We all want to believe that we are good judges of character; that if someone close to us was a bad person, we would know. But how well do you know your neighbors? How much can you trust those around you? What does a killer look like? Monsters don’t live under the bed; they walk among us. From the award-winning team behind the UK true crime podcast — They Walk Among Us — They Walk Among America provides a unique and in-depth account of some of the most puzzling and polarizing cases from the Unite...
Sep 17, 2021•3 min
Proving once again that true crime is not just a modern fascination, a crowd had amassed early at 4 am on that winter morning of December 6, 1922, desperate to witness the trial. Members of the public pushed and prodded as they fought to get in. Every spectator was hopeful of gaining a ringside seat in the courtroom. Some people paid for the privilege, handing over large sums of cash, which would be £250 in today's money… *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and writte...
Sep 15, 2021•45 min•Season 6Ep. 14
“You behaved how you did despite the serious nature of the charge your sons faced and persisted in attempts to give them a false alibi for two months. Not even a mother is entitled to lie with impunity to save her sons who she knows to have been involved in a terrible crime” — Judge Clement Goldstone QC, Liverpool Crown Court, April 2013 *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjam...
Sep 08, 2021•53 min•Season 6Ep. 13
Anthony Morley clothed himself in a white dressing gown, over his underwear, and put on some flip-flops. He was covered in blood when he left his house on Bexley Place in Leeds. He stumbled into a local takeaway and told shocked staff to call the police… *** 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. ...
Sep 01, 2021•46 min•Season 6Ep. 12
After school, Shelley’s children got onto the bus, but unusually, their mother was not waiting for them at the end of the journey. The children were independent enough to make their way home from the bus stop, although when they arrived, they realised their mother was not there, and the front door was locked… *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, scrip...
Aug 29, 2021•26 min•Ep. 14
An 18-year-old student goes missing after a night out clubbing. Almost a week would elapse before his body was discovered in a river eight miles from where he was last seen being chased by a gang of youths. Arrests were made, and a trial date was set. But why did he die?… *** 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 b...
Aug 25, 2021•55 min•Season 6Ep. 11
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODE 9’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. Patrick Mackay was arrested in March 1975. He was suspected of murdering Isabella Griffiths, Adele Price and Father Anthony Crean. But while he was being held on remand in Brixton prison, Mackay told a fellow inmate he was locked up for murdering 11 people. He repeated this story to anyone that would listen including inquiring officers. Perhaps it was just a boastful claim. However, it was curious considering Mackay was ...
Aug 18, 2021•48 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Before he passed away, Harold whispered to his 10-year-old son Patrick, "Remember to be good” (Part 1 of 2). *** 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. Become a ‘ Patreon Producer ’ and get exclusive access to Season 1, early ad-free access to episodes, and your name in the podcasts credits. Find ...
Aug 11, 2021•48 min•Season 6Ep. 9
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Aug 07, 2021•53 min
THIS IS A CASE UPDATE. FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE LISTEN TO SEASON 4 - EPISODES 27 TO 30. In the media, the crimes were referred to as The Babes In The Wood murders. The bodies of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows were found in woodland around Wild Park, a short distance from their home in Brighton. They had gone out to play together one day in October of 1986 but never came home… *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. Narration, audio editing...
Aug 04, 2021•53 min
“The prosecution say this was a persistent, very determined, very prolonged attack by the defendant. The prosecution say, quite simply, the defendant was a man who knew at all times what he was doing. His actions were clear and had one aim - prevent at all costs his wife leaving the house and seeking help” — Prosecutor Matthew Roberts, Swansea Crown Court, February 2021 *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. Narration, audio editing and pr...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 8
“In the simplest of terms, assisted by her husband, she starved him to death, thereby securing for herself and her family the windfall she craved” - Oliver Saxby QC, Reading Crown Court, January 2020 *** 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. Become a ‘ Patreon Producer ’ and get exclusive access ...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 6Ep. 7
One of the men reached into his pocket to get out the money to pay. He pawed at a wedge of £10 notes. The cashier noticed a large gold ring on one of his fingers and saw what she thought was blood above his knuckles. Maybe he had been fighting? The cashier then glanced up. There was no break in their polite conversation. The customer had not noticed her looking, or perhaps the shopper did not even know his hand was bloody... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and wri...
Jul 14, 2021•43 min•Season 6Ep. 6
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODES 1, 2, 3 & 4’ FOR THE PREVIOUS PARTS OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. On Tuesday, November 21, 1995, after two days of deliberation, the jury had finally made some progress on the murder charges they were considering. There were 10 in all, but so far, jurors were only able to reach verdicts for 2 of them. The accused, Rose West, stood in the dock. Tears hung heavy in her eyes. It felt like the onlookers in the public gallery were in a state of suspended animation ...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 5
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODES 1, 2 & 3’ FOR THE PREVIOUS PARTS OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. Born towards the end of September 1941 to parents Walter and Daisy West, Frederick Walter Stephen West was raised in the rural village of Much Marcle, surrounded by green rolling fields on the border of the tranquil south-Herefordshire countryside. Both his parents were seen as pleasant, hard-working people. From the outside in, Fred’s life was idyllic — time spent playing in the fields where his f...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 4
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODES 1 & 2’ FOR THE PREVIOUS PARTS OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. A great deal of anger in the media was directed at Rose West after her husband’s death. There was a sense that Fred West had escaped justice by taking his own life, and now, he would not have to answer for his crimes. The anger towards his widow was not tempered when it was reported that a unit of Winchester prison had been purpose-built for Rose while she would stand trial... (Part 3 of 5) *** LISTEN...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 3
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODE 1’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. Each passing day, the increasing crowd of bystanders observed scene-of-crime officers, carrying box upon box of evidence out of the garden of 25 Cromwell Street, their boots heavy with mud, marking the tarmac outside... (Part 2 of 5) *** 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, il...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 2
When asked if they wanted to visit the property on Cromwell Street, the jury were unanimous in their decision. They were transported to the scene by bus. The windows were covered and jurors were told not to talk to anyone. The route they would make on foot, from the rear of the house, into the building, was shielded from view. It was vital the numerous camera crews still filming the property did not record the jury. They walked, single file, from the top of the home, moving down, floor by floor,...
Jun 16, 2021•56 min•Season 6Ep. 1
‘They Walk Among Us’ returns for Season 6 on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. More information can be found on our website at http://theywalkamonguspodcast.com MUSIC: Addicted by VYEN Seductress by Francis Preve SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWAU_Podcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theywalkamonguspodcast/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theywalkamonguspodcast/ Acast - https://www.acast.com/theywalkamongus Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus . Hosted ...
Jun 02, 2021•3 min
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 5 - EPISODES 47 & 48’ FOR PARTS ONE & TWO OF THIS THREE-PART CASE. The waters of the River Aire were in the process of being searched by divers from The West Yorkshire constabulary. Excavation work also continued around the flats where Stephen Griffiths lived in Holmfield Court on Thornton Road in Bradford. A collection of crossbow bolts, two crossbows, numerous bags and electronic equipment had been recovered from his home… (Part 3 of 3) *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ...
May 18, 2021•48 min•Season 5Ep. 49
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 5 - EPISODE 47’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS THREE-PART CASE. Stephen Griffiths was the man who ended Suzanne Blamires’ life. That was not something he could argue as he had been filmed on CCTV executing her with a crossbow. Suzanne’s remains were later found in the River Aire. Griffiths was also suspected of killing Susan Rushworth and Shelley Armitage. Their whereabouts were currently unknown… (Part 2 of 3) *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and wr...
May 15, 2021•53 min•Season 5Ep. 48
The footage captured by a CCTV camera around 2:30 am, early that Saturday morning is grainy. It pictures a corridor on the third floor of a building. A male and a female are walking side by side. They enter one of the flats through the front door. Minutes later, the door flings open, and the woman is seen running as fast as she can... (Part 1 of 3) *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. Narration, audio editing and production direction als...
May 12, 2021•49 min•Season 5Ep. 47
Love, betrayal, jealousy and greed are themes that are as old as time. These emotions can dominate someone's thoughts and lead them to murder. But if they take a life, they seldom get away with it. So focused on the spoils of their ill-gotten gains, they think scarcely about the person that is gone or how the death will negatively impact the lives of the victim's loved ones. However, after their arrest, the murderer will have decades to think about what they have done in their prison cell, never...
May 05, 2021•53 min•Season 5Ep. 46
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 5 - EPISODE 44’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. A mother of two was brutally bludgeoned to death during the evening of August 31, 1995. Police at first believed the crime to be a burglary gone wrong. But when the focus of the investigation quickly turned to her surviving family, things took an even more insidious turn... (Part 2 of 2) *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. Narration, audio editing and productio...
Apr 30, 2021•48 min•Season 5Ep. 45
A mother of two is found bludgeoned to death in a suspected burglary gone wrong. The attack is barbaric. Blood spatter covers the ceiling. But in spite of the carnage, only a small sum of money has been stolen. Is a woman's life really worth the £100 that was reported missing? The attack shocks the quiet suburban neighbourhood as police struggle to find a suspect. Is this really a random attack, or is someone closer to home responsible?... (Part 1 of 2) *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This e...
Apr 28, 2021•49 min•Season 5Ep. 44
After conception, if a fertilised egg splits in two, it produces identical twins. They can share the same sac in the womb, rapidly growing, entwined with each other. Their DNA is almost identical, so similar in fact, it was, only until recently, impossible to tell them apart. When they are raised, they encounter many of life's milestones together; they go to the same school, know the same people, and often experience the same things. When they are grown, the twins might go their separate ways, b...
Apr 21, 2021•49 min•Season 5Ep. 43
From the start, it was clear to detectives that this was a murder inquiry. Officers were immediately dispatched to search the area for a possible suspect, maybe someone in bloody clothes or acting suspiciously. Onlookers had seen a man fleeing the scene. They noted he was wearing a light beige waist-length jacket. But despite a quick response from the Kent constabulary, asking all potential witnesses near the scene if they had seen anything, officers drew a blank… *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED...
Apr 14, 2021•59 min•Season 5Ep. 42
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 5 - EPISODES 39 & 40’ FOR PARTS ONE AND TWO OF THIS THREE-PART CASE. In early April 2016, the judge began his summary of the case. Approaching its eighth week, during the trial the jury were told of the 100 plus injuries that were inflicted. Weighing six and a half stone, Angela Wrightson was beaten, not only punched and kicked, but assaulted with a table, a printer, a television, and a vase, over the course of several hours… (Part 3 of 3). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS AD...
Apr 08, 2021•50 min•Season 5Ep. 41
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 5 - EPISODE 39’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS THREE-PART CASE. On the morning of December 9, 2014, Angela Wrightson was found lifeless on the sofa in her living room. She had died from multiple injuries inflicted during a brutal assault committed over the course of several hours. Due to the severity of the attack, a pathologist could not confirm a cause of death. Two teenagers, a 13 and 14-year-old, were charged with Angela’s murder… (Part 2 of 3). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED...
Apr 07, 2021•44 min•Season 5Ep. 40
The property did not stand out. Closed vertical blinds shielded the windows from prying eyes. The front door and brick facade were painted white. The chipped paint was offset against half a dozen bouquets of flowers all the colours of the rainbow, that had been secured to a drainpipe running parallel against the front door. In County Durham, around two weeks before Christmas 2014, the body of a female was discovered in a property located a short distance from Hartlepool town centre… (Part 1 of 3...
Mar 31, 2021•51 min•Season 5Ep. 39
