Episode 390 - Delia Balmer: Surviving a Serial Killer
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 390
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Episode description
Delia Balmer’s ex-boyfriend wasn’t just a scruffy stoner with a pet tarantula and a sketchbook full of gruesome drawings: he was a murderer. The infamous ‘Canal Killer’ John Sweeney told Delia he had killed before – but after the police ignored her repeated warnings, she ended up barely escaping with her life. This is the harrowing true story behind hit ITV drama ‘Until I Kill You’: one of horror, survival, and a broken justice system that let a monster slip through the cracks.
Read Delia’s book here:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462261/until-i-kill-you-by-balmer-delia/9781529920321
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