He called me some crude things after I tossed the gun aside — a 'worthless cunt' — and said he'd put me on the moors with Pauline if I kept acting out of line. I felt rotten about it, thinking of that dark place and the beastliness of lying there forever, but there was the softest flame inside me, too. Because I had him. In that second and for all time, I had him.
Laura Elizabeth Woollett, from Myra in The Love of a Bad Man
Ian Brady had been grooming the younger David Smith, whom he saw as a potential accomplice to assist with bank robberies and murder. Brady and girlfriend Myra Hindley had already killed four children and buried their bodies in the Yorkshire Moors. After Smith married Myra’s younger sister, Maureen, the four became tight.
On the evening of 6 October 1965, Brady brings 17 year old Edward Evans home “for a drink” (translation: To rape and murder him)
Mid-murder, Brady asks Myra to call Dave and get him over. He arrives shortly after with a bottle of red wine. He would soon become the prime witness in the Moors Murders case.
Brady, a depraved psychopath had invited Smith over to watch him kill. He wanted to impress him but also needed help cleaning up the mess. A hatchet to the head was followed by strangulation with electrical cord. The attack was brutal. Brady sprained his own ankle from the physical force it took to kill Evans, who was much older than previous victims. When Brady asks Smith to help dispose the body, Smith agrees, but would later call police from a public telephone booth.
Although Mr and Mrs Smith were fully exonerated, they became the target of much public abuse. They were physically attacked regularly and evicted from their homes. After stabbing another man during a fight, in an attack he claimed was triggered by the abuse he had suffered since the trial, Smith was sentenced to three years in prison in 1969.
In 1990, the couple would be immortalised on the album cover ‘Goo’, by American band Sonic Youth.
A dark comedy in which Jez from Peep Show is the star witness in a serial murder trial in Northern England (based on the parody of the Sonic Youth album cover for Goo.)
What Happened to the Most Infamous Murder Houses in the UK?
The stories behind the real-life ‘Houses of Horrors’ in 20th century England— and what has become of them since.
Pictured above are the infamous homes in which some of Britain's most notorious killers lived and committed their heinous murders. They are recognised to this day as the real-life 'Houses of Horrors' which were, in the second half of the 20th century, plastered across the front covers of global newspapers from the 1950s through to the 1990s.
In true crime books, podcasts and documentaries, the buildings above are still frequently named in association with the crimes that took place within their walls - these crimes being some of the worst the UK has ever seen.
John Reginald Christie killed and buried eight women at 10 Rillington Place, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley killed two out of five child victims at 16 Wardle Brook Avenue, Fred and Rose West killed at least nine young girls and women at 25 Cromwell Street, and Dennis Nilsen killed three of at least twelve young boys and men in his apartment at 23D Cranley Gardens.
This post details the gruesome history of the houses and also what has become of them since their era of notoriety. The full article is available to read here.
One of Ian’s memories as a child in Glasgow was watching a horse get put down on the side of an icy road, and watching it's breath fade into the frosty air. He remembered crying as he stared into its eyes and watched it die, and from then on had a fondness for animals and caring for them.
Before Ian died in Broadmoor Asylum, he asked for his money to be donated to four different animal charities.
I played chess with Graham Young virtually every day. He beat me in some individual games, but never in a series. He chose the black pieces, likening their power to the Nazi SS. He was psychotic rather than Phychopathic. We used to laugh until the tears rolled down our cheeks. Graham dropped dead in his cell one morning. I suspected that he had given himself an undetectable poison. Nothing was found at the post mortem.
Ian Brady: The Untold Story of the Moors Murders by Dr. Alan Keightley
Hi! I making a new video on my youtube channel bout hybristophilia and I thought it may be good idea to talk not only about my experiences, but make a longer essay about it. So if you want, can you tell me which serial killers do you love? And what draws you to them? And can i quote your answer in video?