Beneath the Moor

How Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Became the Moors Murderers

De: Viviane Janouin-Benanti

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In the 1960s in Manchester, England, a teenage girl went missing, then a little boy, then another child, and another…a serial killer was on the loose and preying on children. The city was in a panic. What people never imagined, however, was that it was a pair of killers, a couple, carrying out these horrific crimes together, making them even harder to catch. This couple, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, would become known as the infamous Moors Murderers.
But how and why do two young people grow up to become serial killers? This true crime novel traces the evolution of each killer, from childhood through young adulthood and into the depravity of their life together as serial killers. Seeking notoriety, they engage in some of the most atrocious and perverse crimes imaginable. This is a journey that is both shocking and profoundly disturbing.
The novel also tells the stories of the children who were abducted and of the shattered families who never stopped searching for the truth. And it recounts the tireless efforts of the local police to identify the monsters who were wreaking havoc on their city and gripping the entire country in fear.
This is a true story that takes place on a desolate moor in England, but one that might happen anywhere. You’ll hug your children tighter than ever after reading this engrossing version of the story of the Moors Murders.