Netflix has just added a “fantastically disturbing” drama about two of Britain’s most notorious serial killers.
The two-part series, See No Evil: The Moors Murders, recounts the horrific crimes committed by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady between July 1963 and October 1965.
The pair brutally murdered five children – Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans – who were aged between 10 and 17. Two of the victims’ bodies were found in graves on Saddleworth Moor in 1965, with a third grave discovered over two decades later.
Hindley and Brady were charged for three of the murders and received life sentences under a whole life tariff. Hindley, dubbed “the most evil woman in Britain” by the press, made several appeals against her sentence, but was never released.
She died in 2002 in West Suffolk Hospital at the age of 60, after serving 36 years in prison. Brady, diagnosed as a psychopath, died in 2017 at the age of 79, after serving 51 years.
See No Evil first aired on ITV in 2006 to mark the 40th anniversary of Hindley and Brady’s trial. The drama is told from the perspective of Hindley’s sister, Maureen Smith, and her husband, David. It was created with the support of the victims’ families following two years of extensive research, reports Surrey Live.
Christopher Menaul took the helm as director for the chilling drama, working from a script crafted by Neil McKay, with powerhouse actors Maxine Peake and Sean Harris stepping into the haunting roles of Hindley and Brady.
The star-studded cast also featured Joanne Froggatt as Maureen, alongside Matthew McNulty as David, as well as George Costigan, Charlotte Emmerson, and John Henshaw.
The series gripped the nation as over six million viewers tuned in for each episode, with the buzz continuing on social media as fans heap praise on the show.
“A brave and sober account of events that no one who was alive and living in Manchester at the time will ever forget,” shared a viewer on IMDb.
“Such a powerful programme… The devastation of the families was so well shown, your heart went out to the families of the murdered. A wonderful dramatisation of a relatively touchy subject,” stated another viewer, moved by the profound impact the show captured.
“The storyline and characters are so well done. It’s frightening to think what these monsters had done. Gripped from start to finish. One of the best real-life series,” exclaimed a third.
Another viewer concurred, fiercely adding: “Sean Harris and Maxine Peake really bring the monsters that were the Moors Murderers to life. Harris is fantastically disturbing, chilling and creepy as the ultimate manipulator and chief instigator of the most infamous series of murders in the last century.”
See No Evil: The Moors Murders is available to stream on Netflix
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