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157: The Demonic Couple That Made Children Disappear

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Ian Brady's Story

Ian Brady was born on January 2, 1938 in the Gorgel's area of Glasgow, Scotland. His name given at birth was Ian Duncan Stewart, a name that would change many times throughout his childhood. Peggy would often visit him throughout his childhood, but refused to tell him that she was his mother. At age eleven, he passed the entrance exams for Schallen's Academy, a school for above average intelligence. But even though he was smart, he was often lazy. Instead of schoolwork, he spent his time diving into the atrocities of Nazi Germany,. He also loved playing war games with other students and always pretended that he was the German. Some say Ian bragged about killing

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