Download or read book Fred Rose written by Howard Sounes and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of one of Britain’s most notorious killer couples, who loved, tortured, and slayed together as husband and wife. Updated with a new afterword from the author on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the arrests From the outside, 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester, England, looked as commonplace as the married couple who lived there. But in 1994, Fred and Rose West’s home would become infamous as a “house of horrors” when the remains of nine young women—many of them decapitated, dismembered, and showing evidence of sexual torture—were found interred under its cellar, bathroom floor, and garden. And this wasn’t the only burial ground: Fred’s first wife and nanny were unearthed miles away in a field, while his eight-year-old stepdaughter was found entombed under the Wests’ former residence. Yet, for more than twenty years, the twosome maintained a façade of normalcy while abusing and murdering female boarders, hitchhikers, and members of their own family. Howard Sounes, who first broke the story about the Wests as a journalist and covered the murder trial, has written a comprehensive account of the case. Beginning with Fred and Rose’s bizarre childhoods, Sounes charts their lives and crimes in forensic detail, constructing a fascinating and frightening tale of a marriage soaked in blood. Indeed, the total number of the Wests’ victims may never be known. A case reminiscent of the “Moors Murders” committed in the 1960s in Manchester by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady—as if Hindley and Brady had married and kept on killing for decades—Fred & Rose “is a story of obsessive love as well as obsessive murder” (The Times, London).
Download or read book Understanding Fred Rose West Noose Lamella the Gilded Cage written by Leo Goatley and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred and Rose West, between them were charged with the serial murder of twelve young women and girls, spanning a period of over twenty years. While they were known to the police, incredibly the monsters that lurked within remained undetected.
Download or read book Out of the Shadows written by Anne Marie West and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poignant and horrifying life story of Anne Marie West, Fred West's eldest daughter, brought up by Fred and Rose West until the age of 15, when she ran away from home. Anne's mother and two sisters were murdered, but her story unfolds as one of hope and survival.
Download or read book Fred Rose West written by Ryan Green and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred & Rose West - Britain's Most Infamous Killer Couples On the 24th of February 1994, police knocked on the door of an aging house in the English town of Gloucester. They'd come to serve a search warrant in the case of a missing girl - the daughter of the house's inhabitants. What they uncovered would shock the world: decades of child abuse, an underground torture chamber, and a burial ground containing the bodies of the spent victims of the torture - including that of the missing daughter. The address was 25 Cromwell Street, and these discoveries would earn it the moniker "The House of Horrors". At the end of the investigation, the number of the murdered was twelve - all young females, including one daughter and one stepdaughter. The couple responsible were Rosemary and Frederick West, and this book will tell you their story. We'll start from the very beginning, with the killers' childhoods and upbringings, exploring in detail the factors that contributed to their later depravities. From there we'll detail the crimes themselves, following the tragic tales of their victims, including the mechanisms that led them to their grim fates. We'll examine how the full extent of their crimes was uncovered in the subsequent investigation. Finally, we'll dig into the malignancies both surrounding the killers and within themselves that drove them to perpetrate their heinous acts. This book is not one for the faint of heart. It enters into graphic details that may upset those of a delicate constitution. It is a true life report on real events. If you believe as I do that we are better served knowing and understanding the full depths of darkness the human soul is capable of, and if you are able to stomach this knowledge, then read on and discover the story of one of Britain's most infamous killer couples. Scroll up and click on the Buy Now button at the top of this page, and begin looking into the life and minds of Fred & Rose West.
Download or read book Love as Always Mum xxx written by Mae West and published by Orion. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A CHILLING new memoir by the daughter of mass murderer Fred West and his wife Rose describes the savage cruelty of her upbringing in 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester' DAILY MAIL 'Mae, I mean this ... I'm not a good person and I let all you children down ...' Rose West, HM PRISON DURHAM It has taken over 20 years for Mae West to find the perspective and strength to tell her remarkable story: one of an abusive, violent childhood, of her serial killer parents and how she has rebuilt her life in the shadow of their terrible crimes. Through her own memories, research and the letters her mother wrote to her from prison, Mae shares her emotionally powerful account of her life as a West. From a toddler locked in the deathly basement to a teen fighting off the sexual advances of her father, Mae's story is one of survival. It also answers the questions: how do you come to terms with knowing your childhood bedroom was a graveyard? How do you accept the fact your parents sexually tortured, murdered and dismembered young women? How do you become a mother yourself when you're haunted by the knowledge that your own mother was a monster? Why were you spared and how do you escape the nightmare? What other readers are saying about Love as Always, Mum xxx: 'A fascinating read. Mae West seems like such a warmhearted and caring person. It was heart-breaking to hear about what she went through.' 5* Goodreads 'This book is truly moving in many ways and as much as I want to say I enjoyed it, I didn't, because it was heart-wrenching, but that's why it's a 5-star read. So much emotion and truth. It's definitely hard not to be moved by this.' 5* Goodreads 'This is an extremely important story to read, giving Mae a voice to be verbal about breaking the cycle of abuse and surviving a terror she never thought she would be a part of. And because of that, it deserves five stars.' 5* Goodreads 'This has got to be the most heartbreaking and emotionally demanding book I have ever read ... a heart wrenching and powerful read.' 5* Goodreads 'As an avid reader of true crime books I had read a lot about Feed and Rose West. However with all of those books I had never considered their surviving children. This feels like such a raw, honest and real account of day to day life in 25 Cromwell Street. Good on you Mae for your strength to tell your story.' 5* Goodreads 'A hauntingly tragic book. I couldn't put it down from start to finish.' 5* Goodreads
Download or read book The Lost Girl written by Caroline Roberts and published by Metro Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Caroline Roberts accepted a job at 25 Cromwell Street, the infamous address of Fred and Rose West, she was only 16. Realizing that there was something very malevolent about the couple, she left their employment soon after, glad to be rid of them. The story should have ended there, but a month, later she was abducted by the Wests and suffered violent sexual abuse at their hands before being told that she would be killed and buried. Through a combination of luck and quick thinking, depite the trauma of what had happened, Caroline managed to escape to freedom. This is her story of those fateful days and the appalling aftermath.
Download or read book The Corpse Garden written by Colin Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heist written by Howard Sounes and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detail-driven account of how a gang of criminal misfits pulled off the world’s biggest cash robbery, from the bestselling author of true crime classic Fred & Rose. The target was a regional counting house for the Bank of England, a fortified concrete bunker located within a triangle of police stations, one only three hundred yards away. When former UFC cage fighter Lightning Lee Murray discovered that this cash centre held hundreds of millions of pounds, he assembled a team of mates including a mechanic, a roofer, and a used car dealer. A hairdresser made disguises for the men so they could pass off as police officers. In an Ocean’s Eleven–style robbery, the gang succeeded in hauling away a lorry-load of cash—a staggering £53 million (worth $87 million at the time)—a world-record sum. That’s when their problems began. By turns thrilling and hilarious, Heist is the compelling true story of this mind-blowing crime, including background on Lee Murray, the build-up to the heist, the robbery itself, and its aftermath. The subject of Catching Lightning, as seen on SHOWTIME.
Download or read book Rose West The Making of a Monster written by Jane Carter-Woodrow and published by Hodder. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it's hard to believe now, Rose West was an exceptionally beautiful little girl with long, glossy dark hair and big brown eyes. Strangers would stop and stare at her in the street and she could entrance people from an early age. Looking at photos of young Rosie as a child, it is almost impossible to comprehend that she would grow up to become one of Britain's most notorious female murderers. What happened to that little girl to make her capable of such violence? Or was there something wrong - a predisposition to cruelty - which she was born with? Crime writer Jane Carter Woodrow goes back to the start of Rose's life to piece together what it was that turned her into a monster. In doing so, she presents us with a profile of the young Rose West and a fascinating insight into the mind of a killer. Rose's early life made her the perfect partner for Fred West when they met just before her sixteenth birthday. But the young teenager would kill for the first time a few months later, alone and unaided, while Fred was in prison. Her part in the killings is very different to that which many people believe even today. ROSE is a gripping read which sheds light for the first time on the real story of Rose West - taking the reader on a journey from her childhood through to her becoming the country's biggest and most infamous female sexual predator and serial killer.
Download or read book She Must Have Known written by Brian Masters and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captivated by the hit ITV true crime drama DES? Uncover the truth behind the trial of Rosemary West, another of Britain's most infamous serial killers. 'Anyone reading this brilliant book will wonder whether justice was really done.' Evening Standard In 1994, Frederick West was arrested and accused of murdering twelve young women. But it was the trial of his wife, Rosemary West, that became Britain's serial-killer trial of the century... Detained for the murder of the twelve women found at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, Frederick West hung himself on New Year's Day 1995. The case had enraged the nation, and the subsequent trial of Rosemary for the same crimes caused a media sensation. How are ordinary human beings driven to become serial killers? How did this psychopath ensnare so many women? And how much was Rosemary truly involved? Brian Masters attended the Rosemary West trial on a daily basis. In "She Must Have Known" he produces a penetrating study of the sexual obsession that led to a series of horrifying and measured killings, ultimately leaving the reader to make up their own mind on the guilt of Rosemary West. _______________________ 'By far the most interesting book on the subject... profound and illuminating.' Sunday Telegraph 'Another serious, compelling account of a serial killer.' The Sunday Times 'A classic of criminological literature.' Spectator
Download or read book They Walk Among Us written by Benjamin Fitton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Chilling Casebook of Horrifying Hometown Crimes How well do you really know your friends? Neighbours, friends, doctors and colleagues. We see them every day. We trust them implicitly. But what about the British army sergeant who sabotaged his wife’s parachute? Or the lodger who took his landlady on a picnic from which she never returned? From dentists to PAs, these normal-seeming people were quietly wrecking lives, and nobody suspected a thing. In this first book from the addictive award-winning podcast They Walk Among Us, Benjamin and Rosanna serve up small-town stories in gripping detail. They’ve hooked millions of listeners with their intricate and disturbing cases, and now they dig into ten more tales, to provide an unforgettably sinister true-crime experience, scarily close to home. It could happen to you.
Download or read book What I Know written by Miranda Smith and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was thirteen the first time my brother tried to kill me. These days, Della is a loving wife, a dedicated teacher, a woman trying to do her best. She has put her past far behind her. But she hasn't forgotten the lessons she learned. It's just a regular morning when Della welcomes Zoey to her English class. She treats her like any other new student: assigns her a desk, hands out the work. But then she meets Zoey's cold, calculating eyes and freezes as terrifying memories threaten to overwhelm her. Della knows what evil looks like when it hides behind a confident smile. Her own brother, the town's darling, couldn't keep his true nature hidden for ever. Della has been watching out for people like him ever since, determined to stop them before it's too late. When a student is viciously attacked and Della is sent a detailed account of the crime, she's more convinced than ever that Zoey has darkness inside her. But to make people believe her, she needs proof. Will she risk everything to get it? And without it, can she be sure she's right? Prepare to be hooked by this dark, gripping crime thriller, perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Gillian Flynn and Rachel Caine. Readers absolutely love What I Know "I devoured this book in one sitting. Got my heart racing, atmospheric, chilling and utterly gripping... Fantastic... nail-biting... one of the best books I have read this year. A MUST READ!!!!!" Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Boy did I enjoy it!! My heart was racing throughout... I didn't relax until the end. And what an ending it was!!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A page-turner if I've ever read one! I picked this up when I was having trouble sleeping and literally did not put down until I was finished several hours later... The twists were unpredictable and whoa!... everything I love in a great thriller!" Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "WOW! Hooked from the first chapter and couldn't put it down... Excellent!" Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Enthralling! Captivating! One of the best page-turners I've read this year!... It will suck you in and keep you there from start to finish... a great summer read!" Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "FANTASTIC... kept me on the edge of my seat. I was hooked from the very first page... so many twists and turns... I sped through this in one sitting" Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Full of twists... Loved it!!!! Perfect reading." Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Download or read book Happy Like Murderers written by Gordon Burn and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of two people - Fred and Rose West - who lived together, raised (and killed) children, provided sexual services for anyone interested, and pretended to provide social services for single women. Investigated and told by one of the greatest journalists and writers of the last twenty years, this is the most powerful and upsetting true crime book you will ever read.
Download or read book The Cromwell Street Murders written by John Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The full story of how the Wests were caught, how the case was prepared and how it nearly failed to come to court, by the officer in charge of the investigation.
Download or read book Project X written by Mae West and published by Orion. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has taken over 20 years for Mae West to find the perspective and strength to tell her remarkable story. Through her own memories, research, and the letters her mother wrote to her from prison, Mae shares what it was like to grow up as a West. From a toddler locked in a deathly basement to a little girl living in fear of her mother's violence, and a young teen fighting off the sexual advances of her father, Mae's story is one of dramatic survival.
Download or read book An Evil Love written by Geoffrey Wansell and published by Trafalgar Square. This book was released on 1996 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fred and Rose written by Howard Sounes and published by Sphere. This book was released on 1995-12-07 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a newer edition of this item available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fred-Rose-Story-Gloucester-Horrors/dp/0751577502/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549882974&sr=8-1&keywords=9780751577501 The true crime bestseller about Fred and Rose West a couple virtually unique in British criminal history - who loved and killed together as husband and wife. During their long relationship the Wests murdered a series of young women, burying the remains of nine victims under their home at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, including those of their teenage daughter, Heather. What was left of Fred West's eight-year-old stepdaughter was dug up from under the Wests' previous Gloucester home; his first wife and nanny were buried in open country outside the city. Several victims had been decapitated and dismembered, their remains showing signs of sexual torture. These twelve are just the ones the police found when the Wests were arrested in 1994. There may be more whose bones have not been located. Howard Sounes broke the first major story about the Wests as a journalist, and covered the murder trial of Rosemary West, before writing this , the classic book about the case. Beginning with Fred's and Rose's bizarre childhoods, Sounes charts their lives and crimes in forensic detail, creating a fascinating and truly frightening account of a marriage soaked in blood.
