Often it’s hard to truly establish what Brady’s personality was like as a child, as those who knew him made their feelings known after the murders, but what is known is that he never felt like he belonged (having been abandoned and fostered) and yet he “never forgave himself for how badly he had treated them (The Sloan’s, his foster family)”. Personality: After his arrest, Brady was transferred to the Personality Disorder Unit at the Lawrence Ward of Ashworth Psychiatric Prison, having been diagnosed on different occasions with either a narcissistic personality disorder or as a paranoid schizophrenic.Sexual Orientation: Supposedly heterosexual, although Brady was a regular at The Rembrandt (formerly the Ogden Arms), one of the oldest gay bars in Manchester which is just off Canal Street, he engaged in oral sex with Edward Evans (as part of a threesome with Myra Hindley), engaged in anal sex with Myra Hindley (often seen as a substitute for gay sex in an era when it was illegal) and who raped and sodomised his young victims (both male and female), and although he identified as heterosexual, that is debatable.Health Issues: Owing to measles when Brady was a toddler, he was prone to light sensitivity and had to wear tinted prescription glasses (which many people mistook for sunglasses).As fans of The Goon Show, Hindley often referred to Brady as “Neddie”, after Neddie Seagoon. Nickname: Brady had various nicknames “Dracula” by neighbours owing to his love of horror movies, “Mack” (short for Mack the Knife) when he ran with a Moss Side gang and “The Understaker” as during his teenage years he’d walk around the Hattersley Estate in a long trench-coat, although most of these nicknames may have been created by those who knew Brady after his arrest, so there is no way to tell otherwise.Place of Birth: The Gorbals, Glasgow (Scotland).Birth Name: Ian Duncan Stewart (later changed to Ian Sloan, then Ian Brady).A family celebration will be held this summer at the island. Thanks also to Joe, Gloria and Marie Gionet for their dedication to the garden, the house, and its inhabitants. We are grateful to the personal support workers of the VON, particularly Jackie, Anita and Lisa. Mohr for their care over many years, and the palliative care team at KGH which eased his final days. We recall his tranquillity at the cottage nestled in the woods on an island on the Rideau as well as his unwavering dedication to his family, colleagues, and students. There was the fun and strife of co-authoring three historical novels for children with Mary Alice. We have a lifetime of happy memories - of his wit and intelligence which enlivened many a dinner party, of his love of chess, photography, his cats - and Nanaimo bars. In 1962, he returned to Canada to the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen's University where he spent his entire career apart from three memorable sabbaticals at the University of Cambridge. and PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1959, he married Mary Alice and worked at the Gulf Oil Research Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. He worked for a year in Montreal as a chemist, then came to Toronto. He received a degree in Chemical Engineering at Strathclyde University and emigrated to Canada a day later. John was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He was predeceased by his brother Leslie. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Mary Alice (nee Hunter), daughters Christine (Scott), Jocelyn (Brad), and Alexandra (Mike), grandchildren Sam, Nick, Matilda, Sofie, and Jack, and brother Sidney (Linda) and sister Catherine. John died peacefully at Kingston General Hospital.
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