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Brady and Hindley: Genesis of the Moors murders
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June 1, 2016
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June 30, 2016
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The shocking true crime story of child murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, Great Britain’s most horrifi…more

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Review: BRADY AND HINDLEY: GENESIS OF THE MOOR MURDERS by Fred Harrison

More than six decades ago, a young man of Scottish birth, exiled to Manchester, in whom sociopathic tendencies already flowered, met a girl from Gorton at his workplace. He couldn't love her (forever after he referred to her as "the girl"), but he did perceive a kindred soul. She chauffeured him, he introduced her to pantheism and to the force he selfishly served, "The Face of Death."

They were Ian Stewart Brady and Myra Hindl
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May 23, 2016 rated it really liked it
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You can call them psychopaths. You can call them crazy. Still -after all these years- you can't make sense of their behaviour. What brought a young couple to commit such gruesome murders will probably remain beyond rational comprehension.
Great read.

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