Advertisement

Readers like you keep news free for everyone.

More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.

For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.

Support us today
Not now
Sunday 3 December 2023 Dublin: 4°C

# saddleworth moor

All time
Major incident declared in Greater Manchester as moors fires rage for 4th day
Emergency services continue to battle the blazes which began on Sunday.
11.9k
3
Jun 27th 2018, 8:09 AM
Ian Brady's lawyer says his ashes won't be scattered on moor where he buried victims
Brady and his accomplice Myra Hindley murdered five children in England in the 1960s.
17.0k
32
May 17th 2017, 10:01 PM
Police probe Irish link to mystery man found dead on the moors near Manchester
Greater Manchester Police suspect the unidentified, elderly man may be connected to a 1949 plane crash.
31.0k
7
Jan 28th 2016, 8:44 PM
This is what the Moors murderer Ian Brady looks like today
The 75-year-old has reportedly been force-fed since 1999.
14.4k
32
Jun 25th 2013, 9:00 PM
The Moors Murders: a timeline
Five children were brutally murdered in England in the 1960s. One of them is still missing. TheJournal.ie takes a look back at the gruesome events that became known as the Moors Murders.
25.4k
36
Jun 25th 2013, 3:05 PM
Moors Murders: Victim's mother dies as police continue search for letter
Winnie Johnson, mother of Keith Bennett, died overnight – hours after police said they couldn’t find a letter which reportedly indicates where her 12-year-old son was buried.
8.0k
43
Aug 18th 2012, 11:41 AM
Moors Murderer Ian Brady rushed to hospital
Brady has been fed by a tube since he started hunger strike in 1999 – he was due to have his case to be moved to a prison heard next Monday.
7.4k
33
Jul 3rd 2012, 1:30 PM