The Moors Murders - Part 3
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🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were arrested following the murder of Edward Evans. During the investigation, the police uncovered incriminating evidence that linked the pair to the disappearance of several missing children. Investigators spent days exhaustively searching Saddleworth Moor for the remains of the dearly missed youngsters. On the final day of the search, an officer stumbled upon a makeshift grave… (Part 3 of 6).
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of sexual violence. |
| 0:14.7 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:19.2 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:26.0 | Ian Brady and Myra Hinley were arrested following the murder of Edward Evans. |
| 0:32.4 | During the investigation, the police uncovered incriminating evidence that linked the pair |
| 0:37.1 | to the disappearance of several |
| 0:38.9 | missing children. Investigators spent days exhaustively searching Saddleworth more for the remains |
| 0:46.0 | of the dearly missed youngsters. On the final day of the search, an officer stumbled upon a makeshift grave. |
| 0:54.1 | The evil couple may never have been caught if it had not been for the the search and officer stumbled upon a makeshift grave. |
| 1:00.3 | The evil couple may never have been caught if it had not been for the brutal killing of 17-year-old Edward Evans. |
| 1:01.5 | In front of Hindley's brother-in-law, David Smith, he was hacked to death with a rusty axe. |
| 1:06.4 | Brady struck him 14 times. |
| 1:08.4 | Hindley cleaned up the blood. |
| 1:09.7 | They wrapped the mutilated trussed up |
| 1:11.7 | body in polythene, carried it upstairs and covered it in a blanket. Back downstairs, Hindley made a |
| 1:17.1 | pot of tea and talked matter-of-factly about the look in Evans's eye as the first blow was struck. |
| 1:22.2 | David Smith wondered if he would get out of the house alive. He woke up his wife Maureen and |
| 1:26.7 | told her what had happened. |
| 1:29.0 | Welcome to Season 10, Episode 51 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:39.0 | Please listen to Season 10 episodes 49 and 50 for parts one and two of this six-part case. |
| 1:46.9 | The fourth installment will be available next week. |
| 1:56.1 | In his book, if only, Leslie And Downey's brother Terry recalled that the family had been sitting |
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