The Moors Murders - Part 6
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🗓️ 24 December 2025
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The recent confessions of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady aided Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Topping in narrowing down a renewed search of Saddleworth Moor. Just as Greater Manchester CID came under fire for what was believed to be a waste of time and resources, they made a discovery… (Part 6 of 6).
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes, profanity and descriptions of sexual violence. |
| 0:14.8 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:19.5 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:25.1 | The recent confessions of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady |
| 0:29.3 | aided Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Topping in narrowing down a renewed search |
| 0:34.9 | of Saddleworthmore. |
| 0:37.4 | Just as Greater Manchester CID came under fire for what was believed to be a waste of time and resources, |
| 0:44.6 | they made a discovery. |
| 0:46.5 | The horror of the 1960s crimes had been revived seven months ago after the mother of one of the missing children wrote to Myra Hindley. |
| 0:54.6 | Hindley was flown here from jail to help detectives. |
| 0:58.5 | It understood that in this and a subsequent secret visit, she identified two likely |
| 1:03.7 | areas for searching. |
| 1:06.4 | Welcome to Season 10, Episode 54 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:16.7 | Please listen to Season 10, episodes 49 to 53 for the earlier parts of this six-part case. |
| 1:37.2 | During Myra Hinley's confession about Pauline Reed's murder, she divulged that she had seen Pauline's body lying on grass, which indicated to DCS topping that it was |
| 1:43.0 | further into the moors than they had initially assumed. |
| 1:47.3 | Hindley had also mentioned seeing the rocks of Holland Brown Null situated against the night sky |
| 1:53.2 | as she waited for Brady to return. The search team began concentrating on the grassy parts of the |
| 2:00.5 | area with rocks still in view. |
| 2:03.7 | Shortly before 3pm on July 1, 1987, one of the police officers spotted a patch of vegetation |
| 2:11.1 | that looked slightly different from the rest. After some careful excavation, a white stiletto shoe was unearthed. |
| 2:20.7 | More soil was cleared and it became apparent that they had found another body. |
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