340: Jo Pearson & Teohna Grant

Morbidology

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On Christmas Day 2024, families across Britain gathered in homes decorated with twinkling lights and wreaths, settling in for an evening of festive films and leftover turkey. Along Santa Cruz Avenue in Bletchley, the sounds of celebration drifted through thin walls. But just after 5PM, those sounds were shattered by something else entirely. Screaming pierced through the cheerful facade. Then a woman emerged on a balcony. She was covered in blood as she screamed: “I can’t breathe!”

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2:08.2	Music time, gastro.com slash morbology. Well, I remember Joanne getting stabbed up and losing their life and I remember looking myself in the bathroom. For those familiar with British history, the name Bletchley stars echoes of wartime secrecy.
2:26.9	Once home to the famed Bletchley Park, this quiet district of Milton Keynes played a decisive role in World War II.
2:33.9	It was here behind closed doors
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