House of Horrors

25, Midland Road, Gloucester
That address was
where the West couple's eight-year-old daughter
Charmaine was murdered
and buried under the
ground floor 20 years before being discovered in 1994.

House of death: Fred and Rose West began their killing spree at
25 Midland Road, Gloucester,
where they killed their daughter
Charmaine.


A policeman passes a mound of
earth whilst patroling a field where officers are digging for more
bodies
after Frederick West had been charged with the murders of
nine women. Kempley 1994.


The Wests left Midland Road for nearby
Cromwell Street, where they killed at least 10 women.

25 Cromwell Street

Two police investigators in backyard at 25 Cromwell, the home of
accused serial killer Fred West, while
overseeing a 5-man excavation
crew incl. one manning a backhoe as three use wheelbarrels;
they have found 9 female bodies, 3 of which were mutilated.
(Photo by Ian Cook//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Police-directed excavation crew incl. man operating backhoe as
workman w. shovel watches
to see what is uncovered in backyard of
accused serial killer Fred West where 9 female
bodies have already
been dug up, 3 of which were mutilated.
(Photo by Ian Cook//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Two police investigators in backyard at 25 Cromwell, the home of
accused serial killer Fred West,
while overseeing a 5-man excavation
crew incl. one manning a backhoe as three use wheelbarrels;
they
have found 9 female bodies already, 3 of which were mut.ilated
(Photo by Ian Cook//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

A police investigator walks past a pair of uniformed officers as he
carries a large plastic box of evidence
from the home of Fred and
Rose West at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, England, March 4, 1994.
(Photo by Ian Cook/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

October 7, 1996: Demolition of the house of horror.

July 24, 1997: Done.