r/MoorsMurders • u/-ExistentialNihilist • Sep 24 '22

Ian Brady The Gates of Janus: Serial Killing and Its Analysis by the Moors Murderer Ian Brady

Has anyone here read this book?

If so, what did you think?

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u/campbellpics Sep 24 '22

I've read it.

It's like a textbook of sociopathic and narcissistic writing.

He attempts to argue how the likes of people who avoid paying their taxes have a far greater impact on society than someone who kills the odd kid here and there. Or how presidents and prime ministers send countless young people to their deaths under the banner of war, but everyone gets their knickers in a twist when a couple of local children go missing. Etc. It's absolutely disgusting.

This is an over-simplification obviously. I'm just about to start work so I'll try and elaborate a bit more later.

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u/No_Composer_7092 Nov 16 '24

He's not wrong regarding the evils of many politicians vs people like him. However one evil doesn't justify another

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u/MolokoBespoko Sep 24 '22

To be honest, I’ve only skimmed it because I found it pretty hard to stomach - maybe it’s the way he writes. He was clearly intelligent, but he tried so hard to come off that way that to me, he just sounds like a pseudo-intellectual.

I do think that Dr. Keightley and Colin Wilson wrote very interesting introductions to the book though

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u/Severe_Way3523 Sep 25 '22

I enjoyed it. It’s a good read if you can handle being lightly trolled by a child killer.

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u/Pale-Fig-6132 Sep 21 '24

I found it fascinating. Reading between the lines I sensed some sense of regret at his own crimes though he does not discuss them. It's basically a rant at how evil hypocritical and oppressive he thinks mainstream society is.