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Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Uncovering the hidden lives and experiences of Fred West first three victims his first wife, Rena Costello, her daughter Charmaine and her friend Anne McFall, when he was living in Glasgow in the early 1960s.

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The following programme contains descriptions of real-life violence, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The following programme contains descriptions of real-life...

The following programme contains strong language, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The following programme contains strong language,

The following programme contains descriptions of real-life violence - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The following programme contains descriptions of real-life...

Within two weeks, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Within two weeks,

The authorities didn't know - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The authorities didn't know

The public couldn't believe it, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The public couldn't believe it,

Rena's friends Anne
McFall and Isa McNeill - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Rena's friends Anne McFall and Isa McNeill

Anne and Isa would come to the
flat, and babysit for Rena. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Anne and Isa would come to the flat, and babysit for Rena.

And Rena was actually taking her
baby to the clinic to be weighed. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

And Rena was actually taking her baby to the clinic to be we...

Fred would leave the
children caged in, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Fred would leave the children caged in,

The father of Charmaine
was an Asian bus driver - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The father of Charmaine was an Asian bus driver

And, soon as he
had gone to work, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

And, soon as he had gone to work,

Fred could not remember
the names of these victims. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Fred could not remember the names of these victims.

So it was clear that we needed to delve
right back into his own early life - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

So it was clear that we needed to delve right back into his ...

The way Rena and Fred
got round the issue - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The way Rena and Fred got round the issue

It was claimed Rena
had had a miscarriage, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

It was claimed Rena had had a miscarriage,

Part of that investigation revealed
that for a period of his life - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Part of that investigation revealed that for a period of his...

My name is Paul Pender, I am
from the east end of Glasgow, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

My name is Paul Pender, I am from the east end of Glasgow,

They had adopted a child and
Charmaine was that child. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

They had adopted a child and Charmaine was that child.

That's why I was
so shocked that- - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

That's why I was so shocked that-

What we discovered was
that Rena left Fred, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

What we discovered was that Rena left Fred,

What I heard was, she was
calling the baby after her mum, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

What I heard was, she was calling the baby after her mum,

And when I found out he
had these connections, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

And when I found out he had these connections,

And she made the decision
the baby would be christened - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

And she made the decision the baby would be christened

A lot of this information
came from Fred himself. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

A lot of this information came from Fred himself.

I think there is a lot we don't
know about Fred's time in Glasgow, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

I think there is a lot we don't know about Fred's ...

And of course any
information from any suspects - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

And of course any information from any suspects

So the enquiry then focused
on trying to find Rena. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

So the enquiry then focused on trying to find Rena.

Let's find exactly what
she knows about Fred, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Let's find exactly what she knows about Fred,

What I know about Fred's
years in Glasgow are that - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

What I know about Fred's years in Glasgow are that

After Anne had died, Fred
lived on a caravan site - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

After Anne had died, Fred lived on a caravan site

And, unlike all the other people who
had to return his van to the depot, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

And, unlike all the other people who had to return his van t...

And in Glasgow, there's very little
demand for ice cream, after sundown. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

And in Glasgow, there's very little demand for ice crea...

And it looked like she was again
trying to find a home for the girls. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

And it looked like she was again trying to find a home for t...

Detectives leading the bodies in the garden enquiry - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Detectives leading the bodies in the garden enquiry

Detectives leading the
bodies in the garden enquiry - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Detectives leading the bodies in the garden enquiry

'What do you think Rena
thought had happened to Anne, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

'What do you think Rena thought had happened to Anne,

Rena Costello used to live in
Hospital Street in Coatbridge, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Rena Costello used to live in Hospital Street in Coatbridge,

Well, John McLachlan was a tough guy but a nice guy, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Well, John McLachlan was a tough guy but a nice guy,

Nothing has been
heard of Rena Costello - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Nothing has been heard of Rena Costello

Rena would have to move
back in to the caravan, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Rena would have to move back in to the caravan,

The children would go into care at
different points when Rena went, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The children would go into care at different points when Ren...

How you doing, you OK? - I'm fine.Are you ready? - Yeah, OK. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

How you doing, you OK? - I'm fine.Are you ready? -...

I'm Sandra Brown, and I
grew up in Coatbridge, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

I'm Sandra Brown, and I grew up in Coatbridge,

Fred had an allotment, the
allotment was in the south side, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Fred had an allotment, the allotment was in the south side,

Rena said to social workers - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Rena said to social workers

Born in 1949, so that's me
now in my early seventies. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Born in 1949, so that's me now in my early seventies.

In Kinning Park,
near McLellen street. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

In Kinning Park, near McLellen street.

I don't think he was interested in
vegetables, but there was a patch - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

I don't think he was interested in vegetables, but ther...

Charmaine and her sister were
well known to social services, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Charmaine and her sister were well known to social services,

Coatbridge, which is on
the outskirts of Glasgow, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Coatbridge, which is on the outskirts of Glasgow,

They were always described as
being filthy, dirty, grubby, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

They were always described as being filthy, dirty, grubby,

The joke was that Motherwell
was a steel and coal town, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The joke was that Motherwell was a steel and coal town,

Unfortunately, the allotments were
destroyed in order to build a motorway, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Unfortunately, the allotments were destroyed in order to bui...

The children were showing
signs of abuse already, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

The children were showing signs of abuse already,

Because they were wetting the
bed, particularly Charmaine. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Because they were wetting the bed, particularly Charmaine.

So we'll never the truth, but
the obvious implication is, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

So we'll never the truth, but the obvious implication i...

I remember growing up
with a lot of affection, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

I remember growing up with a lot of affection,

Fred made every day of the
children's lives miserable, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Fred made every day of the children's lives miserable,

People did their best, but we
really had very, very little. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

People did their best, but we really had very, very little.

Then, in the summer
of 69, Fred met Rose. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Then, in the summer of 69, Fred met Rose.

But you didn't...
you didn't know it, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

But you didn't... you didn't know it,

Have you ever heard of a wife
being beaten up by her husband? - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Have you ever heard of a wife being beaten up by her husband...

This is what I looked like,
probably, when I first met Rena. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

This is what I looked like, probably, when I first met Rena.

I was just that wee
five-year-old, and there I am - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

I was just that wee five-year-old, and there I am

Since the arrest of
husband Fredrick, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Since the arrest of husband Fredrick,

Oh, what happened to her, got
her face knocked about, you know, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Oh, what happened to her, got her face knocked about, you kn...

This is a rare glimpse of her, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

This is a rare glimpse of her,

She was arrested two months ago - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

She was arrested two months ago

Fred and Rena's time in
Glasgow was very volatile. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Fred and Rena's time in Glasgow was very volatile.

Rena Costello's dad and
my father were friendly. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Rena Costello's dad and my father were friendly.

Very quickly, Rena found
that Fred was violent, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Very quickly, Rena found that Fred was violent,

Rosemary is the 52-year-old
builder's second wife. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Rosemary is the 52-year-old builder's second wife.

I mean, you know, she
would be nine or ten. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

I mean, you know, she would be nine or ten.

She was devastated,
quite clearly distressed. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

She was devastated, quite clearly distressed.

Rena was one of a big
family, but her mother Mary - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Rena was one of a big family, but her mother Mary

Left with a boyfriend when
actually Rena was quite young. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Left with a boyfriend when actually Rena was quite young.

She denies she knew
anything about the bodies. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

She denies she knew anything about the bodies.

She then formed a relationship
with John McLachlan. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

She then formed a relationship with John McLachlan.

He offered some form of
protection against Fred, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

He offered some form of protection against Fred,

In the early January of 1968, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

In the early January of 1968,

She was one of... there
were three or four of them, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

She was one of... there were three or four of them,

She showed us how to lift the...
you know, when the dandelion's dead, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

She showed us how to lift the... you know, when the dandelio...

There had been numerous reports,
and complaints from girls - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

There had been numerous reports, and complaints from girls

And then she taught
us, you know, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

And then she taught us, you know,

There's also evidence that
there were young girls - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

There's also evidence that there were young girls

West got very, very jealous, because he was losing control of Rena, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

West got very, very jealous, because he was losing control...

West got very, very jealous, because
he was losing control of Rena, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

West got very, very jealous, because he was losing control o...

Rose would have come on to
Fred's radar in Bishop's Cleeve, - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

Rose would have come on to Fred's radar in Bishop'...

She was quite feisty and fun.
The Scottish word is gallus. - Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

She was quite feisty and fun. The Scottish word is gallus.

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Uncovering the hidden lives and experiences of Fred West first three victims his first wife, Rena Costello, her daughter Charmaine and her friend Anne McFall, when he was living in Glasgow in the early 1960s.

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Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2023

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Released: 19 Feb 2023

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