“Rape is not a crime, it’s a state of mind, murder is a hobby and a supreme pleasure,” these are the words by Marquis de Sade that inspired the Moors Murders. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were responsible for the murders of 5 youngsters during the 1960s.
John Kilbride (12), Pauline Reade (16), Lesly Ann Downey (10), Edward Evans (17) and Keith Bennett (12). These are all the victims that the police know they killed. Keith Bennett was the only boy the police never found.
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were a couple, and met when Myra went for an interview at Millwards Merchandise Limited. At that time, Ian already served time for theft and was working there as a clerk. Ian’s motive behind the killings were to create the perfect murder. Ian brought Myra into his twisted world by playing her recordings of Hitler’s speeches and abused her physically through strangulation. Ian, who killed kittens for fun, prepared Myra for 18 months to become his accomplice.
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Before she was killed they made a 16-minute recording of them abusing and torturing her, while she was pleading for her mother.
October 6, 1965, Edward Evans was killed in Ian and Myra’s home, where he was hit 14 times with a hatchet and then strangled. They then wrapped his body in plastic and put him in their spare room. David Smith, the husband of Myra’s sister, Maureen, witnessed Edward’s murder and called the police. It was because of him that the murders were brought to