total
• 38:00 - 38:30 strangers have conducted numerous searches on the Moors and Beyond meanwhile hindley and Brady fall silent once more on the 15th of November 2002 one half of the most notorious killer couple dies at the age of 60 and despite trying to Garner public sympathy over the years hindley is despised until the end she always denied the physical acts of of of if you wish
• 38:30 - 39:00 um but conceded that because of her involvement he was able to do what he he did and and therefore was was as an equal uh you know as an accomplice as he was Winnie Johnson along with her family and friends continue to keep Keith's name alive and tirelessly search for his body she searched for him for years and years and years but the police told us that if we were to uh even take a shovel we'd be a major trouble so not to not to dig but we did take Winnie to the spot
• 39:00 - 39:30 and she felt she cried when she was there she felt that there was there was something there yet despite the unwavering support and offers of help for Winnie she is never to receive the one answer she Longs for in August 2012 she passes away without finding her son Cho shees to say to me Mar says promise me you never give up you'll never give up looking for
• 39:30 - 40:00 Keith I promised her that I would in 2013 Ian Brady has the audacity to appeal his sentence to try and be moved from a high security hospital to a prison I was hoping that he was moved to a prison because he wouldn't be alive today wouldn't be alive today now in his 70s Brady still shows how
• 40:00 - 40:30 dangerous his mind is by attempting to minimize the horror of what he has done neither Brady nor hendley have shown any remorse for their crimes despite the opportunities that have been open to them to some degree Brady it's suggested even celebrated his
• 40:30 - 41:00 infamy sadly nothing can bring back Pauline John Keith Leslie and Edward and their relatives must endure the endless heartache I'm Pride for him to die B I know it won't bring a Leslie back but perhaps it would help me as regards to sleeping pattern and whatever thinking about it there again you can never never
• 41:00 - 41:30 forget or ever to forget it's affected us over the year it's not like one year and then it's forgotten my children are about to grow up with very very strict rules you always where we can see you now over half a century since Keith's murder what are the chances of still finding his remains there's a a tributary uh running in close proximity to that string of gullies where hendy
• 41:30 - 42:00 said he was murdered and uh and buried and I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't take long for the remains to be uh damaged and destroyed sadly very sadly yet for Keith Bennett's family and Winnie's friends they will not find peace unless the little boy is found I think most people would say it's time to draw a line but there is a possibility and we have to have
• 42:00 - 42:30 hope that he can still be found well she wanted him at rest um she pushed her search for ke and she tried to keep the story alive she also wanted everyone to know that no matter what happen you can't give up nothing's impossible only improbable as the searches for Keith continue and his family remain hopeful the Legacy left by his mother Winnie is a tribute to her son and to all the
• 42:30 - 43:00 victims affected by this horrendous crime as difficult as it is to live with it you can still live you can still do everything everyone else can do it's just you've got something in the closet and that the only thing that matters is that your children anyone's children are protected no other crimes have left such an indelible scar on society as those committed by Ian Brady and Myra
• 43:00 - 43:30 hindley the mark of respect that we can pay to each victim is to remember their precious lives that were taken too soon [Music]
• 43:30 - 44:00 five innocent children lured to their
• 44:00 - 44:30 deaths by vile Predators posing as responsible adults the depraved crimes of Ian Brady and Myra hindley still horrify Generations more than half a
• 44:30 - 45:00 century on it's haunted the psyche of the nation in a way that means we won't ever let it go brutal murders and the devastation they cause is overshadowed by the infamous killer couple whose notoriety shows little sign of waning I don't think the memories of the MS murders will ever fade away it's never ever
• 45:00 - 45:30 forgotten it doesn't leave you crimes so deeply ingrained in British history that they changed the very fabric of our society Myra Henley was described as the most evil woman in Britain decades on loved ones are still grieving this is what I live with all day all know I 3 hour sleep you're still thinking about it now fames revealed their pain to us with one still searching for a body after all this time
• 45:30 - 46:00 no matter what they do they will not give up on searching for Keith the murders of Pauline John Keith Leslie Anne and Edward make this a crime That Shook Britain [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]
• 46:00 - 46:30 the sprawling housing estate of hattersley near Manchester 17-year-old David Smith makes a call to the police claiming to have witnessed a murder police picked him up at the phone box and took him to the police station in Hyde where of course police officers listened to this astonishing story that he had to tell Smith recalls being at a house the previous evening with two
• 46:30 - 47:00 friends Ian Brady and Myra hindley there's also a third man in the house that man is 17-year-old Edward Evans who appears to be a friend of Brady's but nothing could be further from the truth and it isn't long before Smith sees a change in Brady as he sits outside smoking his attention is drawn to a fight inside the house Brady attacked him with an
• 47:00 - 47:30 axe David Smith recounts rushing back into the room to see the visitor fighting for his life but Brady delivers blow after blow allegedly fearing for his safety too Smith helps Brady to hide Edward's body in a room upstairs he saw what had happened and uh he went back uh to his seat his wife afterwards um and between them they
• 47:30 - 48:00 realized that he was the only person who'd seen what had happened they contacted the police in the morning and the police uh went to W Brook Avenue the house on wle Brook Avenue belongs to the grandmother of 23-year-old Myra hindley who claims she was in the kitchen at the time of the attack two officers rushed to the address with one disguising his uniform so as not to alert the the occupants hindley answered he said he'd come
• 48:00 - 48:30 because there had been reports of a serious crime at the house the night before uh hindley poo pooed the the whole idea but nevertheless he got into the house hendley was very reluctant to let him into one particular room a room which was locked Brady said to hle give him the key true to David Smith's unbelievable account the police are faced with a
• 48:30 - 49:00 horrific sight they found uh the body of Edward Evans in Mar H's bedroom Trust