Genesis of the Moors Murders

On July 12, 1963, sixteen-year-old Pauline Reade left home for an evening walk and never returned. Detectives suspected Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were responsible, but suspicion was not proof, and the case went cold.

Two decades later, journalist Fred Harrison refused to accept that silence. His dogged reporting reopened old wounds and old evidence, building a case too compelling for police to ignore—and forcing them back to the moor for one more search. On July 1, 1987, Pauline Reade was found.

Genesis of the Moors Murders is Fred Harrison's definitive account of the investigation that changed everything, told by the reporter who refused to look away.