Lost Boy

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A series of child-murders that took place in Yorkshire in the 1960s shocked & scandalised the country. The two people responsible Myra Hindley & Ian Brady were tried in a sensational case & have become notorious as the human face of evil. It is a story that has captivated for forty years. Four children were murdered by Hindley & Brady the body of one of their victims Keith Bennett has never been found. In The Lost Boy" Duncan Staff has produced the nearest to a definitive book on the subject we will ever read. In 1999 Duncan Staff made a documentary on the Moors murders for BBC2. In the course of producing this programme he as a matter of course invited Myra Hindley to put across her side of the story. Much to his surprise she agreed. What followed was a correspondence in which Hindley spoke candidly about some aspects of her crimes. The programme aired concluding unquestioningly with a reaffirmation of her guilt. After her death her estate sent Duncan Myra Hindleys unpublished papers
- which proved a window into the disturbed world of Hindley & Brady. Drawing on this unique resource & combined with extensive research the co-operation of the families of the victims the police & expert witnesses Duncan Staff has written this authoritative investigation into these infamous crimes. " The Lost Boy" is the compelling story of some of the twentieth-centurys most notorious crimes. Duncan Staff has undertaken an exhaustive & sensitive exploration into all aspects of these murders & their long-felt aftermath. It also presents for the first time a compelling theory about the location of the final resting place of the Moors Murderers last victim Keith Bennett."