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They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

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They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.56.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The ground was too uneven for George to attempt to follow the route to the stream that flowed 30 feet below, so he watched as his dog sniffed the ground behind large rocks. The animal was fixated on a black bin liner, and from George’s perspective, two logs sticking out of it. A faint whimpering sound echoed up from the stream. George strained his eyes and realised that the bundle he assumed was rubbish was actually a boy, who was crying for help... 


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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.


Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton


Narration, audio editing, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.


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0:00.0

This episode contains distressing themes, profanity and descriptions of violence.

0:14.1

This podcast is intended for a mature audience.

0:19.6

Listener caution is advised.

0:30.3

George Stevenson often visited Burke Craig with his dog,

0:35.2

but a spell of bad weather in the days before January 19, 1999,

0:41.1

men they had missed their usual walks in the wooded area on the outskirts of Harrogate.

0:47.9

Lunchtime on a Tuesday was always quiet, and there were few sounds to be heard apart from

0:53.9

frozen leaves being crushed

0:55.6

beneath the dog's paws as he wandered ahead of his owner.

1:01.2

They walked past a hut near the edge of a steep hill, and the dog set off down the slope.

1:08.9

The ground was too uneven for George to attempt to follow the route to the stream that flowed 30 feet below,

1:16.6

so he watched as his dog sniffed the ground behind large rocks.

1:22.6

The animal was fixated on a black bin liner and from George's perspective two logs sticking out of it.

1:30.7

A faint whimpering sound echoed up from the stream.

1:36.4

George strained his eyes and realized that the bundle he assumed was rubbish was actually a boy who was crying for help.

1:51.0

Welcome to Season 8, episode 37 of They Walk Among Us,

1:57.1

a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.

2:13.8

George Stevenson knew due to his age, he wouldn't be able to get down to the bottom of the

2:19.8

cliff and he felt awful about leaving, so he called down that he would be back as fast as he could.

2:27.8

It was bitterly cold, but the dog kept the boy company while George raised the alarm.

2:35.8

He spotted someone in the distance as he ran back along the trail.

2:41.5

George's calls for help were heard by Mark Ashworth, a local who happened to have trained

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