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The mother of 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey watches police search Saddleworth Moor for her daughter's body, 1965 (Getty Images) Further up, the car passes some ragged rocks jutting skyward.
Body on the Moor A body. No-one knows who he is. And there’s poison. Inside the police investigation.
On 12 December 2015, a man’s body was found by a moorland track on Saddleworth Moor in northern England. He had nothing on him showing his identity. No-one knew who he was. And he had died from ...
Alan Bennett, whose 12-year-old brother Keith was murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, has revealed he has read the first ...
The body camera video shows Jamhal Latimer, the leader of the Rise of the Moors, dressed in camouflage, wearing a bulletproof vest, and carrying a high-powered rifle.
OF ALL the serial killers and mass murderers who have blighted Britain’s history, Ian Brady is considered by many to be the ...
The ghost of a child walked the bleak Yorkshire moors last week, just as did that of Cathy Linton in Emily Bronte’s novel of a century ago. This time the child was real, and murdered. The body ...
We spoke to 'The Moor' writer Paul Thomas and director Chris Cronin about crafting a truly Northern tale, the film’s Jaws moment, and more.
A 49-year-old woman had to be rescued from Bodmin moor after taking a "awkward stumble". East Cornwall Search and Rescue Team said it was called to assist a woman with a suspected fractured ankle ...
In British director Chris Cronin’s feature debut, the titular moor is not just of geographical significance. Its muddy bogs and treacherous peat marshes have absorbed — and are threatening to ...
On 12 December 2015 this man was found dead, having travelled 200 miles to a remote hillside to die. But who was he? Six months ago BBC Radio 4's Jon Manel investigated the case, but the identity ...