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The Gates of Janus Serial Killing and Its Analysis

Ian Brady

To understand human character, one must first explore the depraved reaches of human consciousness.

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Morbid

Podcast

Morbid

They said it was an analysis of serial killing from Brady's own point of view, describing it as selfinflated egostroking and warned listeners not to read it.

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Ian did write a book called Gates of Janus. Is that the one that you posted the Amazon review? Yes. Woof.

— Episode: Episode 169: Ian Brady & Myra Hindley AK...

Episode: Episode 169: Ian Brady & Myra Hindley AKA The Moor...

They said it was an analysis of serial killing from Brady's own point of view, describing it as selfinflated egostroking and warned listeners not to read it.

"

Ian did write a book called Gates of Janus. Is that the one that you posted the Amazon review? Yes. Woof.

Reading it feels like an icky exercise in stroking his ego. Don't read it. Don't do it. You don't need to know what's going on in his mind.

RedHanded

Podcast

RedHanded

Ian Brady wrote this book in 2001 while in prison, which discussed remorse and was seen by some as pretentious. The hosts believed it was a cover-up rather than a genuine reflection on his actions.

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But when Brady was in prison, he wrote a book in 2001 called The Gates of Janus.

— Episode: Episode 51 - The Moors Murders: Beyond R...

Episode: Episode 51 - The Moors Murders: Beyond Redemption...

Ian Brady wrote this book in 2001 while in prison, which discussed remorse and was seen by some as pretentious. The hosts believed it was a cover-up rather than a genuine reflection on his actions.

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But when Brady was in prison, he wrote a book in 2001 called The Gates of Janus.

If there is anyone in any doubt about how much of a pretentious twat wanker Brady was, Janus is a two-faced god from ancient Roman mythology who presides over the beginning, and the ending of conflicts.

And in this book, Brady says that remorse was a private and personal thing, not something to be made into a public circus.

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