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Fred & Rose

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

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Fred & Rose

By: Howard Sounes
Narrated by: Howard Sounes
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 FRED & ROSE IS THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THIS INFAMOUS TRUE CRIME CASE - NOW UPDATED WITH A POSTSCRIPT FROM THE AUTHOR. FROM THE MIND BEHIND 'FRED AND ROSE WEST: A BRITISH HORROR STORY' - NOW ON NETFLIX.

Fred and Rose West are virtually unique in British criminal history: a husband and wife who loved and killed together.

During their long relationship, the Wests murdered a series of young women, burying the remains of nine victims under their home at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, including those of their daughter. 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. Most victims had been decapitated and dismembered, their remains showing signs of sexual torture. These twelve are just the ones police found when the Wests were arrested in 1994. There may be more whose bones have not been located . . .

Howard Sounes broke the first major story about the Wests as a journalist, and covered the murder trial of Rosemary West, before writing Fred & Rose, the definitive account of this infamous case. 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.©1995 Howard Sounes (P)2020 Hachette Audio Abductions, Kidnapping & Missing Persons Abuse Child Abuse Crime Dysfunctional Families Dysfunctional Relationships Murder Parenting & Families Relationships True Crime Marriage Scary
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a lot more information than was released to the press. very easy to listen to

good book

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as disturbing as the story is, it is a very interesting and couldnt put the book down. another seriel killing family and how the system failed all the victims

Mind Blowing

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If you like this genre then you’ll like this book. Interesting from start to finish as their crimes were so horrific. Gives you a good insight to both Fred and rose and court hearings and doesn’t drag like most of these type of books do. I even enjoyed the reflection at the end. These killers are definitely one of the worst I’ve heard

Gripping

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But not for the feint hearted. These people were wicked and did terrible things.

Fascinating

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Really quite good, certainly offered a lot more detail than I'd heard before. Narrated by the author, who was obviously great with pronunciations, accents etc.

Detailed and thorough

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this is well worth the money. what a vile, disgusting pair these two were. I get the feeling Rose West was the primary killer here. she still refuses to admit any fault or guilt. both there childhoods were despicable and sad, but it's no excuse for the brutal , evil crimes they commited. complete incompetence by the police and social services who failed these woman and children terribly. fred also got away with his crimes unpunished due to pathetic police incompetence yet again. Rose you deserve to rot in hell for all eternity. of there is karma, you will! psychopathic people the wests have no empathy.

excellent, exciting and vile.

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Living in the UK until the 2000s, I knew about the Wests, but didn't KNOW about the Wests. Very well written, not judgemental, just the facts as much as is known.
Quite mind blowing that what went on could be going on next door to where you live.

A Meeting Made in Hell

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I was really fascinated by this book. The story was so detailed, dark and horrendous. The narrator told the story really well and made it easy to distinguish between people. I definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in true crime!

Crazy and fascinating!

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Well researched and narrated by the author. Hard to believe this happened. Well worth the listen.

Unbelievably horrifyingly fascinating.

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Where does Fred and Rose rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

pretty high up

What was one of the most memorable moments of Fred and Rose?

all of it

Which character – as performed by Jonathan Oliver – was your favourite?

the whole story

Any additional comments?

the narrator was very clear and concise and matter of fact. very good

Fascinating

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