Richard Buckland had spent the last three months in a jail cell. The 17-year-old had confessed to the brutal rape and murder of teenager Dawn Ashworth. A similar death had occurred nearby, three years before... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton. More information can be found on our website...
Mar 21, 2018•38 min•Season 2Ep. 21
WARNING: THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY. PLEASE LISTEN TO ' SEASON 2 - EPISODE 19' FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS CASE. Alan Turing had served his country during the second world war, decoding Nazi communications at Bletchley Park. After the war, he moved north to work at Manchester’s Victoria University and purchased a property called 'Hollymeade'. Near the end of 1951, Alan Turing met 19-year-old Arnold Murray... (Part 2 of 2) . *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched a...
Mar 07, 2018•26 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Two police detectives arrived at Hollymeade, the home of a faculty member at Victoria University in Manchester. Alan, the occupant, had reported a burglary after a handful of trivial items had been stolen. The detectives did not dispute what Alan was telling them, and they believed the items were almost certainly taken. But they were not there to discuss a petty theft. They were there because while investigating the burglary, they uncovered evidence that led them to believe Alan was gay. In 1952...
Feb 28, 2018•33 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Olivia was woken up around 3:30 am on December 30, 1999, by the sound of something crashing to the ground. She prodded her husband awake. She was sure that somebody was in the house. She jumped out of bed and ran to lock the bedroom door. George, her husband, was wide awake now. He got up, put on his boots, before manoeuvring past his wife and making his way down the dark staircase. When he reached the bottom floor, he felt the cold December air coming in through a broken kitchen window. Amongst...
Feb 21, 2018•33 min•Season 2Ep. 18
John Cooper was an unassuming man. He claimed to suffer from a frozen shoulder and near-debilitating arthritis. But John was living a double life... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton. More information can be found on our website at http://theywalkamonguspodcast.com For early advert-free ac...
Feb 07, 2018•44 min•Season 2Ep. 17
A dangerous prisoner escapes from custody. The events that unfolded are what worst nightmares are made of... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton. More information can be found on our website at http://theywalkamonguspodcast.com For early advert-free access and other extras, visit https://www...
Jan 24, 2018•41 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Monday, August 23, 2010. Officers from the central London police force visited the home of Gareth Williams at his top-floor flat on Alderney Street in Pimlico, London. Gareth had been working as a communications officer at the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham. The cypher and codes expert was seconded to the secret intelligence service headquarters on the bank of the Thames, around half a mile from his home. When Gareth didn’t turn up for work, his colleagues made attempts to ...
Jan 10, 2018•49 min•Season 2Ep. 15
On the evening of Friday, February 3, 2017, 95-year-old Denver Beddows and his 88-year-old wife, Olive, received a visit from their son and daughter-in-law at their semi-detached home in Woolston. Denver, or Charles to those that knew him, had been struggling to care for his wife of 65 years, as she had been involved in a car accident which had left her increasingly anxious. Both her physical and mental health had been deteriorating, and, in turn, this put an increasing strain on her husband. De...
Jan 03, 2018•15 min•Ep. 4
WARNING: THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY. PLEASE LISTEN TO ' SEASON 2 - EPISODE 13' FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS CASE. On June 30, 2003, a 14-year-old girl was found stabbed to death behind a wall on Roan’s Dyke Path, a countryside short-cut in Dalkeith, Scotland. The investigation into her death continued for nine months with little result, but all that would change in April 2004... (Part 2 of 2). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. N...
Dec 27, 2017•39 min•Season 2Ep. 14
On the morning of Wednesday, December 8, 2004, a jury stepped on to a bus to travel from Edinburgh High Court to Roan’s Dyke Path, a countryside short-cut between the residential areas of Newbattle and Easthouses in Midlothian, Scotland. Wilted sunflowers, stuffed bears, candles and tributes marked the spot of a horrendous tragedy. A year prior, this countryside trail was the location where a 14-year-old girl was brutally murdered... (Part 1 of 2). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episod...
Dec 13, 2017•28 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Scotland in the 1960s saw two murders, with each case centred around a complex love triangle. Even though the motives and methods of these crimes were strikingly similar, the outcome was very different... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton. More information can be found on our website at ht...
Nov 29, 2017•38 min•Season 2Ep. 12
WARNING: THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY. PLEASE LISTEN TO 'SEASON 2 - EPISODE 10' FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS CASE. Jennifer and June Gibbons were twins. They would shut themselves away in their bedroom, not coming down for meals, and even when they did, they would barely acknowledge their family. All this changed in the summer of 1981, but their actions would lead them to the gates of Broadmoor psychiatric hospital and a cocktail of antipsychotic medication... (Part 2 of 2). *** LISTENER CAU...
Nov 15, 2017•37 min•Season 2Ep. 11
From a very early age, identical twins Jennifer and June Gibbons were insular. They created their own secret language and refused to talk to anyone else. Following a conviction for burglary and arson during their late teens, they were both sent to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. This selective muteness would leave them trapped in the secure facility, on a cocktail of antipsychotic medication, for 11 years. But when they heard that they were being released, they both reached an agreement that one...
Nov 15, 2017•27 min•Season 2Ep. 10
On Friday, May 6, 1927, a large black trunk was abandoned in the luggage office at Charing Cross station in London. The trunk sat amongst the other abandoned luggage in the stifling heat until Monday morning. Staff arrived to begin their working week and were hit by a pungent odour. The source appeared to be coming from the large black trunk. An officer arrived and pried it open. He saw five large parcels wrapped in brown paper and tied with string... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This epi...
Nov 01, 2017•32 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Stephen Farrow was born in 1964. He was the black sheep of the family... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton. More information can be found on our website at http://theywalkamonguspodcast.com For early advert-free access and other extras, visit https://www.patreon.com/TheyWalkAmongUs MUSIC: ...
Oct 18, 2017•30 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Bijan Ebrahimi lived on the ground floor in a four-storey block of flats located on Capgrave Crescent in Bristol. Bijan, a shy man and an Iranian immigrant, suffered from health problems that left him disabled. He had a close bond with his family and took joy in tending to his garden in a communal area that overlooked the surrounding flats. Despite being quiet, he didn't go unnoticed. He was verbally abused by some of his neighbours, as he was seen as being “different” and viewed as an easy targ...
Oct 04, 2017•35 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Alan Hopkinson is a former member of Mensa with an IQ of 159. He was a computer programmer and had served in the Royal Air Force. At the time of his arrest, he was middle-aged with salt and pepper hair and a moustache. Nothing about him stands out. You could pass him on the street and not take notice. Alan Hopkinson is also highly dangerous due to his obsession with young girls... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and pro...
Sep 20, 2017•32 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In 2009, Christopher Monks persuaded a boyfriend he met through an internet chat room to kill his parents in return for a disturbing reward... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjamin Fitton. Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton. More information can be found on our website at http://theywalkamonguspodcast.com For early advert-free access a...
Sep 13, 2017•19 min•Ep. 1
WARNING: THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY. PLEASE LISTEN TO 'SEASON 2 - EPISODE 4' FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS CASE. During April 2016, Helen Bailey, a successful author, disappeared. She allegedly left a note, found by her husband to be, asking that no one contact her as she needed some time alone. Over the following weeks and months, appeals were made by Helen’s friends and family in the hope someone might have spotted her... (Part 2 of 2). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was...
Sep 06, 2017•31 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Ian Stewart lived on Baldock Road in Royston with his fiancée, successful author Helen Bailey. The couple shared their home with Ian's two sons, from a previous marriage, and Helen's beloved miniature dachshund called Boris. Ian and Helen had planned their wedding for September 2016, but in April of that year, Helen disappeared. A note left that looked to be written by Helen requested that no one contact her as she needed some time alone. Over the next few months, appeals for her whereabouts wer...
Aug 23, 2017•33 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Over ten days in 2013, Joanna Dennehy went on a sadistic killing spree. She murdered three men and left two others fighting for their lives... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton. More information can be found on our website at http://theywalkamonguspodcast.com For early advert-free access a...
Aug 09, 2017•40 min•Season 2Ep. 3
On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Michelle James and an acquaintance were clearing out a communal garden in Beddau, Wales, after a neighbour, Leigh Sabine, had passed away. Before she had died, Leigh, who was always talkative and very outgoing, had told her friend Michelle there was a medical skeleton in the garden and laughed, suggesting it would be funny to scare one of their friends with it. This practical joke would lead to Michelle’s arrest, spur a murder investigation that would span the glob...
Jul 26, 2017•31 min•Season 2Ep. 2
On May 12, 1958, 31-year-old Peter Manuel went to trial at Glasgow High Court for the murder of eight people. So desperate were people to get a seat on the public benches for the trial of the infamous Beast of Birkenshaw, they queued outside the court overnight... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjami...
Jul 12, 2017•32 min•Season 2Ep. 1
They Walk Among Us returns for Season 2 on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. More information can be found on our website at http://theywalkamonguspodcast.com MUSIC Sunset by Kai Engel Track can be purchased here: https://kaiengel.bandcamp.com/track/sunset All music sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org and used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWAU_Podcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theywalkamonguspodcast/...
Jun 23, 2017•34 sec
Season 1 of ‘ They Walk Among Us ’ is available exclusively available from Patreon or Apple Podcasts. For more details, visit https://www.patreon.com/TheyWalkAmongUs or https://apple.co/44TSNr0 MUSIC: Seductress by Francis Preve Addicted by VYEN Dreamer by DivKid All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWAU_Podcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theywalkamonguspodcast Instagram - https://www.instag...
Sep 13, 2016•5 min
