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10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

The Horrors of Cromwell Street: Fred and Rose West

10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Joe Kuner

Entertainment News, True Crime, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The Horrors of Cromwell Street: Fred and Rose West

What happens when one of the most notorious killer couples in history turns on each other? In this episode, we’re diving into the shocking, twisted world of Fred and Rose West. From Fred’s dark childhood to the horrifying crimes they committed together on Cromwell Street, we’re unpacking all the gruesome details. We’ll take you through their disturbing secrets, Fred’s chilling confession, and how Rose coldly betrayed him in the end. Think you know this story? Think again—this is one of the most disturbing true crime cases to ever come out of the UK.


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0:00.0

What happens when love turns into something far more sinister?

0:08.4

Today we're diving into the disturbing world of Fred and Rose West, a couple whose horrific

0:14.3

crimes shocked Britain. Fred's violent upbringing and dark secrets set the stage for a life of unimaginable cruelty.

0:22.6

And when Rose entered the picture, things only got worse.

0:26.6

Together they unleashed horrors behind closed doors that would span decades,

0:31.6

leaving a trail of victims and a legacy of fear.

0:35.6

But in the end, it wasn't just their crimes that shocked the world.

0:39.5

It was their betrayal of each other.

0:42.2

Let's unravel the terrifying story of Fred and Rose West.

0:46.7

Welcome to 10-minute murder.

1:02.4

If looks can kill, then what can a cold and very public dismissal do?

1:08.2

That was the question a husband facing his wife in the British courts would find out in the mid-1990s. The man himself was Frederick Walter Stephen West, otherwise known as Fred West.

1:15.9

He was born on the 29th of September 1941 on a farm in Herefordshire.

1:21.9

With a name like that, I don't have to tell you it's England.

1:24.8

His parents were Walter Stephen West and Daisy Hannah Hill, and he was

1:29.4

born into a world of extremes. On one side was his father, a cold and strict disciplinarian.

1:37.7

And on the other side was his mother, a woman forever changed by the grief of losing other children

1:43.0

before she would have Fred. This made her

1:46.1

an overly cautious and protective woman and one who would spoil her surviving children. But Fred

1:52.8

had a very special place in her heart. He was her favorite child, the apple of her eye. Fred

1:59.7

found it easier and more fulfilling to stay at home with

2:02.5

her than he did going to school, where he achieved poor grades and had no friends. He actually left

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