Name: Becoming Ian Brady
Released: 2023-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Crime

Explores serial killer Ian Brady's upbringing, early life and what led him to commit some of the most unspeakable acts the world has ever seen.

2023 · 45m

EPISODE 1

A Dark Path

Ian Brady was born in the 1930s into a life of poverty in the slums of Glasgow, but at the age of nine, he visits Loch Lomond and returns home determined to take a different path in life from everyone else by setting out on a life of crime.
EPISODE 2

Escalation and Elation

Ian Brady moves to Manchester, where he meets Myra Hindley. Brady and Hindley enact his sexual fantasies and make plans to commit murder. They prowl the streets of Greater Manchester in search of their first victim.
EPISODE 3

Comeuppance

Ian Brady's ego becomes his downfall as he expands his cult while killing his fifth victim. He is arrested and spends the rest of his life behind bars, but he continues to wield control over everyone and everything in his life.