Moors murders

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The Moors murders were a series of notorious child killings carried out in 1960s England by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, which became one of the most infamous criminal cases in British history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal case ⓘ
murder case ⓘ
serial killings ⓘ
alsoKnownAs the Moors Murders case ⓘ
linked to: Moors murders
charge murder ⓘ
convictedPerson Ian Brady ⓘ
Myra Hindley ⓘ
convictionDate 1966 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1965 ⓘ
hasParticipant Greater Manchester Police ⓘ
defence lawyer Emlyn Hooson ⓘ
prosecutor Laurence Byrne ⓘ
impact increased scrutiny of child safety in the UK ⓘ
lasting notoriety in British criminal history ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
legacy frequent reference point in discussions of evil in British culture ⓘ
subject of numerous books, films, and documentaries ⓘ
legalStatusOfPerpetrators both denied parole and remained imprisoned for life ⓘ
location Ashton-under-Lyne ⓘ
Greater Manchester ⓘ
Hattersley ⓘ
Saddleworth Moor ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national press coverage in the United Kingdom ⓘ
significant international attention ⓘ
notableFeature burial of victims on Saddleworth Moor ⓘ
use of audio recordings of a victim as evidence ⓘ
numberOfVictims 5 ⓘ
perpetrator Ian Brady ⓘ
Myra Hindley ⓘ
perpetratorDeath Ian Brady died in 2017 ⓘ
Myra Hindley died in 2002 ⓘ
publicReaction widespread public outrage in Britain ⓘ
relatedWork Evil Relations ⓘ
The Gates of Janus ⓘ
The Moors Murders (television documentaries) ⓘ
sentence life imprisonment ⓘ
significantPlace Saddleworth Moor ⓘ
Wardle Brook Avenue, Hattersley ⓘ
startTime 1963 ⓘ
trialLocation Chester Assizes ⓘ
victim Edward Evans ⓘ
John Kilbride ⓘ
Keith Bennett ⓘ
Lesley Ann Downey ⓘ
Pauline Reade ⓘ
victimAgeRange 10–17 ⓘ

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Saddleworth Moor → knownFor → Moors murders ⓘ
Longford → subject → Moors murders ⓘ
Moors murders → alsoKnownAs → the Moors Murders case ⓘ
linked to: Moors murders
Ian Brady → notableFor → Moors murders ⓘ
Myra Hindley → notableFor → Moors murders ⓘ
Myra Hindley → convictedOf → Moors murders ⓘ
Myra Hindley → coPerpetratorOf → Moors murders ⓘ
Edward Evans → partOf → Moors murders ⓘ
Laurence Byrne → notableWork → Moors murders trial ⓘ
subject linked to: prosecutor Laurence Byrne
linked to: Moors murders
Laurence Byrne → participantIn → Moors murders trial ⓘ
subject linked to: prosecutor Laurence Byrne
linked to: Moors murders
The Gates of Janus → about → Moors murders (indirectly, via author background) ⓘ
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Evil Relations → mainSubject → Moors murders ⓘ
Evil Relations → hasPerpetratorGroup → Moors murderers ⓘ
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Evil Relations → relatedEvent → Moors murders ⓘ
Wardle Brook Avenue, Hattersley → historicalAssociation → Moors murders of the 1960s ⓘ
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Chester Assizes → notableCase → Moors murders trial ⓘ
linked to: Moors murders
Ian Duncan Stewart → notableFor → Moors murders ⓘ
Keith Bennett → victimOf → Moors murders ⓘ
John Kilbride → victimOf → Moors murders ⓘ
John Kilbride → partOfEvent → Moors murders ⓘ
John Kilbride → associatedWith → Moors murders ⓘ
Peggy Stewart → connectedTo → Moors murders ⓘ
Ian Brady → perpetratorOf → Moors murders ⓘ
subject linked to: Peggy Stewart
Lesley Ann Downey → victimOf → Moors murders ⓘ
Lesley Ann Downey → partOf → Moors murders case ⓘ
linked to: Moors murders
Pauline Reade → victimOf → Moors murders ⓘ
Pauline Reade → associatedWithEvent → Moors murders investigation ⓘ
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Beyond Belief → mainSubject → Moors murders ⓘ