Myra Hindley was, together with her boyfriend Ian Brady, found guilty of kidnapping and murdering five children in 1963-1965.

At 18 Myra Hindley met and fell in love with the four year older Ian Brady. They started going steady. Ian taught Myra about Hitler and the Nazis, talked about Marquis de Sade and she begun to share his belief that rape and murder was not wrong. Devoted to him, Myra started dressing in short skirts and long boots, continued bleaching her hair.