There was a deep cut across the front of the throat and the coat collar, with its lining, had been pushed into the wound. This is a local news site for Saddleworth, not a website purely about Keith Bennett, although inevitably there is the odd article on here about Keith. The pub stood opposite the point where the Meltham and Wessenden Head Turnpike joined the Greenfield to Shepley road . Brady initially claimed W/H stood for Woodhead, which is nowhere near Saddleworth Moor. Alan Bennett's solicitor has just released a statement. 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. I did not see either Ian or Myra on Boxing Day. The soil in the region was apparently more sandy than in the grave on the opposite side of the road already investigated (i.e. The gran also lived at No 16; she was called Mrs Maybury. Alan does not wish to be disturbed at this time and we would ask that his request for privacy is respected. Find out where you can walk your dog and the guidance to follow at different times of the year when walking near livestock and nesting birds. The slaughter of five children between 1963 and 1965 by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley shocked the nation. %%EOF entering the moors on the opposite side of the road, it fits perfectly to be holme/rimmon/birchen clough down to greenfield BROOK ( a mirror image of hoe grain to shiny brook etc ) including waterfall etc. 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. Half adozen trips later and always in the same place it isnt funny anymore,its very spooky. The body lay on its right side; the skeletal remains of the left arm were extended above the head, and the hand was missing. Privacy Policy. Pen and Sword. About two months ago whilst driving back from Holmfirth as i passed the Ford pub and started to head over the moors I saw an orange arrow in the sky pointing down with the word HERE It felt abit like one of those maps that says you are here very strange and quite funny (at first) International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, Vol. At the end of the reservoir section there is a . Patty Hodges - the little girl who unintentionally helped bring the Moors Murderers to justice. Above ground this is among the harshest landscapes in Britain. It was played back to me what had been recorded. Her body was naked, and her clothes were found buried at her feet. Their victims were Pauline Reade (16), John Kilbride (12), Keith Bennett (12), Lesley Ann Downey (10) and Edward Evans (17). The right forearm was folded across the chest and was under the body. The official cause of of death was established as cerebral contusion and hemorrhage due to fracturing of the skull due to blows to the head from a hatchet (Edward was struck fourteen times in total by Brady - using both the blade of the hatchet and the flat side of it) - accelerated by strangulation by ligature. Required fields are marked *, Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I recognised the voices on the tape that was played to me at the magistrates' court as those of myself, Myra and Ian Brady. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. (picture: Geograph/John Fielding). The moor was the burial site of at least four victims of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, the Moors murderers. Myra took some sandwiches. I have asked for my e mail address to be forwarded to you, as they are not published along with our comments. Also if Hindleys map is TURNED UPSIDE DOWN down i.e. This is in spite of the pathologists conclusion that Lesley was not strangled, but even upon hearing that re-iterated to him Brady stuck by his version of events. Past searches for Keiths body have concentrated on the area around the streams known as Hoe Grain and Shiny Brook. I had some of the wine. "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. Ian helped a group of 12 of us with varying levels of fitness negotiate the Yorkshire three peaks in a decent time. In today's Mancunian Way, we're discussing the news that police are digging on Saddleworth Moor for Keith Bennett after remains were found in the areaSign up to read the newsletter here: https://t.co/nJa8Agm1wDAll the latest on the story is here:https://t.co/WC8sHKO7VM, Police have confirmed that excavation has stopped for today but it will resume in the morning. Cheap Wall Mirrors. 1st July 1987 - Pauline Reade (16)s body is discovered on Hollin Brown Knoll, Saddleworth Moor. They took wine with them nearly every time. On two occasions I went for walks on the moor with Ian and Myra. 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. Visit website Wessenden Head Moor The first part of the return route heads north-west off the hill, following the original line of the Pennine Way across 2 miles (3 kilometres) of very . John Ainley said: "I have spoken to my client, Alan Bennett, concerning the reported development in the search for his brother Keith Bennett. They buried four of their five young victims on Saddleworth Moor, but Keiths body has never been found. Saddleworth Moor and the area around will, unfortunately, be forever connected with the Moors murders. They had all been murdered during 1963 and 1964. National Cycle Network route 68 and Pennine Bridleway. Police have emphasised that they are in contact with Keith's brother Alan Bennett, who has devoted his life to finding his remains. She later testified as a witness for the prosecution at trial - Ive typed her entire evidence up because it is really interesting: I am twelve. Winnie Johnson told a memorial service for Keith at Manchester Cathedral that she will never rest until she can give him a proper funeral. if im right its simple and works.also it gives a location for keith. A theory (which was discussed at trial) is that Lesley was smothered as either Brady or Hindley put their hand over her nose whilst she had the gag in. Keith, 12, was murdered in 1964 by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, one of. Today we remember how the Examiner reported the chilling murders carried out by the Yorkshire Ripper "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. I had some whisky, some gin and some wine. May 17, 2017. Clegg looked at his map and noticed an area two miles away called Wessenden Head. John and Edith Evans, the bereaved parents of 17-year-old Edward Evans - the final victim of the Moors Murders - pictured in Hyde (during day 5 of the committal hearings against Ian Brady and Myra . When we got there on the first occasion, we just sat in the van; it was light, and we just sat there talking. Myra suggested I should go with her down Longsight. This is the main Wessenden Valley track that goes up the Wessenden Valley, eventually emerging on the Wessenden Head Road near its junction with the A635. Also Brady was trying to locate the lightning struck tree on the moors when supposedly helping with the search, incidentally this is located between the cotton famine road and upperwood quarry (not far from hollin brown knoll) i dont for one moment imagine keith is buried there he had no intention of giving away the true location, he still has control whilst he remains undiscovered, however i do believe he wanted to find the tree to use as a vantage point to look down on the true site to make sure it was still undisturbed. Greater Manchester officers have been actively searching for Keith's body for the past three years. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. (Hindley referred to the Gorton and Openshaw Reporter). Our report of May 7 1966 said: The Judge told Brady: These were three calculated, cruel, cold-blooded murders, and in your case, I pass the only sentence which the law now allows., He told Hindley: You have been found guilty of two equally horrible murders.. (information gathered for the below post originated on my side from the trial transcript, Carol Ann Lees One of Your Own and Geoffrey Garrett and Andrew Notts Cause of Death), 7th October 1965: Body of Edward Evans (17) discovered in Hindleys spare bedroom at 16 Wardle Brook Avenue, Hyde, upon the arrest of Brady for the murder. She said she was going to pick Ian up. )(&xJ^yJ +RWGsHFZM:EziD>ik~3HsiSK I cut down to Shiny Brook in the sunshine thoughts of ghosts and bad deeds far from my mind and followed the line of the stream down to the reservoir where The Pennine Way led me back towards my car. Mr Di Stefano is quoted as saying that a forensic archaeologist is involved. The 12-year-old boy, ushered along by his mother, walked across Stockport Road in Longsight but never made it to his gran's house. Keep your eyes open and let us know at once if you see anything suspicious.. The body lay at a depth of approximately twelve to eighteen inches. The Moors Murders were one of, if not the most high profile murder cases in Britain in the 20 th Century. It's an horrific crime that still resonates today. I was at 16 Wardle Brook Avenue that evening. West Yorkshire police said they were called around 1pm to reports of remains found at Wessenden Head Road, near Huddersfield. 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The article continued: Today more than eighty police officers were involved in the inquiry, and a Murder Control room was set up in Huddersfield. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Ive just spent a couple of hours on google earth,OS maps,etc and was stunned to find the area is actually Wessenden Head where I belive the search for KB is going on. Saddleworth Community Projects CIC. It was further secured by two loops of cord which kept the neck bent forward towards the knees; these cords passed round the neck and were attached to the other two cords which bound the legs and arms. 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. Police have been digging on Saddleworth Moor for murder victim Keith Bennett after reports of human remains being found. Try this exhilarating 10 mile circular walk, a large part of it on the Pennine Way, exploring the varied landscapes of Marsden Moor. 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. She was friendly with the couple (Hindley even gifted her one of David Smiths dogs puppies), and was taken by them on numerous trips to Saddleworth Moor throughout the latter part of 1964 and early into 1965. This stopped in February 1965 because two girls - they were twins - came to live near us, and I started going around with them. Beautiful waterfall en route and you might even spot some deer. February 1978. and our Cookie Notice Cookie Notice Reports of todays memorial service can be viewed at the Manchester Evening News website here, and at the BBC here. Ian Brady, child killer on Saddleworth Moor, where he attempted to pinpointed the peat bog graves of newly confessed victims Keith Bennett and Pauline Reade, 4th July 1987. Has anyone the exact location where the bodies were buried please.? I had no drink after my mother came to the house. The microbes only got the opportunity to begin their work when we got Pauline out of her makeshift tomb., Underneath the collar of the cardigan was a small section of gold chain, broken off from the rest of its length. His body has yet to be found. Required fields are marked *. Police have been digging on Saddleworth Moor for murder victim Keith Bennett after reports of human remains being found. Natural causes could unfortunately not be excluded either. Have they SEaRCHED Far RouGH Clogh area>>>> OSGB SE 03200 06000 area yet? 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 Keith was just 12 when he was murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964. David Kirwan, the solicitor acting for Keith's mother Winnie Johnson, said police had not been in touch about any discovery. This happened about ten times, sometimes in the day and sometimes at night. The murders, named after the Yorkshire Moors where the victims' bodies were buried, stuck fast to the public consciousness. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. It was given to me sometimes by Myra and sometimes by Brady. On July 1 1987, after more than 100 days of searching, police found the body of Pauline Reade buried three feet below the surface, around 100 yards from the place where the body of Lesley Ann Downey had been found. David Smith - Hindley's 17-year-old brother-in-law - unwittingly witnessed the last murder, which took place on 6th October 1965 in the couple's living room that they shared with Hindley's grandmother. His body has never been found. 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. Strangulation by ligature excluded, despite what Brady and Hindley claimed. Take a short, linear walk along the Huddersfield narrow canal leading to a picturesque picnic spot at Eastergate packhorse bridge. 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. First off, I need to address that many reports incorrectly state that Brady and Hindley strangled all of their victims to death. 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. From the prep emails to the pint at the end Ian kept the whole group in check and ensured we all got round without an issue. Follow the road past the church and go straight ahead onto Fall Lane. In 1985 they admitted killing Keith and Pauline Reade, 16. It also made it impossible to rule out natural causes as a cause of death (although this is obviously not the case - the other evidence from the case confirms that she was murdered). endstream endobj startxref 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. The helicopterlanded on the main A635 Holmfirth to Greenfield Road near the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, and a convoy of police vehicles then drove further on to the moor. In order to submit a comment to this post, please write this code along with your comment: fa7a3fef1ba9c79a5bd913355244e293. There are a number of conflueces and waterfalls in the Holme/Rimmon/Birchen Clough areas at the head of Greenfield Brook. Both Hindley and Brady declared Shiney Brook to be the wrong place when they were taken there. For further details, see section marked Access. This moderate linear walk takes you up Marsden Moor's Wessenden Valley. Back to Pattys evidence for the prosecution: I remember Christmas Eve, 1964. A spokesman said it was not clear whether the remains were human, adding: "Inquiries are on-going.". There were occasions when they brought soil back from the moors. This walk is not suitable for wheelchairs due to the uneven terrain and some steeper sections. ^ "The brother of the 'lost' Moors Murder victim on his meetings with Myra Hindley, and a life spent looking for Keith". She was probably killed in the spare bedroom. There are certain indications that it could be linked.. Sutcliffe was found guilty in May 1981 of murdering 13 women and jailed for life. The judge described him as an unusually dangerous man. ISBN 978-1-399-09878-6. It was about 11.30 pm when Myra called to ask if I could go out on to the moors. It is uncertain where on the moor Edward would have been buried - the theory is somewhere closer to Wessenden Head Moor (which neighbours Saddleworth Moor) due to the "W/H" abbreviation found on the murder and burial plan. Brady died, aged 79, in Ashworth Hospital on May 15 this year. and our hb```a``b`e`Qea@ s\ r3Y)(0p``5L#&Ozp b5O2YCQ |, (X;bhv(ghbeH E When I went to the house I think there were two dogs. Brady claimed manual strangulation. According to Geoffrey Garrett and Andrew Nott (pathologists): We learned quite a lot about what happened to Pauline in the hours when she was at the mercy of the Moors Murderers, those last hours of her life. Do you want to read the Reporter? "The area is notorious for the activities of prostitutes, and police admitted that it was the towns red-light district.. TRIGGER WARNING: This post discusses autopsy results in detail. 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]. Do you ever get that? my method places the 3 known graves within a few feet.its backed up by things myra said and pics from the time and some logic. Mirror Ceiling. The legs and arms were kept in position by two cords. I used to go with Myra every night to the same place; this carried on until about February 1965. Twenty years later, in December 1986, Hindley was taken from Cookham Wood Prison in Kent to desolate Saddleworth Moor to help find the bodies of the missing children. 16th October 1965: Body of Lesley Ann Downey (10) discovered in a shallow grave on Hollin Brown Knoll. ': 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? 4, April 2017, Cultural Representations of the Moors Murderers and Yorkshire Ripper Cases, 'Drowning in Here in His Bloody Sea' : Exploring TV Cop Drama's, Dead Cities, Crows, the Rain and Their Ripper, the Yorkshire Ripper: the Red Riding Novels (1974, 1977, 1980, 1983) of David Peace As Lieux DHorreur ______, University of Birmingham Foucault and True Crime. When you reach Wessenden Head reservoir turn around and retrace your steps to return to Marsden. h{k$_)`HMBhFvGm_8'YYiY3H&3H8r]qCb)z;)YD]h>>viy .MA;=9E}_MbyX^~`?c'k~L/*MUZK}Pb{F1gBmm\DCU:Ej `2Pd! tanglewood middle school yearbook wessenden head moors murders. Hindley swayed forward a little and closed her eyes when sentenced, the Examiner reported. For further details, see section marked Facilities. From Marsden station head down Station Road turning right to cross the bridge over the river and onto Church Lane. A moderate circular walk that starts along the canal towpath before gently contouring around the sides of Pule Hill. I would very much like to get in contact with you. A polythene sheet lay outside this, and was itself covered by a grey blanket. "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. She was one of at least three children who they took up there for visits, although she was the only one who served as a witness for the prosecution at trial. 14 2 r/MoorsMurders A spokesman said it was not clear whether the remains were human,. Myra then drove me back home. For more information, please see our Her cause of death was a laceration to the throat that severed the carotid artery, and the fatal wound penetrated so deep into her neck that her spinal cord was severed and she was almost decapitated. One group stood with a makeshift noose and a placard demanding the death penalty.. For further details, see section marked Terrain. The suspected remains were found during an independent search, before being reported to Greater Manchester Police. Shortly after I got in the house I heard the van drive off. She was the first of three victims whose bodies were eventually found buried there. In most articles and write-ups on the case, Lesleys cause of death was listed as strangulation, but in actual fact it was impossible to determine Lesleys cause of death. Keith, 12, was murdered in 1964 by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, one of five of their young victims. Various shops in Marsden village (not National Trust). This track is uneven underfoot, and peters out to a footpath once you reach Wessenden Reservoir. 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. I just wanted to let you know. 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.