A Confession / The Crimes Of Christopher Halliwell - Part 1

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They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher had been with the police force for 25 years. Following a missing persons appeal in 2011 — that quickly unravelled into a double murder inquiry — he couldn’t have imagined that his actions, to find the truth, would not only bring about the end of his career but almost cost him his life (Part 1 of 2).

This episode is brought to you in association with ITV’s new true-crime drama ‘A CONFESSION’ from Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning writer Jeff Pope. Watch the 6-part drama, A CONFESSION, starting Monday, September 2nd at 9 pm on ITV.

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This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton.

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0:00.0	Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK true crime.
0:24.6	This feature-length bonus episode is part one of a two-part case.
0:32.9	Listener caution is advised, as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that some listeners may find distressing.
1:02.8	Detective Superintuitive. Detective Superintendent Stephen Fultcher had been with the police force for 25 years.
1:10.5	Following a missing person's appeal in 2011, that quickly unraveled into a double murder inquiry.
1:14.5	He couldn't have imagined that his actions to find the truth would not only bring about the end of his career,
1:18.1	but almost cost him his life.
1:42.7	I'm going to do it. A Confession, Part 1 Rebecca Godden Edwards had a difficult upbringing.
1:49.0	When she was six, her parents, Karen and John separated.
1:54.0	While divorce is not uncommon, and her older brother Stephen was at an age where he can understand what was happening.
2:04.0	Rebecca or Becky as she was more commonly known,
2:08.0	struggled to come to terms with the reasons for a father leaving.
2:12.5	She still excelled at even Swindon Primary School,
2:16.8	but her time at Commonwealth Second secondary was not without its problems.
2:20.6	She was the subject of taunts from bullies.
2:24.0	Karen did as much as any mother could,
2:28.4	often arranging meetings with the faculty to understand what could be done.
2:30.7	But little changed.
2:38.8	The insults continued, and Becky became more withdrawn. The verbal taunts became physical assaults and were no longer contained within the school's walls. On one
2:45.5	occasion Becky returned home after she had been attacked. She rushed upstairs to her room and later came down with the word hate carved into her arm.
2:56.7	At 13, she tried to commit suicide.
3:01.0	A few years later, Becky's mother Karen married a man called Charlie Edwards.
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