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The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around what is now Greater Manchester, England. The victims were five children aged between 10 and 17—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans—at least four of whom were sexually assaulted. The murders are so named because two of the victims were discovered in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor; a third grave was discovered on the moor in 1987, more than 20 years after Brady and Hindley's trial in 1966. The body of a fourth victim, Keith Bennett, is also suspected to be buried there, but despite repeated searches it remains undiscovered.
The police were initially aware of only three killings, those of Edward Evans, Lesley Ann Downey and John Kilbride. The investigation was reopened in 1985, after Brady was reported in the press as having confessed to the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett. Brady and Hindley were taken separately to Saddleworth Moor to assist the police in their search for the graves, both by then having confessed to the additional murders.
Characterised by the press as "the most evil woman in Britain",[1] Hindley made several appeals against her life sentence, claiming she was a reformed woman and no longer a danger to society, but she was never released. She died in 2002, aged 60. Brady was declared criminally insane in 1985, since when he has been confined in the high-security Ashworth Hospital. He has made it clear that he never wants to be released, and has repeatedly asked that he be allowed to die.
Telegraph.co.uk
Myra Hindley
Myra Hindley
and her husband, Ian, killed quite a few children in England in the
1960s. The nefarious couple gained fame as the perpetrators of the ‘Moor
Murders,’ named for Saddleworth Moor, a location in the northern part
of the country where some of their victims were buried. Myra, the future
serial killer, met her partner in crime just after he was released from
prison (always a good sign in a relationship). Ian made her prove her
absolute love for him by involving her in rape and murder, and thus
turning her into one of England’s most vicious and famous femme fatales.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Myra Hindley
Myra Hindley
and her husband, Ian, killed quite a few children in England in the
1960s. The nefarious couple gained fame as the perpetrators of the ‘Moor
Murders,’ named for Saddleworth Moor, a location in the northern part
of the country where some of their victims were buried. Myra, the future
serial killer, met her partner in crime just after he was released from
prison (always a good sign in a relationship). Ian made her prove her
absolute love for him by involving her in rape and murder, and thus
turning her into one of England’s most vicious and famous femme fatales.
Read More: 10 Real Life Femme Fatales Through the Ages | http://guyspeed.com/10-real-life-femme-fatales-through-the-ages/?trackback=tsmclip
7 comments:
These women are really more murderous psychopaths than femme fatales. To me, a femme fatale is a woman who uses her "feminine wiles" to lure men to achieve her nefarious ends. Someone like the teacher who got her male student to murder her husband--the basis of that Nicole Kidman movie from some years ago.
There has been a lot of speculation that Myra actually encouraged him to commit the murders. Borderline, yes.
And yet, while not excusing Myra's appalling behavior, I've read that Myra was the product of an abusive childhood and just 16 when she started dating the sadomasochism-obsessed Brady (Nazi war crimes were another of his obsessions). I'm not excusing her, but a badly-broken person is going to act out in horrible ways. To me this is different than the wily, scheming femme fatale who is usually totally focused in a material goal (i.e., money).
The line can be very thin between a femme fatale and a murderous psychopath.
I don't remember a lot of their names, but there have been several black widow killers who were pretty scary.
Rosemary West.
Dorothea Puente.
Jeff M.
Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com define "femme fatale" as a seductive woman, especially one who manipulates men and lures them into danger or ruin.
That Nicole Kidman movie, To Die For, was based on a novel, which, in turn, was partly based on the real-life case of Pamela Smart. The case was also the subject of two "true crime" books (Deadly Lessons and Teach Me to Kill), and a 1991 made-for-TV movie ("Murder in New Hampshire") starring Helen Hunt.
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