Moors murders
E184414
The Moors murders were a series of notorious child killings carried out in 1960s England by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, which became one of the most infamous criminal cases in British history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moors murders canonical | 6 |
| the Moors Murders case | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1622021 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Moors murders Context triple: [Saddleworth Moor, knownFor, Moors murders]
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A.
The Boston Strangler
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Birmingham Six
The Birmingham Six were a group of six Irish men wrongfully convicted in 1975 for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, whose convictions were quashed in 1991 after a major miscarriage-of-justice campaign.
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Charles McNaughton
Charles McNaughton was a British actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles in films and on stage.
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Grace Marks
Grace Marks is the enigmatic Irish-Canadian servant and convicted murderess at the center of Margaret Atwood’s historical novel "Alias Grace."
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E.
Princes in the Tower murders
The Princes in the Tower murders refer to the mysterious disappearance and presumed killing of the young Edward V of England and his brother Richard, Duke of York, in the Tower of London in 1483, a historical controversy long associated with Richard III.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Moors murders Target entity description: The Moors murders were a series of notorious child killings carried out in 1960s England by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, which became one of the most infamous criminal cases in British history.
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A.
The Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler is a 1968 crime thriller film dramatizing the real-life case of a notorious serial killer who terrorized Boston in the early 1960s.
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B.
Birmingham Six
The Birmingham Six were a group of six Irish men wrongfully convicted in 1975 for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, whose convictions were quashed in 1991 after a major miscarriage-of-justice campaign.
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C.
Charles McNaughton
Charles McNaughton was a British actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles in films and on stage.
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D.
Grace Marks
Grace Marks is the enigmatic Irish-Canadian servant and convicted murderess at the center of Margaret Atwood’s historical novel "Alias Grace."
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E.
Princes in the Tower murders
The Princes in the Tower murders refer to the mysterious disappearance and presumed killing of the young Edward V of England and his brother Richard, Duke of York, in the Tower of London in 1483, a historical controversy long associated with Richard III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal case
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murder case ⓘ serial killings ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Moors murders
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surface form:
the Moors Murders case
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| charge | murder ⓘ |
| convictedPerson |
Ian Brady
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Myra Hindley ⓘ |
| convictionDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 1965 ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Greater Manchester Police
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defence lawyer Emlyn Hooson ⓘ prosecutor Laurence Byrne ⓘ |
| impact |
increased scrutiny of child safety in the UK
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lasting notoriety in British criminal history ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
frequent reference point in discussions of evil in British culture
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subject of numerous books, films, and documentaries ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfPerpetrators | both denied parole and remained imprisoned for life ⓘ |
| location |
Ashton-under-Lyne
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Greater Manchester ⓘ Hattersley ⓘ Saddleworth Moor ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
extensive national press coverage in the United Kingdom
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significant international attention ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
burial of victims on Saddleworth Moor
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use of audio recordings of a victim as evidence ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | 5 ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Ian Brady
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Myra Hindley ⓘ |
| perpetratorDeath |
Ian Brady died in 2017
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Myra Hindley died in 2002 ⓘ |
| publicReaction | widespread public outrage in Britain ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Evil Relations
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The Gates of Janus ⓘ The Moors Murders (television documentaries) ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Saddleworth Moor
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Wardle Brook Avenue, Hattersley ⓘ |
| startTime | 1963 ⓘ |
| trialLocation | Chester Assizes ⓘ |
| victim |
Edward Evans
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John Kilbride ⓘ Keith Bennett ⓘ Lesley Ann Downey ⓘ Pauline Reade ⓘ |
| victimAgeRange | 10–17 ⓘ |
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Subject: Moors murders Description of subject: The Moors murders were a series of notorious child killings carried out in 1960s England by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, which became one of the most infamous criminal cases in British history.
Referenced by (7)
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