A Killer Close To Home / The Murder Of Patricia Curran - Part 2
They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
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🗓️ 24 May 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 7 - EPISODE 50’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. A young woman had been brutally murdered, and her body was found a short distance from her home. It appeared to be an open and shut case when a man admitted the crime. However, it soon became clear there was a problem with his conviction. Had the wrong person been punished for the murder of Patricia Curran?… (Part 2 of 2).
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:11.4 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:16.0 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:20.4 | They Walk Among Us is part of the A-cast Creator Network. |
| 0:30.7 | A young woman had been brutally murdered, |
| 0:34.4 | and her body was found a short distance from her home. It appeared to be an open and |
| 0:41.1 | shut case when a man admitted the crime. However, it soon became clear there was a problem |
| 0:48.1 | with his conviction. Had the wrong person been punished for the murder of Patricia Curran. |
| 0:58.8 | Welcome to Season 7, Episode 51 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK true crime. |
| 1:10.6 | Please listen to Season 7, Episode 50 for part one of this two-part case. |
| 1:24.1 | After a prolonged period of unrest, life in White Abbey was finally returning to normal. |
| 1:32.8 | Locals breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Patricia Curran's murderer was safely locked up in Hollywood Mental Hospital. |
| 1:42.5 | In February of 1958, however, six years after the killing, a headline in the people newspaper |
| 1:50.8 | read, This boy did not kill Pat Curran. |
| 1:56.5 | The article was penned by reporter Duncan Webb. |
| 2:01.8 | Webb revealed that he had been conducting his own investigation into the murder for the past six months |
| 2:07.8 | and had uncovered evidence that he believed proved that he and Hay Gordon was in fact innocent. |
| 2:15.9 | The article began. The verdict on Gordon at his trial in March, innocent. The article began. |
| 2:18.2 | The verdict on Gordon at his trial in March 1953 was guilty but insane. |
| 2:25.8 | It is my verdict that he was not guilty. |
| 2:29.5 | He was not insane and he is not insane today. |
| 2:38.0 | Webdisclosed. not insane and he is not insane today. Webb disclosed that during his investigation he interviewed people who did not testify at Gordon's |
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