Trauma, Torture And Fame: The Life & Crimes Of Fred West | Born To Kill? | Absolute Crime

Investigators and a survivor shed light on the histories of incest that led to Gloucester's infamous "House of Horrors", committed by the world's worst serial killer couple, Fred and Rose West.
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[@danni1993]

It's heartbreaking that as we watch this, children are being emotionally, physically, and sexually abused. There are women that are being murdered and there is nothing we can do...this very moment. 😭

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

I have always said that if we constantly knew what was happening to every abused child or adult in the world, we could never sleep at night. I can’t imagine how heartbroken God must be seeing everything as He does 😓

[@ChampChamp2024]

They’ll be men being abused somewhere also like prison so you can’t just say women be happening to all genders

[@Oksana7305]

Exactly I used to say to myself as we go out our business, enjoy ourselves in the pub or whatever someone is being murdered or slowly killed in a cellar or wherever. And we can do nothing

[@rosemaryfarell5264]

Rose DEFINITELY KILLED Charmaine because Fred was in Jail during the time of her Death.

[@C4RYB34R]

this is obvious....

[@neilpiper9889]

The house in Cromwell Street Gloucester was demolished some years ago.

[@warrencox8290]

I met someone who was a lodger here and he said that Fred used to hide in a wardrobe whilst Rose entertained her clients

[@deniseshephard3347]

The Lady who escaped it took real courage to say what happened to her but also not to have been silenced by these evil people If their was the hangmans noose these these evil bstrds deserved it Whats heartbreaking is that the 2 infants werent included in the victims

[@mayalondon4587]

Yes she was. Unfortunately she died from cancer a few years ago

[@deniseshephard3347]

@@mayalondon4587 I’m so sorry

[@Erebus.666.]

I consider Fred the most depraved killer of all. Far worse than Brady, Bundy and the rest. Abusing and killing two of your own daughters is just beyond evil.

[@niconine268]

Yes its fucking mind blowing

[@ChampChamp2024]

Yeah and sexually assaulting them and using his house as a brothel while his children live there and murdering them in the same house as his children I’ve knew about for years but as A adult now with my own children it jist makes you realise how terrible he is

[@Oksana7305]

Yes bad enough as Brady was he got it over with very quickly. The only good thing we can say is he didn't cut off toes nor did he keep them in a cellar

[@NicholaLaw-uk1pt]

Killing your own family is terrible.​@@niconine268

[@davepowell7168]

Love thy neighbours? Prison might be too comfortable for some people ,Rose is now 67yrs old!

[@susanslick3428]

Rest in peace.. Caroline Owens/Roberts!!. Rip Heather and Charmaine. Rip Girls. ♥️♥️

[@Erebus.666.]

Well done to the female police officer who got them to dig up the patio. She must have literally put her career on the line to get her bosses onside.

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

I agree!

[@jamesdobson7052]

Not really. It was stacking up by then by increments

[@bambinaforever1402]

I did not like those useless”experts” blabber. Who are they? What do they know? Nothing. Police, detectives, victims, witnesses - those are valuable people to talk. Some random dudes blabbing about nothing - so annoying.

[@sarahdixon6011]

If you're interested in this horror I encourage you to watch 'Apropriate Adult' Fantasic dramatisation.

[@NicholaLaw-uk1pt]

Sad😢. God bless everyone 💖

[@davidhumphreys234]

Is it possible Fred was killed in prison to keep him quiet. Rumour had it that he and Rose were not the only ones doing the torturing

[@carolball5764]

Didn’t his brother John kill himself in prison too, exactly a year after Fred did ? A New Years Day if my memory serves me well!!

[@carolball5764]

Fred was good at tying knots in sheets apparently, and that’s what he used . He was on suicide watch at the time ..

[@Divinemessages69]

I watched the drama series Appropriate Adult about Janet Leach, Dominic West plays Fred West to a T, excellent drama about the horrors of Cromwell Street. I should say it amazes me how they got away with it, but it doesn't because it's always the social services who lack competence and fail these poor children. Girls lives could have been saved had they looked into this family a bit closer.

[@foucault8964]

Victim: “I wanted him to pay the proper price.” Didn’t press charges herself.

[@seraphale]

She might have saved a lot of people. Too late now!

[@LordMonstrux]

very brave hiding behind a screen. You wouldn't dare say this rubbish in real life.

[@lisastickytuna8668]

Fred had such low intelligence, he was deemed to be vulnerable and required a ‘reasonable adult’ with him whilst being interviewed by the police, as a child would. Rose was the ‘mastermind’. No doubt.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Dozy Rosie

[@carolball5764]

Fred West , Vulnerable ? My Arse !!

[@padmac8176]

There is a special place in hell for these evil freaks. Well done to WPC Hazel Savage at the time who requested her department for the patio to be dug up. It is important to note that she did interview Rina Costello 28 years prior about Fred's controlling and violent behaviour, so she already knew what a creep he was even back in 1966. And about Fred's head injury following the road collision with the young woman on the bike when he was a teenager, plenty of people have suffered head trauma where the frontal lobes are, and they haven't all become psychopathic killers. So there is no excuse whatsoever. Plenty of other people out there who have suffered incest at the hands of their parents and other forms of violent sexual and physical abuse and they don't turn out the way Fred and Rose did. They did what they did purely to get off on it, to feel powerful. Nothing more. Just vile pieces of vermin. At least by taking his own life Fred saved the taxpayer some money. Were still paying for Rose's 3 square meals a day.

[@CSAFD]

The west’s were Britain’s Gerald and Charlene Gallegos of the USA as well as Canada’s Paul Bernardo and Karla holmolka

[@debbieharman4268]

The officer, was persistent, she knew as a woman an an officer

[@sarahdixon6011]

Extremely good dramatisation called 'Apropriate Adult' will show you another perspective. This has Dominic West as Fred, Emily Watson as his Appropriate Adult it's definitely not trashy.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Pure evil

[@justinthyme5382]

And to think some people are against the Death Penalty.

[@tayagreen7517]

I completely respect your opinion however I would just really like to put across the other side of the argument. I don't feel it is right that the person behind the crime should be killed as they leave behind all the destruction that they did. There are many people who have had their loved ones murdered to which when the murderer dies they regret not speaking to them to ask questions and see the last person their loved one saw. Also during school we were being taught about the death penalty and I was asked do I agree with it (this is two days after my dad died of cancer) and I said something that stuck in my head for ever. What about the family that the murder leaves behind. No the murderer does not have the right and privilege to still have a family but can you imagine how much it could mess up a kid, wife, husband, mother or dad to know their loved one was killed by the state? A life sentence should be a life sentence but they should not be allowed to artificially leave this world leaving all their destruction behind.

[@justinthyme5382]

@@tayagreen7517 helloTaya my point being is really based on what I call perfect justice,it's based on the Bibles teaching of an eye for an eye,and a life for a life....... thanks for your post, love and respect from Perth Australia.

[@tayagreen7517]

Its all just so difficult. I am glad you have said that (eye for and eye) as I have never really heard the Bible used for the death penalty and it did make me think. Kind wishes from Gloucester England

[@justinthyme5382]

@@tayagreen7517 dear Taya,hello again I've lived a long life I'm 82 years old this year. I've seen so many changes to law enforcement, it's almost got to the stage where crime actually does pay. My feelings are for the victims and families, I quoted the Bible because to me the laws and commandments given to the people of Israel makes perfect sense. ie. Exodus chapter 20 gives the ten commandments the 6th being " you shall not murder",Exodus 21 v12 gives us the death penalty for murder, accidental death is another matter all together, this entails justice tempered with mercy. No matter how long you keep convicted murderers alive it will never bring back the victims, another point is the burden on the tax paying people, I'm sorry that you have lost your Father, life is a precious gift, your life for instance is as important and precious as anyone alive, NO ONE has any right to take it away, I of course realise that the death penalty is a very controversial issue and everyone should have the right to believe or not whether it should be part of the judicial process. I'd like to wish YOU a happy and prosperous future, it's been nice conversing this way. PS my great grandchildren know more about technology than me, Bye for now from Perth Australia.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

I am . If you kill 100 guilty people do es it make up for the 1 innocent person you kill ? How many innocent people is it ok to kill ?

[@valteregon]

rosmary was sick as he!!

[@13strange67]

Fred West is in HELLL ! ( please leave a message )

[@ZyKLonBē]

Some people let drugs completely rule their lives. These two especially Fred seemed that way with sex. Personally I find a lack of self control and moderation highly irritating and pathetic.

[@brianbrian760]

People are not born evil they become evil overtime The factors are how they were brought up

[@bambinaforever1402]

Wrong. If they were not born killers there wouldn’t be killer children. Like those 11 year old girls who tried to kill their friend

[@TheWanderingFinnegan]

And you know this how? You've met every one of these "evil" people and have come to this educated and fully informed conclusion?

[@leifandersson1886]

I don't know how many shows there are that are called 'The truth about.....bla bla bla'.

[@AbsoluteCrime]

Well this one isn't?

[@kstu8]

Rose was the real murderer Fred was her lap dog was scared of her

[@caleclayton1987]

He murdered before he met her

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

No , Fred had already killed three people when they met . Fred molded her not the other way around .

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

both were psychopaths

[@snachmyweave4806]

Untrue Fred was already killing women before he met Rose

[@MagaliMorris]

They were both a nasty piece of work . 50/50.