This Woman: Myra Hindley's Prison Love Affair and Escape Attempt
May 2023 · Open Road Media
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The true account of the scandalous affair between one of Britain's most notorious murderers, Myra Hindley, and a prison guard—and their jailbreak plot to run away together.
Myra Hindley was convicted in 1966, with her boyfriend Ian Brady, of what became known as the Moors Murders. Between July 1963 and October 1965 the couple sexually assaulted and killed five children and teenagers. Four bodies were buried on the moors near Manchester, and a tape recording was played in court of one child begging Hindley for their life. Hindley became an icon of evil, but in 1973, in London's Holloway prison, one woman fell in love with her.
Hindley was a highly intelligent woman capable of charming anyone. Desperate to regain her freedom, she convinced an infatuated prison guard named Patricia Cairns, a former Carmelite nun, that she was a reformed woman who wanted to return to the Catholic church. Believing Hindley was sincere, yet had no chance of parole, Cairns plotted to break Hindley out of prison. This riveting story is told in vivid detail based on prison records and new interviews with former prison staff, inmates, and even the women's accomplice.
Interspersed with powerful accounts of the Moors Murders, This Woman reveals Hindley's complex character and fiendish powers of manipulation—skills she used to lure children to their deaths in the 1960s, and used again to try to escape from prison.
Myra Hindley was convicted in 1966, with her boyfriend Ian Brady, of what became known as the Moors Murders. Between July 1963 and October 1965 the couple sexually assaulted and killed five children and teenagers. Four bodies were buried on the moors near Manchester, and a tape recording was played in court of one child begging Hindley for their life. Hindley became an icon of evil, but in 1973, in London's Holloway prison, one woman fell in love with her.
Hindley was a highly intelligent woman capable of charming anyone. Desperate to regain her freedom, she convinced an infatuated prison guard named Patricia Cairns, a former Carmelite nun, that she was a reformed woman who wanted to return to the Catholic church. Believing Hindley was sincere, yet had no chance of parole, Cairns plotted to break Hindley out of prison. This riveting story is told in vivid detail based on prison records and new interviews with former prison staff, inmates, and even the women's accomplice.
Interspersed with powerful accounts of the Moors Murders, This Woman reveals Hindley's complex character and fiendish powers of manipulation—skills she used to lure children to their deaths in the 1960s, and used again to try to escape from prison.
The true account of the scandalous affair between one of Britain's most notorious murderers, Myra Hindley, and a prison guard—and their jailbreak plot to run away together.
Myra Hindley was convicted in 1966, with her boyfriend Ian Brady, of what became known as the Moors Murders. Between July 1...
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Howard Sounes (b. 1965) who was born in Welling, a suburb of South East London, was working as a news reporter for the Sunday Mirror in 1994 when he broke the first major stories in the case of Frederick and Rosemary West. Sounes went on to cover the West story extensively for the Sunday Mirror, then the Daily Mirror, up to and including Rose West's trial in the autumn of 1995. Fred & Rose was first published shortly after Mrs. West's conviction on ten counts of murder. A bestseller at the time, it has remained in print ever since, becoming one of the most widely read true crime books.
Shortly after Fred & Rose was published, Sounes resigned from the Daily Mirror to pursue a career as a full-time author. His subsequent books have included a biography of American writer Charles Bukowski ( Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life); biographies of musicians Bob Dylan ( Down the Highway), Paul McCartney ( Fab), and Lou Reed ( Notes from the Velvet Underground); a book about Amy Winehouse and other musicians who died at the age of twenty-seven ( Amy, 27); a history of the arts in the 1970s ( Seventies); and Heist: The True Story of the World's Biggest Cash Robbery.
For more information visit www.howardsounes.com.
Shortly after Fred & Rose was published, Sounes resigned from the Daily Mirror to pursue a career as a full-time author. His subsequent books have included a biography of American writer Charles Bukowski ( Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life); biographies of musicians Bob Dylan ( Down the Highway), Paul McCartney ( Fab), and Lou Reed ( Notes from the Velvet Underground); a book about Amy Winehouse and other musicians who died at the age of twenty-seven ( Amy, 27); a history of the arts in the 1970s ( Seventies); and Heist: The True Story of the World's Biggest Cash Robbery.
For more information visit www.howardsounes.com.
Howard Sounes (b. 1965) who was born in Welling, a suburb of South East London, was working as a news reporter for the Sunday Mirror in 1994 when he broke the first major stories in the case of Frederick and Rosemary West. Sounes went on to cover the West story extensively for the Sunday Mirror, ...
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