Correspondence that has been seen by The Times — after being opened and placed in the National Archives at Kew —also reveals that the pair took a piece of stone from a witch memorial in Perthshire as a macabre souvenir.

There is a LOT of Yorkshire slang and dialect with the dialogue in this book, it adds authenticity but some will struggle to grasp it. They also took numerous photographs and audio tapes of the murders which helped the police find the graves.Burton's professional stage debut had been in Williams' play "Druid's Rest," and Emyln Williams' son 'Brook Williams' became one of his life-long friends. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. Firstly I thought this was above all a very respectful and thoughtful telling of the worst kind of crime imaginable, any crime against children by adults is unforgivable and should be met with the harshest rulings available but in my opinion I also think those punishments should fit the crime. I have read a bit about this case before but I still find it hard to read about it in detail, due to the nature of the crimes.

Later though, they got together, never marrying, and embarking on a career of drinking and starting to indulge in their sadistic tendencies. For those interested in the case, I highly recommend checking out Casefile's three episodes series on Spotify, which accounts for everything, is perfectly scripted and incredibly respectful of the victims. I was fascinated by the similarities in the couple’s upbringing, and how both Myra and her sister Maureen, seemed to fall for similar men (although Maureen’s husband was responsible for turning the couple in to the police, he played a role in the murder of the final victim).There have been lots of books about the Moors Murderers, and this one covers the subject very well with plenty of photographs, some allegedly previously unseen. Mr Cooks book packed as it is with court transcripts, police interviews, parole service documents, psychiatric reports and more paints a picture of a woman who knew exactly what she was doing.

To any would be authors thinking of attempting a book on the same subject – stop right here and save yourself the bother – because it’s just been perfected.I can usually stomach a lot of stupid shit, honestly, and I realize that with true crime, it’s really hard to omit details when it comes to some of these cases, because they are relevant to the whole…picture you’re trying to paint while recounting the cases. I also found myself questioning where some information were, tiny details that, while unimportant in the grand scheme of things, were presented in other mediums I consumed and weren't here. Many years ago I went through a fairly brief interest in reading about high profile murders including these.

It proves beyond question that the parents of the victims were right all along in their claims about Hindley's part in the murders. Don't read this - hugely outdated as it was written before two of the murders were known about so it's not comprehensive.

People talked about how great she was with kids, how much kids loved her, parents loved her, she babysat for free!