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In most weddings, couples vow to be together until death do us part.

But for Fred and Rose West, it was a murder that made their marriage possible.

31-year-old Fred West married 19-year-old Rosemary Letts on January 29th, 1972 at the Gloucester Register Office in Cheltenham, England.

On the surface, Fred and Rose looked like any other young in-love couple excited to tie the knot.

But their life as a married couple held dark secrets.

In their 15 year marriage, Fred and Rose West worked in tandem to sexually assault and then murder over a dozen women.

Among those victims were their own children. Hi, I'm Greg Polson, and this is Serial Killers. Today we're going to take a deep dive into the lives of Fred and Rose West.

In the 1970s and 80s, these two married serial killers murdered at least 12 people. In the basement of their home they'd rape and

torture young women before finally killing them. They killed hitchhikers, runaways,

and their own children. I'm here with my co-host Vanessa Richardson.

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Twitter at Parcast Network. Rose began her relationship with Fred when she was just 15 years old.

They met at a Cheltenham bus stop in 1969.

From the onset, their relationship faced disapproval from her family.

Rose's parents, Daisy and Bill Letts,

disliked Fred and didn't trust him.

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