Bizarre Love Triangle / The Murder Of Paul Spickett
They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
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🗓️ 3 December 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In February 1974, a two-and-a-half-year-old went missing. For four hours, dozens of police officers and relatives of the toddler searched the area. His older brother had been looking after him while they were out playing but came home not knowing where his sibling was. The youngster was eventually found, peacefully asleep in the long grass a short distance from his home. It was an incredible relief for his worried family. Unfortunately, this happy ending wouldn’t be granted in the case of another boy who went missing around 40 miles away, a day earlier…
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:09.6 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:14.3 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:28.3 | In February 1974, a two-and-a-half-year-old went missing. |
| 0:35.0 | For four hours, dozens of police officers and relatives of the toddler searched the area. |
| 0:39.2 | His older brother had been looking after him while they were out playing, but came home not knowing where his sibling was. The youngster was eventually found |
| 0:47.4 | peacefully asleep in the long grass a short distance from his home. It was an incredible relief for his worried family. |
| 0:57.4 | Unfortunately, this happy ending wouldn't be granted in the case of another boy who went |
| 1:02.6 | missing around 40 miles away a day earlier. |
| 1:08.9 | Welcome to Season 8, Episode 28 of They Walk Among us, |
| 1:14.7 | a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:22.9 | The night was drawing in on Monday, February 11, 1974, but Kathy Spickett's 10-year-old son, Paul, had still not arrived home from school. |
| 1:40.3 | Paul attended Mandale Junior High School in Thornaby on T's North Yorkshire, just over a mile |
| 1:47.1 | and a half from his home on Vulcan Way. Most afternoons Paul would board the bus, taking |
| 1:54.2 | him through the town centre before bringing him closer to home. Occasionally he would buy a ticket a few stops early to save some change to spend on suites. |
| 2:06.8 | He would then walk less than a mile home, but it never took him long. |
| 2:13.2 | Kathy Spickett was beginning to worry. |
| 2:17.0 | Paul should have been home hours ago. |
| 2:19.9 | She expressed concern to her partner Brian |
| 2:22.5 | and her son's father, Alan, |
| 2:24.7 | who lived in Newcastle upon time. |
| 2:28.5 | Paul's loved one searched the surrounding areas late into the night, |
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