They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

On July 1, 2020, accompanied by a judge and several barristers, a jury disembarked a coach in Berkshire after travelling from the Old Bailey in London. A mist of light rain fell as several police officers, who spoke few words, watched on. The jury were not to be disturbed as they examined the reconstruction of a crime scene. Two vehicles were positioned facing each other on a narrow lane...

He was alarmed by the long trail of blood in the aisle. It reached at least twelve feet long. In the artificial light of the carriage, it almost looked black. As the train pulled away, with no emergency stop signal or no way of contacting the driver, it was twenty minutes before it ground to a halt at the next station. A second passenger boarded the carriage. In a state of shock, th...

When you choose a partner in life, you take on their family, too. Ideally, you get on, and you live in harmony. Some people invite their in-laws into their homes with open arms, unaware that their new family member has left behind a murderous past.  *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***  This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton.  Illustrations...

PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 5 - EPISODE 9’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE.  Ian Simms was in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court. He was accused of murdering Helen McCourt, who vanished in February 1988. Her body was still missing. Despite the overwhelming forensic evidence, Simms insisted he was innocent (Part 2 of 2).  *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***  This episode was rese...

A woman in her early twenties goes missing on a journey home from work. A few days pass, and some of her belongings are found, discarded just under 20 miles away. Police suspect foul play, and a murder charge is laid. But why was she killed, and where was her body? (Part 1 of 2).  *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***  This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton.  Narra...

"We have seen cases where young people have been groomed online, but it is rare for it to culminate in such a dreadful and violent murder. The degree of planning and manipulation by Daynes is shocking, and when you consider the young ages of perpetrator and victim, it stands out as one of the most cruel, violent and unusual cases we have dealt with"... — Chief Crown Prosecutor Jenny Hopkins, outsi...

The disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old that went missing from a Portuguese holiday resort in 2007, has been widely covered by the media. Back in 1985, another three-year-old went missing while at a holiday park. This is the case of Leoni Keating. *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***  This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. ...

PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 5 - EPISODE 5’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE.  Paul Bint is known under many aliases. He would convince his unsuspecting victims that he was a doctor, a lawyer, an aristocrat, or even a millionaire. Through his twenties and thirties, Bint had spent a total of 10 years in and out of prisons or mental health facilities. However, this did little to curb his desire t...

"People have this picture of me which is completely inaccurate, and I don't see how I am ever going to get around this problem. I don't think I would describe myself as a conman, or King Con Man or King of the Swindlers, as the newspapers call me. I'm someone who lied about myself and my status. It made me forget what the reality was, and for me, it was a way of escaping. It always has been" — Pau...

It is a scene reserved only for your worst nightmares. You live alone, but there is suddenly a stranger in your bedroom. He does not have to unfasten the zipper over his mouth on the black leather mask he is wearing to say why he is there. Prominent, against the dim light and the dark leather, there is one word scrawled crudely in white capital letters across the forehead of the mask… RAPIST. &nbs...

Red stains on the carpet, red stains on your knife, oh, Dr Buck Ruxton, you murdered your wife. The nursemaid saw you and threatened to tell, oh, Dr Buck Ruxton, you killed her as well…  — Lancashire nursery rhyme, parody of the song ‘Red Sails in the Sunset’, latter half of the 1930s *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***  This episode was researched and written by Rosa...

PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 5 - EPISODE 1’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE.  Raoul Moat had been on the run from the police. Using a double-barrelled shotgun, Moat fired the weapon at his ex-girlfriend, Samantha Stobbart. She suffered life-threatening injuries. In the same attack, Moat murdered her new partner, Chris Brown. Moat was obsessed and could not face the fact that his six-...

A highly volatile former nightclub doorman is released from prison. He is in a jealous rage. The carnage that followed saw one person dead and two left with life-threatening injuries. The attacks would spur one of the biggest manhunts the UK had ever seen, culminating in a stand-off that resulted in yet another life being taken... (Part 1 of 2).    *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***&nbs...

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PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODES 49, 50 & 51’ FOR PARTS ONE, TWO AND THREE OF THIS FOUR-PART CASE.  Stuart Lubbock’s family would not see the justice they rightfully deserved, but Michael Barrymore felt he too was a victim — he claimed his arrest on suspicion of murder in 2007 was a miscarriage of justice (Part 4 of 4). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***   This episode was rese...

PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODES 49 & 50’ FOR PARTS ONE AND TWO OF THIS FOUR-PART CASE.  On September 13, 2002, at the offices of Epping Forest District Council, the inquest into Stuart Lubbock’s death was concluded. The frustrations during the proceedings were felt no more so than by the coroner, Caroline Beasley-Murray, who believed that she was left with no other choice than to pa...

PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODE 49’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS FOUR-PART CASE.  Stuart Lubbock, a father to two young children, was 31 when he was found lifeless, floating in a swimming pool that belonged to celebrity entertainer Michael Barrymore. Stuart was naked apart from a pair of boxer shorts. He had suffered severe internal injuries that would later be described as “horrific”. Essex Pol...

At 5:46 am, on the morning of Saturday, March 31, 2001, a call was made to the emergency services. The operator was told that a male, who would later be identified as 31-year-old Stuart Lubbock, was found lifeless and hyperthermic in a swimming pool. The pool belonged to celebrity entertainer Michael Barrymore, who lived at 4 Beaumont Park Drive in Roydon — a village in Essex in the southeast of E...

PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODE 47’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. Terence Whall was on trial for murder. The prosecutor at Mold Crown Court told the jury that the defendant had shot his victim with a crossbow. The arrowheads used in the attack were designed for hunting animals — razor-sharp to sever a prey's arteries (Part 2 of 2). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode w...

"When he left his home to look at the Sky dish, there was someone waiting outside, in the dark, armed with a high-powered crossbow. A crossbow, members of the jury, is a silent, quick and deadly weapon” — Prosecutor Peter Rouch QC, Mold Crown Court, January 2020 (Part 1 of 2). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton.  Narration, audio edi...

PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODE 45’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE.  Michael Telling had killed his wife, Monika. He hid her body in a summer house for five months before cutting off her head and disposing of the remains. He never disputed those facts. But after his arrest, Telling argued that he was not responsible for his actions as he suffered from an abnormality of mind (Part 2 o...

There are two sides to every coin, like there are two sides to every story. A headless body is found in the undergrowth of a natural beauty spot in Devon. Police soon find the culprit, who openly admits that he carried out the killing. However, not everything is, as it seems… or perhaps it is? (Part 1 of 2). *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fi...

If you robbed a bank, how much do you think you would get? What would you spend the money on? How much money is a life worth? *** 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. &nb...

“There may have been some sort of consensual behaviour at the start of this night’s activity. But we say that you can be sure that, whatever may have started willingly, there is no way that Natalie either consented to or was able to consent to what John Broadhurst did to her after that, leading to her untimely, unseemly and tragic death” — Prosecutor David Mason QC, Birmingham Crown Court, Novembe...

Jack and Charlotte were on a date. The evening was going well. So well, in fact, that Jack invited Charlotte back to his houseboat on the most famous river in London. Little did they know that following the events of that night, one of them would end up dead and the other chased by police, halfway around the world.  *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researche...