Talk:Ian Brady

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I would urge that most of the information not relating directly to Ian Brady be either excised or moved to the Moors Murders article. If this isn't done so within a week, I will do so. Curtsurly 02:09, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

How could he be born in 1965 if he murdered people in 1962. That must be wrong.--Richy 20:19, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

'and some commentators have surmised that the experience of regularly cutting meat away from bone may have nurtured his growing interest in the physical acts of mutilation and murder.'Who are 'some commentators'? Do they have names? If this can't be sourced, I'd like to remove it. It seems just as likely that a guy who fantasizes about violence might seek out work cutting up dead animals. The cause-effect relationship is not clear here, but working as a butcher doesn't seem to have driven many men to serial murder. Can anyone justify keeping this speculation in?Thanks. 24.131.12.228 05:26, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

'At point'

What does 'at point' (in the phrase: 'Brady spent 19 years in a mainstream prison (at point befriending serial poisoner..') mean? Is it really the name of a prison?Duncan.france 19:25, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I expect its supposed to be "at one point". Rockpocket 18:42, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can whoever keeps removing the fact that brady is a Glasgow Rangers supporter please stop your revisionism. http://i1.tinypic.com/nlxtfc.jpg

You cannot change something just because you don't want it to be true.

^^One must wonder what your intentions really are. Are you really that obsessed with Ian Brady that you're determined for people to know what football team he supports???

Or are you actually more obsessed with RangersFC and tarnishing its name by linking it to Ian Brady?

You're almost as sick as he is. GulDukat73 17:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't edited it out before, but i'm going to this time. A google.co.uk search reveals no link between Brady and Rangers and a tinypic doesn't count as a source as it could be edited. Thus if you can find a reputable source then you can put back in he is a Rangers fan otherwise it counts as unsourced. However, that his fasciantion with Nazism stemmed from Rangers is speculation and is highly POV. A link of a single fan does not make a club "well known for their Nazi salutes". Rockpocket 19:21, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

LGBT?

By what logic does Ian Brady rank as LGBT? He has always maintained the sex of his victims to have been an irrelevance, a detail selected by Myra Hindley. He did once pick up a gay man, 17-year-old Edward Evans, but this was entirely for the purpose of staving his head in with an axe in front of Hindley's brother-in-law, David Smith, to convince him that the pair were really capable of murder.

Nuttyskin 23:49, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed. Could be added to MH. Rich Farmbrough, 22:31 2 October 2006 (GMT).

According to Peter Topping, when discussing the sexual aspect of his crimes, Brady told the police inspector that he was indeed bisexual. Jaiwills

"Published" or "wrote" Janus

I find the following a little confusing:

In 2001 Brady published a book called The Gates of Janus, which was published by the underground American publishing firm Feral House. The book, Brady's analysis of serial murder and specific serial killers, sparked outrage when announced in Britain.[1]

Feral House "published" the book. If Brady wrote it, why not just say so. abzorba 08:43, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Murder of Keith Bennett

According to Peter Topping's book, Myra's confession mentions Brady burning a piece of white string which he had used to murder Keith Bennett.

Shawlands Academy

The article on Shawlands Academy mentions Brady as an "alumnus". Is this true? Seems odd if he was brought up in the Gorbals. --Doric Loon 21:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]