Fred West's allotment could contain victims and is buried under quiet street

The heinous crimes committed by Fred and Rose West shocked the nation when they were exposed over 30 years ago.

The murderous duo took the lives of at least 10 innocent victims, including their own daughter, and many suspect that the actual number of their victims is even higher.

A new documentary will unveil previously unseen footage from the police officers investigating the case, as well as unheard audio recordings.

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Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story, set to be available for streaming on Netflix from May 14, will also delve into the meticulous investigation into the couple once the true horror and extent of their crimes were revealed.

A spokesperson for Netflix said: "Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story is a definitive documentary series revealing the lives and crimes of Britain's most notorious and prolific husband and wife serial killers.

"With exclusive access to previously unseen police video and unheard audio recordings, the three part series will show how the Gloucestershire police were able to unearth the remains of the West's 12 victims to build a case against them that would bring closure for the families of the victims.", reports .

"The series features family members of some of the victims - a few of whom are speaking for the first time - giving insight into the pain and torment they went through for decades. From discovering that their missing loved ones were brutally murdered, to the trauma they experienced and the strength they displayed during the trial."

Fred and Rose West were arrested at their home at 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester after the remains of their daughter, Heather, were unearthed on the premises. As the investigation unfolded, the bodies of numerous other victims were discovered within the house of horrors.

Fred West committed suicide in a police cell, his body discovered on New Year's Day, 1995. In the same year, Rose West was found guilty of ten murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.

She has spent three decades behind bars, consistently maintaining her innocence.

Prior to meeting and marrying Rose, Fred West was employed as an ice-cream man in Glasgow during the 1960s, where he would attempt to flirt with women and young girls. At that time, he was married to his first wife, Rena, and they lived at Maclelln Street in Kinning Park.

Ever since his arrest over 30 years ago, there have been rumours that the serial killer began his murderous rampage long before relocating to Gloucester. There are concerns that he may have claimed victims in and buried their bodies in his allotment, initially thought to be located beneath the M77/M8 interchange.

However, Ordnance Survey maps from that period indicate that the allotments were actually situated on Gower Street, Maxwell Drive and Sherbrooke Avenue. Veteran Glasgow reporter Norman Sylvester previously uncovered that West's plot was on Gower Street.

These streets still exist today, located just south of the interchange, and the former allotment sites are now occupied by semi-detached houses built in the 1970s.

Contributing to a Sky documentary on the notorious pair, writer Paul Pender, who was brought up in the East End, says: "I think there's a lot we don't know about Fred's time in Glasgow. Obviously the suspicion is that he killed in Scotland before he killed in Gloucester....

"He spent his entire time looking for young women in his ice cream van and unlike all the other people who had to return their vans to the depot he often didn't return his until three or four in the morning. In Glasgow there's very little demand for ice cream after sundown."

Historic interviews feature John McLachlan, a one-time companion of Fred and Rena, reflecting in 1995 with the chilling words "there's four girls from that area just disappeared off the face of the earth".

Pender adds: "Fred had an allotment, the allotment was in the South Side in Kinning Park near Maclellan st. I don't think he was interested in vegetables but there was a patch of his allotment that was said to have beautifully brown earth always well tilled. When asked by a neighbour what he was growing there he said I'm saving it for something special, that's on record and that's a fascinating comment.

"Sadly, the allotments were bulldozed to pave way for motorways in the 1970s so we'll never truly know, yet the strong implication remains that he would lure young women to his allotment, where he'd ultimately harm them – that's the widespread belief and exactly what John McLachlan suspected."

Colin MacFarlane, author of 'The Real Gorbals Story', vividly describes the neighbourhood in 1965 as Europe's roughest area inundated with relentless brutality and a hotbed for unhinged individuals.

He narrates: "Fred West arrived in the Gorbals where he became quite well known as the Mr Whippy man. He was taken as a bit of a joke character. He had little curly hair and a little smiley face.

"He quickly became known as a bit of a pervert because he was interested in chatting up the young girls and at one point even had them in the van as he drove around Glasgow."

MacFarlane continues on the sinister nature of Fred West saying, "His motives were sinister and dark and ice cream was the camouflage for him but he was not seen as a threat because there were so many threatening people going about at the time who looked like threatening people."

Fred West was compelled to flee from Glasgow after crossing swords with the city's gangs, and in a harrowing episode, he accidentally ran over and killed a three year old boy in the Gorbals.

West fled taking daughters Charmaine and her younger sister, which led Rena and her mate Anne McFall to chase after him down south, soliciting the aid of McLachlan to retrieve the children.

Despite their efforts, Anne, having become seduced with West, tipped him off about their plan, resulting in McLachlan and Rena leaving with empty hands. Tragically, West murdered Anne, merely 18 and pregnant, in May 1967.

Afterwards, West met his second wife Rose, who was found guilty for murdering eight year old Charmaine in 1971, followed by West taking the life of Rena during her next visit.

The two women were laid to rest in fields close to his childhood home in the village of Much Marcle, while Charmaine was found beneath a concrete floor at the couple's initial Gloucester residence on Midland Road.

They would later carry out a minimum of nine brutal sexual torture murders at the notorious 'House of Horrors' on Cromwell Street – yet many speculate that they could have been halted if more focus had been given to the disappearance of the Glasgow girls.