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Two decades after Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were convicted of killing three children and burying two of them on Saddleworth More.

Ian Brady made a confession that reopened the case.

Brutal child killer Ian Brady left Saddleworth Moore just over an hour ago after spending his

first day out of confinement for more than 20 years. A frail figure dressed in black, handcuffed

to two police officers. The 48-year-old murderer had been brought under armed guard to the

site where he and his evil lover, Myra Hindley, buried the tortured bodies of their child

victims almost a quarter of a century ago. Welcome to Season 10, Episode 53 of They Walk

Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.

Please listen to Season 10 episodes 49 to 52 for the earlier parts of this six-part case.

The final instalment will be available in three days.

Ian Brady's time behind bars seemed less eventful than Myra Hinley's stint inside, at least according to the press.

Brady had effectively cut off all communication with the outside world, including

his mother. However, in 1984, he began writing to a journalist with the Sunday people.

Reporter Fred Harrison later recalled seeing Brady for the first time in Garthry prison.

It was a shock. Ian Brady looked like an old man of 70. He was stoop-shouldered. His cheeks were shrunken and his clothes were draped on skin

and bone. The hand I shook was devoid of flesh, turning long fingers into talons.

His hair still retained some of its vigor of youth, but otherwise there was no sign of life

in the man.

Years of sporadic hunger strikes and deteriorating mental health had taken their toll on Brady,

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