See no Evil

[Mick]

Did anyone see the first part of this 2 -part Drama last night
The MOORS Murders
I can Remember this happening in the 60s
Do you think they had a far trial ?
Did they get what they deserved?
Would Hindly have been that Evil if she had not met Brady?

second part on ITV 1 at 9pm
If you want to read the full story try this link

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_k...s/index_1.html

[Madhatter]

Ys I watched some of it. He's potrayed as a snappy, nasty piece of work.
good filming, good opening scene, suprised theres anywhere lefty that they could film and make it look like it was the 60's. Although I'm sure they didn't have yellow plastic gas pipes back then.
Wish tv would have more of these sorts of things on, instead of soaps soaps and soaps with repeats inbetween, I might actually get of the pc to watch them if they did.

[jimmi5bellies]

Yes, i watched it and looking forward to part 2 tonight. Even though it portrays Brady as being the more evil of the two, wasnt it Hindly that suggested using her sisters pram to move the body of that man.

Knowing her sisters baby had died, and that she was pregnant again to even think of using that pram just showed how evil she was herself.

[Less]

Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

using that pram just showed how evil she was herself.

Maybe she thought she was doing bradey a favour most women would have left him to struggle, "Careful how you carry that body Ian I don't want you to hurt yourself! Here see if it will fit in this pram."

[Tealeaf]

Being otherwise engaged, I did not see last night's programme; nor have I any intention of watching tonight. However, a long time ago I read the court transcripts and even before then I have childhood recollections of the grim story unfolding.

I certainly have no truck with this notion that Hindley was the "least evil" of the two; they were both of sound mind and both knew exactly what they were doing. But whereas Brady has always admitted full culpability, Hindley played the "Society is to blame" card. For the last 15 years of her life she was involved in a series of attempts for early release, ranging from petitions to 'friendships' with that gullible crackpot, Lord Longford. Thank god she died a miserable, cancerous death, still locked up.

[SPUGGIE J]

As a program it had no appeal to me though it was on a set of actual events and is part of our history. Dosent matter wether they were evil, warped sadistic or ill in the head they knew what they were doing and paid the price for that end of story. If either of them had been released there would have been unbounded puplic outrage and it would have sent the signal to all others living and dining at Her Majisteys Pleasure an excuse to try and attain release, Sutcliffe Krays Neilson West etc.

[cashman]

agree wholeheartdly with tealeaf just sorry i can,t give you karma, hindley was one of the most evil bitches ever to breathe. i was going to watch it then chickened out,it upset me to much first time round.

[pendy]

Didn't see the programme, but some year back read the book "Beyond Belief", which is the factual account of the Moors murders. Hindley was evil, there is no doubt. Proof of that, beyond what they did, is that they have never revealed whether or not they killed that poor little lad whose mother still doesn't konw what happened to him. It's odds on they did, but neither has ever revealed where he is buried. They got caught only because they made the mistake of involving Hindley's brother in law at their last murder. As soon as he left their house, he called the police. They would have carried on their foul "leisure activities" otherwise.

If Hindley had ever been let out, there would have been a queue, and I (though usually a peaceful sort) would have been well to the front. Perhaps we should have let her out before she died, then she would perhaps have realised just how normal people felt about her (shortly before being torn to pieces, of course).

[mrskitty]

Hindley was at the prison my grandad worked at where i did my work experience as a teen (she had left by then) and although i have the common interest (an interest i dont understand) in these cases i disagree with you hatter(which i dont often-promise!) at wanting to watch more documentaries about these people as in my opinion it glamourises(sp?) it.I think the odd programme is okay but too often and it just makes them into 'stars'.

[grannyclaret]

I taped last nights and its set to tape tonights,
They along with Peter Sucliffe and Fred West were absolutely evil

[chav1]

every 5 years or so these two get publicity either in the paper or on TV and the usual old interviews with the poor parents are thrust into our faces reminding us of what we already know that mira hindley and ian bradey are evil scum

unless teh familys of the poor children that were murdered are paid each time these shows are aired or the subject printed in the papers i say these skumbags should be left to rot and forgotten about and not constantly have reminders of what happened thrust into the faces of teh poor families concerned

just another example of easy TV show making and how to make some fast cash at others expense

[Tealeaf]

We should remind ourselves that messrs. Hindley & Brady failed to dangle from the end of Pierrepoint's rope by no more than a year or so, the death penalty being under suspension prior to it's abolition. Why was this so?

The answer is because of a clamouring from the trendy liberal lefties of the day over alleged miscarriages of justice; one cause celebre stands out - that of James Hanratty, the A6 murderer. The same media coverage could be seen then as seen now, beginning with a dramatised reconstruction of a crime, followed by question marks over the prosecution case, followed by court of appeal, etc, etc, until the case is proven unsound.

All the trendies in Hanratty's case fell over each other in unearthing dodgy evidence to substanciate his alibi of being 200 miles away from the scene of the murder. Unfortunatly, they did not take account into advances in DNA detection. Once his body was dug up by special court order & samples taken a perfect match was found. Guilty as charged!

Hindley may be dead; but Brady is alive & now joined by the likes of Huntley, who of course should also have been strung up. I wonder, though, how long it will be before we see a drama documentary on the events in Soham?

[mani]

i was watchin that prog the other nite about the wearside ripper fake letters and i just was thinkin what makes ppl just go around and kill for the sake of it?

apparently the fake dude wrote to peter sutcliffe and he replied that he had blood on his hands cuz he allowed the police to turn away from bradford and focus on sunderland

[West Ender]

I've watched the 2 episodes with my daughter who was in tears, particularly at the end when the photos of the children were shown.

I remember the case and the trial, my 2 older children were not much more than babies at the time. I had been in favour of the abolition of hanging until then but I felt that if ever there was a case for the death penalty that was it.

I thought the TV programme was well made but just one bit of casting rather spoiled it. The senior uniformed police officer was played by the same actor who played one of the dodgy policemen in the comedy "Early Doors". He's a good actor but it seemed to be rather an insensitive bit of casting.

[garinda]

It was a great piece of television drama for a change. Very well acted and faultless costumes and locations. Maxine Peake is a great actress, as is Joanne Froggatt who played Hindley's sister Maureen, anybody know what else she has been in, it bugged me all the way through?

I read it was made with the full co-operation of the remaining families of the victims. It was an interesting angle to see it all through Maureen Smith's eyes, and in a way she was a victim of her sister's evilness herself.