5 h. ago 'I moved into Fred and Rose West's house of horrors and saw chilling sign within minutes'

Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she moved into 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester in November 1977, and was immediately subjected to the unwanted attentions of her landlord, serial killer Fred West

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6 h. ago 'I lived with Fred and Rose West and spotted something truly terrifying in my bedroom'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A woman who lived in Fred and Rose West's house of horrors as a teenager has spoken out about the moment she realised she was living with serial killers

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6 h. ago 'I moved into Fred and Rose West's home and immediately noticed chilling sign in bedroom'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Kathleen Richards's first day as Fred West's lodger was marked by a sinister act that was a disturbing sign of horrors to come in her time at 25 Cromwell Street

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3 d. ago Fred and Rose West victim admits the killer 'seemed harmless' and 'a bit silly'

Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she fled 25 Cromwell Street together with her sister and her nephew, and has since recounted her harrowing experience with the killer couple

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3 d. ago 'I escaped notorious killers Fred and Rose West but the word evil didn't cross my mind'

Kathleen Richards was just 17 years old when she lodged at 25 Cromwell Street. She has now published a spine-chilling memoir about surviving the so-called 'House of Horrors'

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4 d. ago ‘I felt like the walls were closing in. All I could see was Fred West’s face’: how one woman escaped Britain’s worst serial killers

When Kathleen Richards rented a room at 25 Cromwell Street, she quickly realised the couple who owned it had a dark side. But even after their arrest, there was something about her 15 months at the house that she could never tell anyone – until nowKathleen Richards knows how lucky she is to be alive. In 1979, she woke up in bed to find the serial killer Fred West on top of her. It was by no means the first time West had assaulted the 17-year-old, but it was the last. This time, she managed to escape from the room she was renting at 25 Cromwell Street, perhaps Britain’s most notorious address, where Fred and Rose West raped, tortured and murdered so many girls and young women. Fred West took his own life in January 1995 while on remand, charged with 12 murders. Rose West was convicted of 10 murders later that year and is serving a whole-life sentence.In her own way, Richards has also been serving a life sentence. Today, she is a youthful, likable and traumatised 65-year-old. How...

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1 week ago 'It smells like you're sucking the juice out of Frank Gallagher's sock'

People in the temporary accommodation say they are being housed in 'a place to rival horror movies'

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2 w. ago Evil mum 'stole' son's blood and left starving kids naked outside in house of horrors

Jordan Borders, 34, was sentenced to 39 years in prison last week after she was convicted of torturing her three children. She had diagnosed them with fake medical conditions

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3 w. ago Neighbour relives the moment he found his pregnant neighbour's lover's decapitated head on a spike in Waverley, Melbourne

A neighbour who lived next door to Melbourne's house of horror where a pregnant woman was allegedly murdered and her lover decapitated and his head left on a spike has relived the horror scene.

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3 w. ago Slain pregnant woman and her decapitated partner are identified

Homicide detectives probing an alleged double-murder in Melbourne's southeast are dealing with a house of horror after they discovered a man's decapitated head spiked on a stick.

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3 w. ago UK holiday park house blown apart in massive 'gas explosion' as horror images emerge

Emergency services rushed to the scene after a suspected gas explosion at the Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Otterton, east Devon, caused a property to be completely levelled

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3 w. ago Maryland house fire: Six dead, including four children, after horror fire

Authorities confirmed two adults and four children sadly died in the house fire. One adult escaped, and two more were not home when the fire broke out on Sunday morning

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3 w. ago Woman trapped in house of horrors as leaky flat above pours water into home

Linda Benjamin has been battling with Renfrewshire Council for eight months after she had water pouring out of her lights and running down the walls.

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3 w. ago Man burned alive at horror house party fears he will "never hold son again" after injury hell

David Owen, 36, suffered horrific burns to 15% of his body after he was "doused in lighter fluid and set on fire" at a flat in Perth on July 3.

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4 w. ago Nigel Farage will NOT pledge to ban trans inmates from women's jails

Vanessa Frake, a former prison governor who oversaw the detention of Rose West, said decisions on where to house inmates should be made on an 'individual basis'.

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last month Poltergeist house from iconic horror film is now available to RENT... after ghostly activity was detected

The Poltergeist house from the 1982 horror movie is now being rented out to the public. Homeowner Rachel Power invested about $165,000 to recreate the set of the 80s classic.

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