192: Sarah Payne

Stolen Lives True Crime

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The devastating murder of 8-year-old Sarah Payne

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0:00.0	Here on Stolen Lives, we discuss brutal and heartbreaking crimes against children.
0:05.7	Themes may include child murder, torture, and sexual domestic and child abuse.
0:11.1	I do try my best to remain respectful for the babies in these stories, and leave out unnecessary
0:15.8	details that honestly, none of us need to know to understand the frustration of why and how
0:20.6	this ever happened.
0:22.1	However, if you find any of these themes triggering, this podcast may not be for you.
0:27.5	Listener discretion is advised.
0:37.4	This week's story is a listener suggestion.
0:40.2	Thank you to Michelle for bringing Sarah's story to my attention.
0:43.6	It's every parent's worst nightmare come to life.
0:46.6	Your children are playing outside.
0:48.4	They are with others and they should be safe.
0:50.7	There is no way that an inconceivable atrocity beyond thought could happen.
0:55.4	Unfortunately, that's exactly the case in this week's story.
0:59.5	July 2000, Little Hampton West Sussex. Four siblings are playing outside, but only three would
1:06.1	return home. Eight-year-old Sarah Payne was missing nowhere to be seen. It was a case that quickly
1:12.5	dominated to the media and became one of the biggest searches in British history.
1:16.8	End a story of a family's relentless fight for a change in the law. This is Sarah's story.
1:26.4	Sarah Evelyn Isabel Payne was born October 13th, 1991 in Walton-on-Tames, England.
1:33.1	To parent Sarah and Michael Payne.
1:35.9	Sarah was the third of four children with two older brothers, Lee and Luke, and a younger sister, Charlotte.
1:42.4	Sarah and Michael were so ecstatic when they had Sarah.
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