Colin Ireland

Ireland is mentioned in the song ‘Archives of Pain’ by the Manic Street Preachers but no book has been written nor film made of Ireland’s story and no substantial written articles exist. However, in a rare exchange, British author Anna Gekoski, who specialises in British sexual predators, contacted Ireland directly and in correspondence, put forward numerous questions, which he answered, supposedly truthfully. What Ireland really wanted was recognition and once he had committed enough murders to ‘qualify’ as a serial killer, he was ready to be caught and his story be known.

Due to the fact that Ireland had studied serial killers, it was suggested that ex-FBI Agent Robert Ressler’s book ‘Whoever Fights Monsters’ (1992) should be removed from the shelves, as it was certainly something Ireland had read and possibly caused him to begin murdering. Ressler argued that if a person was going to commit murder, his book could not be blamed.

It has been rumoured that Ireland strangled a convicted child killer in his cell, whilst in Wakefield Prison, Yorkshire. Two weeks later, he was moved to Whitemoor Prison, Cambridgeshire.