Later, the hunt for the bodies shifted to the Wessenden Moors at Meltham. David Traynor told us that he could see a stream and a wall but the reason he has never been found is because a tree has since grown over the burial site, he also said that he WILL be found soon. 0 Ian Brady was born Ian Stewart in Glasgow on January 2 1938, the illegitimate son of a waitress. Officers met with Mr Edwards yesterday evening (29th September) and he was able to locate a site of interest and provide us with further details of the work he has been carrying out. The afternoon was blisteringly hot as I stepped through the bridleway gates and began the downhill walk towards Wessenden Head Reservoir, the water body sitting at the top of the Wessenden Valley. George Oldfield, head of West Yorkshire CID, said: I can only urge them, as I have in the past, to be careful if they have to go out. A report in the Examiner said: The killer was flown to the snow-lashed moor by police helicopter as armed police sealed off all roads leading to the area. Hoe Grain, leading towards Shiny Brook, on Saddleworth Moor. Saddleworth Moor - Wikipedia I remember meeting Ian. The causes of death of the Moors Murders victims, and how the found Marsden Moor Office and Information Room, The Old Goods Yard, Station Road, Marsden, West Yorkshire, HD7 6DH 01484847016 marsdenmoor@nationaltrust.org.uk Our partners We've partnered with Cotswold Outdoor to help everyone make the most of their time outdoors in the places we care for. Cheap Wall Mirrors. The route crosses through Marsden village before following the track along the Wessenden Valley. Required fields are marked *, Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Lesley Ann Downey's body was found the day after after Pat's visit, 70 yards into Saddleworth Moor from one of the spots she had pointed out. Patty Hodges - the little girl who unintentionally helped bring the Moors Murderers to justice. %%EOF - Pauline Reade: throat cut; carotid artery and spinal cord severed, - John Kilbride: uncertain; strangulation and suffocation not excluded. Brady went on hunger strike in 1999 and, after several failed attempts to be moved to a prison, he died in Ashworth Hospital in May 2017, aged 79. His body has never been found. The body was still clothed. The Lodge used to serve rich repasts in Victorian times, even in Wainwrights day food was provided, but apparently the last tenant farmer moved out some years ago and the place is now being run as a small scale deer farm. I have done my best to exclude some of the more graphic details and the details of sexual assault that were given in confessions, but some of the information is necessary to include so you can understand the true brutality of the crimes. At the end of the 14-day trial, a jury found both guilty of the murders of Edward Evans and Lesley Ann Downey and Brady alone guilty of the murder of John Kilbride. "I have worked extremely closely with Winnie Johnson over the last two years and she has personally devoted every day of her life for the last four decades in order to give her son the proper burial that Brady and Hindley have denied him so far.". hi im trying to reply to claire G i am the person who was talking to David Traynor. At the end of the reservoir section there is a . Myra said she didn't go to his house because his mother kept her talking. When you reach Wessenden Head reservoir turn around and retrace your steps to return to Marsden. 307 0 obj <> endobj 3 March 2019. For further details, see section marked Terrain. The small bones of the feet and hands had separated. The article continued: Today more than eighty police officers were involved in the inquiry, and a Murder Control room was set up in Huddersfield. Keith was murdered 58 years ago at the age of. Required fields are marked *. Nemanja Matic left Manchester United last summer but has been keeping a close eye on his former club under their new manager. Cookie Notice In a statement today Greater Manchester Police said: We have always said that GMP would act on any significant information which may lead to the recovery of Keith and reunite him with his family. Martin King and Ian Cummins Manchester. Xavi and Mikel Arteta have given Man City the motivation they need for final nine fixtures. 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Today we remember how the Examiner reported the chilling murders carried out by the Yorkshire Ripper. 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. i have serched behind the wall near the stream sent maps to Manchester Evening News and to Winnie Johnson with no reply from either of them. West Yorkshire police said they were called around 1pm to reports of remains found at Wessenden Head Road, near Huddersfield. Police have been digging on Saddleworth Moor for murder victim Keith Bennett after reports of human remains being found. All accounts say that John was strangled - either with a length of cord or with Bradys bare hands. Moors murder hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy I recognised the voices on the tape that was played to me at the magistrates' court as those of myself, Myra and Ian Brady. These are the basics from those accounts. Whatever force had done that had taken with it the rest of the chain, which we found inside., [THIS POST WAS A REWRITE OF ONE OF THE FIRST POSTS I EVER MADE IN THIS SUBREDDIT]. Over 125,000 people are calling for Yorkshire Water to ban grouse Ian said: 'All right.' Human remains found on Lancashire Moor | UK | News | Express.co.uk In November 2002, at the age of 60, Hindley suffered a heart attack at Highpoint Prison in Suffolk and was taken to West Suffolk Hospital at Bury St Edmunds where she then developed a chest infection and died two weeks later. The body lay on its right side; the skeletal remains of the left arm were extended above the head, and the hand was missing. She said she was going to pick Ian up. My mother let me go, with it being Christmas Eve. Myra Hindley playing with her dog Puppet on/near Saddleworth Moor, c The inn was known locally as the Isle of Skye Inn because of its remoteness and scenic moorland views. The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965 To mark the Huddersfield Examiner reaching the 50,000 edition milestone on Wednesday 9 August we are running a series of nostalgia features. But Ian Brady's solicitor is reported as saying a body has been uncovered. Keiths body was tragically never found. Clegg looked at his map and noticed an area two miles away called Wessenden Head. Do you ever get that? Short brown hair was still present. They were called Puppet and Lassie. There is a very steep incline near Butterley that is challenging so be aware. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. "We have always said that GMP would act on any significant information which may lead to the recovery of Keith and reunite him with his family. Keep your eyes open and let us know at once if you see anything suspicious.. Push yourself on this 8-mile circular trail which will take you above the Wessenden Valley and show you the moorland plants and birds that make the area internationally important. in my opinion surely WH could be referring to something as simple as WATER HEIGHT!, this would make perfect sense if keith was buried near a stream, as the photos released recently suggest ,this makes further food for thought to disagree with the theory that shiny brook is the correct location. I used to go with Myra every night to the same place; this carried on until about February 1965. Keith, 12, was murdered in 1964 by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, one of five of their young. In October 1965, following their arrest for the murder of Edward Evans in Hattersley, the bodies of Lesley Ann Downey and John Kilbride were discovered buried on the moors. A little over 58 years ago, a little boy called Keith Bennett waved goodbye to his mum Winnie, and walked into an unspeakable crime. He remembered the W/H of the disposal plan and radioed through to Ashton police station. %PDF-1.6 % This walk is not suitable for wheelchairs due to the uneven terrain and some steeper sections. {4. Recently since the new search by the welsh team hit the headlines, I started re reading my copy of the book The Lost Boy by by Duncan Staff, which is all about the search for Keith.I happened to be glancing at the pictures and nearly dropped the book when i looked at the picture on page 86 top left, if anyone has a copy of this book please look closely at the tree in the background. In 1985 they admitted killing Keith and Pauline Reade, 16. Alan does not wish to be disturbed at this time and we would ask that his request for privacy is respected. The pub stood opposite the point where the Meltham and Wessenden Head Turnpike joined the Greenfield to Shepley road . They were nearer to the knee than the top of the thigh. Marsden Moor Office and Information Room, The Old Goods Yard, Station Road, Marsden, West Yorkshire, HD7 6DH. The courts sent the young Brady to Manchester to live with his mother and her new boyfriend, Patrick Brady, whose surname he would later assume. p. 269. Paulines body was almost perfectly preserved in the peat. There are a number of conflueces and waterfalls in the Holme/Rimmon/Birchen Clough areas at the head of Greenfield Brook. Home BIZARRE Car-on-snow-Wessenden-Head-Road . Approximately 4 years ago I attended an evening at the Civic Centre Uppermill the guest speaker being a famous medium called David Traynor. An author Russell Edwards reportedly alerted police after making a discovery on the moors. Interesting point Hindley didnt know the names of the locations on the moors at the time of the murders only when she was taken back!!! For the sake of prefacing any news articles yet to be published, this I would very much like to get in contact with you. The MEN understands Greater Manchester Police received new information yesterday following excavation conducted by independent archaeologists that suggested a skull appeared to have been discovered on remote land on the moors. "The area is notorious for the activities of prostitutes, and police admitted that it was the towns red-light district.. A (blood-stained) cloth was wrapped round the head and neck, and a piece of electric light cable was around the neck but not tied. )13`af4i[y@fE4NsUv^a< rcgC/0I1pt(\R:@wXH)0pC30 C\LG One shoe had fallen off; the exposed foot was better preserved than the other. even she said she was confused when taken there and brady also said it was the wrong place!! GMP Force Review Officer Martin Bottomley said: At around 11.25am on Thursday 29 September 2022, Greater Manchester Police was contacted by the representative of an author who has been researching the murder of Keith Bennett, a victim of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. He added: I cannot discount the possibility that the man we are looking for is the one responsible for other similar attacks on women in West Yorkshire over the past two-and-a-half years. The Telegraph website said that Brady's lawyer, Giovanni Di Stefano, reported that a body had been discovered by investigators following directions given by Brady. I remember that the time they made the recording I was reading from the Gorton and Openshaw Reporter of 1st January 1965; it was an account of a little girl who was missing [Lesley Ann Downey]. When i first started driving over the A635 I used to sometimes imagine keith stood in the road,the same picture as the one everyone knows with the glassess.Knowing what ahppened on the moors and being a very rational person I just put this down to auto suggestion and over time stopped seeing him.many years have now passed document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Notice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. In 1966 the Examiner reported on the trial of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in the notorious Bodies on the Moors murders. Hindley was being taken to an area stretching for hundreds of yards on either side of the road, where police have been searching for the bodies of the missing children for the past three weeks.. He said: I'll break your back if I cop you in there again. I never spoke to Myra and lan again after that. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Moors Murderer Ian Brady, who was jailed in 1966 along with his accomplice and girlfriend Myra Hindley for the murder of three children, is believed by Police to have revealed the location of the body of 12 year old victim Keith Benett in documents released to his legal advocate Jackie Powell. 7, No. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965. She had spent a quarter of a century a few inches below the surface of a patch of land that was snowbound in winter, parched in summer, soaking in spring and wind-blown in autumn. Privacy Policy. 399 0 obj <>stream In her address to todays service, Mrs Johnson, now 76, said. Shiny Brook - On the Hottest Day of the Year Enoch and his brother James ran a foundry in Marsden and developed a cropping machine that reduced the need for hand croppers in the textile mills and were central to the Luddite movement. Moorland safety advice after people have barbecue on moors. endstream endobj 308 0 obj <>/Metadata 30 0 R/OCProperties<>/OCGs[341 0 R]>>/Pages 305 0 R/StructTreeRoot 45 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 309 0 obj <>/MediaBox[0 0 595.32 841.92]/Parent 305 0 R/Resources<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 310 0 obj <>stream "We are at the very early stages of assessing the evidence which he brought to our attention, but have taken the decision to excavate an area of land with a view to determining what lies there. They snatched the child and took him to Saddleworth Moor where he was sexually abused and murdered by Brady. Police sources have said he has refused to speak to detectives, waving them away on their last visit to discuss their search of the moors. Helens body was found off Great Northern Street, behind Garrards timber yard. The cloud had lifted by this point and there were grand views across to the Black Hill and the transmitter mast. The bridleway is a rough, stony, steep track, flanked by thick patches of soft rush and tussocks of rank, purple moor grass and other coarse moorland . We welcome questions. Police have emphasised that they are in contact with Keith's brother Alan Bennett, who has devoted his life to finding his remains. Similar roadblocks were erected on the A635 on the Lancashire side of the moor. It was destroyed, no features, nothing. How do Brady and Hindley's accounts of Keith Bennett's abduction and ^ "The brother of the 'lost' Moors Murder victim on his meetings with Myra Hindley, and a life spent looking for Keith". 21st October 1965: Body of John Kilbride (12) discovered in a shallow grave near Sail Bark Moss. I did not know that the conversation was being recorded at the time. The left arm was straight and lay against the left side of the body. Shortly after I got in the house I heard the van drive off. Dogs under close control are welcome, but should be kept on leads during the bird nesting and lambing season (MarchJuly). There is a large free car park run by the local authority available near Marsden Moor Estate Office, HD7 6DH. 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Based on Bradys and Hindleys statements, possibly either manual strangulation or strangulation by ligature, - Keith Bennett: body not found; unknown. Marsden station is next to the estate office. Police called off the search in August 1987 despite not having found Keith Bennett s body. My own belief is that Brady chose to carry out the murder in this fashion due to either a conscious or unconscious reference to Fyodor Dostoevskys novel Crime and Punishment. Pin on Moors murders We went up on the moors about once or twice a week. Keith, 12, was murdered in 1964 by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, one of five of their young victims. 'Human remains' find not connected to Moors murders document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The moorland in this area does have a dark and sometimes forboding feel to it, but as a place to find solitude and feel far removed from the urban jungle of Greater Manchester it represents an excellent option.I parked in the layby at the site of what was once The Isle of Sky Inn, Black Hill lay shrouded in low cloud and the car park at Featherbed Moss had been almost invisible beneath the thick blanket of fog. I have asked for my e mail address to be forwarded to you, as they are not published along with our comments. Explore the many walking trails on Marsden Moor, try Nordic walking for fitness, or join a guided walk to learn about the landscape with a National Trust volunteer. You may also like this Waterfalls at Wessenden walk which takes you around the other side of the reservoirs to the Further along you come to Wessenden Head Reservoir. Tags: A635, Keith Bennett, Manchester Evening News, Moors Murders, Police, Saddleworth Moor, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196727/Pictured-Chilling-photos-Moors-Murderer-Myra-Hindley-standing-victims-grave.html, I have taken interest in the latest news regarding Keith Bennet and have been looking at the above link which pictures Hindley sat by a stream ,is this location Birchen Clough (near saddleworth moor) and has a search been done around this area as this picture(link below) looks similar to where Hindley is sat, whether this will help in the search for Keith Bennets Body is I do not know , Holme Cloughalso looks similar has a search been done around these areas?www.panoramio.com/photo/22803219 It was played back to me what had been recorded. and our Police sources said the discovery was not thought to be connected to the body of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett. We share information on, and host constructive discussion of, the lives and crimes of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - who abducted, raped and murdered five children between 1963 and 1965. Keiths mother died died from cancer, aged 78, in August 2012, never knowing where her sons body lay. This Victorian stone spillway, or overflow, is the only listed spillway of its kind in the country. 16th October 1965: Body of Lesley Ann Downey (10) discovered in a shallow grave on Hollin Brown Knoll. On the evening of June 16th 1964, Myra was at home in Bannock Street. The Manchester Evening News understands the location which is being combed by police will be guarded by officers throughout the night. Eighty reporters attended Dewsbury magistrates court to hear the six-minute court hearing. Alan Bennett's solicitor has just released a statement. Myra said: 'Shall we go home and get some blankets and come back for the night?' Marsden Moor is a one pawprint rated place. Keith was snatched from the street and murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. Pennine Way, Pennine Bridleway, Colne Valley Circular Walk, Standedge Trail. Pauline's body was found on Saddleworth Moor in 1987 but Keith's remains have never been recovered. It is certainly a picturesque spot to be situated.I followed the Pennine Way up Blakely Clough before striking off onto Black Moss and locating an overgrown Grouse butt to lunch in with views of the Butterly Hills and beyond. Keith, 12, was murdered in 1964 by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, one of. The trousers were pulled down to about mid-thigh position. If you would like to share an interesting story, achievement, photo or something you just want to happily shout about please send it in an email to hello@saddleworthlife.com We'd to hear from you!! We are in the very early stages of assessing the information which has been brought to our attention but have made the decision to act on it in line with a normal response to a report of this kind. Experts were at the site where the body was found, and they have begun an intensive search of the area. This could have destroyed the signs of her cause of death. Saddleworth Community Projects CIC. ': Parents' anger as they're fined 480 for taking children away during school, 'I work hard full-time and my wife works for the NHS so why cant we have that entitlement to go on a holiday? Back to Pattys evidence for the prosecution: I remember Christmas Eve, 1964. Yorkshire Ripper moved back to prison from psychiatric hospital, Former Chief Constable Keith Hellawell believes Peter Sutcliffe may have killed EIGHT more women. Saddleworth Moor and the area around will, unfortunately, be forever connected with the Moors murders. I saw a tape recorder in the house. 'Remains found on Saddleworth Moor' | UK | News - Express look forward to being in touch, Clare. As such, we have informed his brother of the potential development - he does not wish to be contacted at this time and asks that his privacy is respected.. One group stood with a makeshift noose and a placard demanding the death penalty.. When the police first began investigating the moor as a potential site, they took Patty - who was only 12 at the time - with them, and her recollections of certain spots she visited with Brady and Hindley played a huge help in locating the graves of Lesley Ann Downey and John Kilbride - I believe her recollections were even more useful than the ones of David and Maureen Smith in this regard. He had been lured into the house by Hindley on Brady's request. It was built just after 1829 and was named as the Wessenden Head Inn, at the time reputed to be the highest inn in Yorkshire (Tan Hill later had, and still has that title). In fact, the only victim that we know was strangled to death was John Kilbride (Edward Evans was also strangled, but he died from axe blows), and even then we only know this because of Brady and Hindleys accounts after they confessed in the mid-1980s.
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