Fred and Rose: The West Murders

Fred and Rose: The West Murders

129 mins | Documentary | May 7, 2008

In 1994, police dug up the bodies of nine young women from the home of Gloucester builder Fred West and his prostitute wife Rose. Police tapes, never disclosed at the time, reveal how Fred West had begun a series of shocking confessions after the severed corpse of his teenage daughter, Heather, was found under the patio of their Cromwell Street home. West's seemingly normal home movies record how he turned the family home into a brothel for his wife Rose, as his children played downstairs.

Fred and Rose: The West Murders

129 mins | Documentary | May 7, 2008

Fred and Rose: The West Murders
In 1994, police dug up the bodies of nine young women from the home of Gloucester builder Fred West and his prostitute wife Rose. Police tapes, never disclosed at the time, reveal how Fred West had begun a series of shocking confessions after the severed corpse of his teenage daughter, Heather, was found under the patio of their Cromwell Street home. West's seemingly normal home movies record how he turned the family home into a brothel for his wife Rose, as his children played downstairs.
Producers Channel V, ITV Studios
Original title Fred and Rose: The West Murders
Directors Derek Jones
Writers Paul Woods

Cast

Charlie Stayt

as Narrator

David Canter

as Criminal Psychologist

Bernard Knight

as Forensic Patologist

Janet Leach

as Fred's personal confessor

Scott Canavan

as Legal aid

Howard Ogden

as Solicitor