The Moors Murders: Brady & Hindley - Hunting for the Lost Children | A True Story

A True Story November 18, 2025
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Former Met detective Jackie Malton—the real-life inspiration for Prime Suspect—revisits Britain’s most haunting case: the Moors Murders. From the bleak expanse of Saddleworth Moor, Jackie retraces how a routine search became a national horror, hearing first-hand from the young constable who discovered Lesley Ann Downey’s body, a childhood friend who knew Myra Hindley before Ian Brady, and senior detectives who later brought the killers back to the moor in the search for the missing. With expert insight from forensic psychologists, the episode explores coercive control, the pair’s folie à deux, the manipulation behind their crimes, and the unresolved pain of families—especially in the continued search for Keith Bennett. A stark, sensitive look at evil, evidence, and the fight to bring children home. #atruestory #realprimesuspect

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