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A Witness to Unimagined Horror: Episode 332

UK True Crime Podcast

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The Hoax of David Smith

Hatterzley is in the northwest of England, around 10 miles east of Manchester City Centre. David Smith was a troubled child who lived with Maureen Hindley and her boyfriend Ian Brady until he was 17. He called police after seeing them being led away from their home by officers. The terrible sight of his dead body was discovered upstairs just where he had told officers that he and Brady had left it the night before. Did you guess the month's year? It was October 1965. Prime Minister Howard Wilson was under significant pressure as African countries demanded that the United Kingdom use force to prevent Rhodesia declaring unilateral independence. Leeds midfielder Albert Johansson became the first black player to play in an FA

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