The Moors Murders

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05/06/22 • 54 min

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For Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, Manchester was their hunting grounds, and the moors -- a vast stretch of barren landscape -- was their dumping grounds. Britain's most reviled killers preyed on children, abducting and violently murdering their victims before leaving their bodies in shallow graves. Ordinarily, criminals of this scale would have been executed, but the death penalty was abolished in the UK just a month before the case went to trial. 56 years ago today, Brady and Hindley were sentenced to spend the entirety of their lives behind bars.
Writing and research by Angelina Villeseche.

Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque.
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TV:
The Moors Murders (TV Miniseries) 1999
Moors Murders (All 4 documentary series) 2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/was-hindley-worse-than-brady
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/moors-murderers-myra-hindley-and-ian-brady-claimed-first-victim-pauline-reade-25-years-ago/news-story/2c0fe944c9b2a71040381a8795a8eed8
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-39934966
https://brady.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4915384/brother-of-moors-murderers-victim-lesley-ann-downey-should-have-been-with-her-the-day-she-died/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170401/He-saved-children-Two-months-death-beloved-Galway-David-Smiths-wife-Mary-says-credited-helping-bring-Moors-Murderers-justice.html

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40 years ago, Dorothea Puente had everyone fooled into thinking she was a kindly grandmother. Friends, tenants at her boarding house, social workers and the police all bought her act. In reality, she was much younger than she appeared, and far from kind. Preying upon the elderly, unhoused people and alcoholics, Dorothea assumed no one would search very hard for her victims. For a while she seemed to be getting away with murder as well as fraud. Thanks to one passionate social worker Puente was eventually exposed, and the friends and families of her 9 victims were able to get some closure.
Writing and research by Aurora Cady.

Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque.
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LINKS + SOURCES:
Deadly Women:
https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/deadly-women/predator

Worlds Most Evil Killers:
https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/worlds-most-evil-killers-us/dorothea-puente

Worst Roommate Ever:
https://www.netflix.com/watch/81149403?trackId=155573560

Ghost Adventures:
https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/ghost-adventures/dorothea-puente-murder-house

Historical Houses Sacramento: https://www.cityofsacramento.org/~/media/Corporate/Files/CDD/Planning/Historic%20Register/Complete_Register.pdf

https://www.sactownmag.com/the-life-and-deaths-of-dorothea-puente/

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914721eadd7b04934379149/amp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDcwo5GFgxM

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-17-mn-464-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Puente

https://murderpedia.org/female.P/p/puente-dorothea.htm

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https://lawandcrime.com/crime/grandmother-allegedly-forced-4-year-old-girl-to-drink-bottle-of-whiskey-while-the-mother-did-nothing-to-stop-it/

https://people.com/crime/missing-girl-10-found-dead-in-the-woods-now-the-hunt-is-on-to-find-her-killer/

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Long distance partners Claudia Brenner and Rebecca Wight met up for a romantic weekend of camping and hiking around the Appalachian Trail in the spring of 1988. At the time, they felt like they might spend the rest of their lives together. However, their time was cut short when Rebecca and Claudia were attacked by a stranger in the woods 34 years ago today.
Writing and research by Aurora Cady.

Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p034jj50

https://payouthcongress.org/pa-equality-center/state-legislative-history/

https://www.greenbelly.co/pages/appalachian-trail-murders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Rebecca_Wight

https://casetext.com/case/com-v-carr-25

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1997/rt9703/970324/03240100.htm

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