Missing Pages from Ian Brady’s Memoir May Reveal Final Moors Murder Clue
So, here's something both chilling and potentially game-changing: new developments have come to light in the case of the Moors murders, which, even nearly 60 years later, still haunt the UK. It’s all centered around Ian Brady—one half of the infamous Brady and Hindley duo—who was responsible for the abduction and murder of five children in the 1960s. The twist now? A long-lost manuscript, believed to be Brady’s secret autobiography, has resurfaced. And missing pages from it could finally hold the clues to where Keith Bennett, their only unrecovered victim, is buried.
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A BBC documentary called The Moors Murders: A Search for Justice is behind this discovery. In it, journalist and filmmaker Duncan Staff reveals that a partial version of Brady’s autobiography—titled Black Light —was found among the personal archive of Brady’s biographer, the late Dr. Alan Keightley. The copy abruptly ends at page 394, which is right before the account of the second murder. But Brady reportedly told Keightley the full work was over 600 pages. That means roughly 200 pages are missing, and some believe those lost sections might include details about Keith Bennett’s murder and burial.
Now, Brady allegedly handed those final pages to a solicitor in a "double-sealed parcel." The first lawyer, Benedict Birnberg, has since passed away, and any materials he had were transferred to another of Brady’s lawyers, Robin Makin—who, up to now, hasn’t commented publicly.
Keith’s brother, Alan Bennett, has been kept updated and is urging for any withheld material to be released to police. Understandably so—because if Brady described his other victims’ burial sites in detail, as he did with Pauline Reade, there’s a real chance he may have done the same for Keith.
Adding more weight to the potential breakthrough, a trove of long-forgotten defence files from Brady and Hindley’s trial has also been uncovered. These include photographs taken by Brady on Saddleworth Moor—one, in particular, shows Hindley standing in front of a gas pipeline marker that had been deliberately obscured in the original photo. Some experts believe these photos could hold overlooked clues. In fact, there was once a theory that Keith may have been buried in the trench around that pipeline—but it was never investigated due to cost.
Brady died in 2017, but even in death, his manipulations seem to linger. This could be the first real opportunity in decades to bring closure to the Bennett family. If those missing pages are found, they might finally answer the question that’s haunted them since 1964: where is Keith?
The police have said they’ll examine any credible evidence that emerges—but families and experts alike are calling for urgency. After all, this may be the last breadcrumb that leads to justice.
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