Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors

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Rose and Fred both were terrible liars but it seems no matter how far fetched an excuse they would give, nobody dug any further for years. What these people did to their victims was gruesome and utterly amazing that it took so long for something to happen. In another instance, McLachlan witnessed Charmaine—little older than a toddler—ask Fred for an ice cream from his van; in response, Fred struck her across the head, triggering another beating from McLachlan. With the collaboration of the Official Solicitor, Wansell has also been given access to the views of the people who knew West throughout his life, including the social workers and psychiatrists who came into contact with him.

They ran adult ads seeking partners and the number of willing participants is amazing and I am mystified as to why anyone feels the need to be beaten.Rose grew up in a crazy and abusive household and was almost definitely sexually abused by her father. Once they had left the premises, Anna Marie was bundled into her father's van and beaten by Rose, who asked her: "Do you think you could be my friend? A couple of weeks ago, prisoner-for-life Rose West was assaulted by another female inmate, who later stated that as a mother herself she could not tolerate Rose's crimes, nor the attention and approbation she believes Rose receives.

It was interesting though - I didn't realise that Rose had had so many children for example - and there were so many unanswered question. According to Anna Marie, she and Charmaine were frequently subjected to criticism, beatings, and other forms of punishment throughout the time they lived under Rose's care at Midland Road. What was left of Fred West’s eight-year-old stepdaughter was dug up from under the Wests’ previous Gloucester home; his first wife and nanny were buried in open country.The sexual issues are not described in a titillating way, but there is almost a sense of well, since they are deviant in sexual taste than it is almost nature that they became murderers. He also extracted a degree of sympathy from her by claiming he and his two daughters had been abandoned by his wife, and that he wished for more children. As the details unfolded I felt a personal pull; I had lived near and in Gloucester, I’d certainly walked along Cromwell Street and Heather West was the same age as me, or would have been if she hadn’t been killed and buried under a patio.

I'd recommend it if you can deal with the utter depravity of poverty, prostitution, child abuse, sexual abuse, murder and subsequent dismemberment. Mae, the eldest surviving daughter of Rose and Fred West was involved in the project and he persuaded her to tell the world what it was really like growing up, and what the last twenty plus years have been like being the daughter of probably the most notorious of all female serial killers. Beginning with Fred's and Rose's bizarre childhoods, Sounes charts their lives and crimes in forensic detail, creating a fascinating and truly frightening account of a marriage soaked in blood. An altercation ensued between Fred and McLachlan, resulting in Fred being struck several times as he clutched onto Charmaine and Anna Marie. Frederick Walter Stephen West was born on 29 September 1941, [1] at Bickerton Cottage, Much Marcle, Herefordshire, [2] the first surviving child of Walter Stephen West (1914–1992) and Daisy Hannah Hill (1922–1968).Perhaps, being a serious journalist doesn't make it easy to switch to the more engrossing style needed in a true crime book. In June 1961, [16] Fred's 13-year-old sister, Kitty, told her mother that Fred had been raping her since the previous December, and had impregnated her. He delivers accounts of what probably happened to the victims, based on the condition of the bodies and accounts from other victims that survived. If people would have conacted child protective services or reported what they had seen to the police so many lives could have been saved. On one occasion, as Stephen was mopping the kitchen floor with a cloth, Rose accidentally stepped into the bowl of water he had been using.