But Hindley had made repeated attempts to win parole, and had a vested interest in trying to downplay her role in the killings and paint herself as one of Brady's victims in her own right.
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Alan Bennett writes to Hindley: "I do not seek revenge for Keith In a second letter, dated October , Mr Bennett writes to Hindley: "It is up to you now that the objections and excuses given to us in the past have been pushed aside.
In her will, Hindley asks to have Adagio by Albinoni played at her funeral. The song was also played at Princess Diana's funeral - more than two years before the will was written on January 12, Michael Teader and for my ashes to be disposed of at his discretion. Furthermore, I would like Albinoni's Adagio to be played during my cremation, and would like Masses to be offered for the repose of my soul. Nina Wilde's handwritten letter is undated.
It is accompanied by a letter from Hindley to a person named Sam in which she described Wilde as "part of my being; in my blood and even in the marrow of my bones". But Hindley writes in a defeated tone because she fears Sam is in a relationship with Wilde - and says she is "completely out of her life". If they get together, I'll have to sever all contact with both of them. I just couldn't cope. Wilde had earlier written to Hindley: "I'm sorry I haven't written to you sooner.
I received the money thank you - I'll choose a radio soon. It doesn't ever stop, does it? The papers have been acquired by the Crime Through Time museum at Littledean Jail in Gloucestershire, where they will go on display this weekend Sep Andy Jones, 56, curator and owner of the macabre attraction, said: "Myra Hindley clearly sees herself as the victim. Brady and Hindley were as evil as each other.
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Recommended What makes a serial killer tick. Brady claimed that he strangled him with his bare hands. On June 16, , they abducted twelve-year-old Keith Bennett while he was on his way to his grandmother and killed him.
He was never seen again. On December 26, Boxing Day, the same year, they visited a fairground and abducted ten-year-old Lesley Ann Downey by asking her to help carry some packages they were carrying. They brought her to their home, undressed her and forced her to pose nude for photos. She was then raped and killed by one of them, the torture being recorded on tape, and buried on the Saddleworth Moor. Her body wasn't found until ten months later.
David Smith, the husband of Hindley's younger sister, Maureen, was present, but was allowed to live. After helping them clean up, he went home to his wife and they called the police.
They investigated the apartment immediately and found Evans' body wrapped in a blanket and the axe used to kill him. Brady was arrested and tried to blame Smith.
When the apartment was searched again on October 15, the police found the photos of Lesley Ann Downey and the tape recording, which had Brady and Hindley's voices on it as well as Downey's, as well as a notebook with John Kilbride's name in it and a photograph of Hindley standing on his grave.
As evidence against them piled up, Brady and Hindley kept trying to place the blame on David Smith. Their trial began on April 27, and ended with both of them being found guilty of murder Brady for all three counts, Hindley for two counts and then guilty of accessory to murder in the case of John Kilbride.
Luckily for them, England had abolished capital punishment just a few weeks before their arrest and they were sentenced to life in prison. In , Brady confessed to the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett and the investigation was reopened. Both were taken to the Moor by the searchers to show where the bodies had been buried.
Keith Bennett's body, however, has never been found. In , Hindley died of bronchial pneumonia at the age of In , Brady died of unspecified chest and lung conditions at the age of Brady and Hindley abducted their victims, who were boys and girls aged , with simple ruses. After forcing them into their car, Brady would rape them with the exception of their last victim, Edward Evans and then kill them, either by strangling them with a piece of string possibly a shoelace or by slashing their throats.
The bodies were then buried on the Saddleworth Moor. Before killing Lesley Ann Downey, they forced her to pose for photos and even tape-recorded her torture. When they killed Edward Evans, Brady beat him to death with an ax and then strangled him with an electrical cord post-mortem.
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