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The Moors Murders

09/10/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Moors Murders

In 1965, Britain was shocked by a series of child murders in Manchester

In 1965, Britain was shocked by a series of child murders.The victims had been buried on remote moorland in the north of England

in 1965, Britain was shocked by a series of child murders. The children had been killed by a young couple, Ian Brady and his girlfriend Myra Hindley. They buried their victims in remote moorland in the north of England.
Photo: Police and volunteers search for bodies on Saddleworth Moor in October 1965. (AP Photo)

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