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November 1991.

Rumors were circulating around the village of Northeum in Sussex,

about 52-year-old Terry Daddow and his 51-year-old wife, Jean.

The malicious gossip focused on their love life,

as well as Terry's business dealings.

In an attempt to set the record straight, Terry and Jean went to unusual measures.

They addressed a letter to the local newspaper requesting that it be printed.

Terry was satisfied when the advert ran in the personal column of the paper

on November 26th. He thought it would finally put a stop to the idle chit-chat. That night as Terry

and Jean lay in bed and began to drift off to sleep,

the silence was broken by the sound of heavy footsteps on the path leading to their front door.

Welcome to Season 7, Episode 26 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.

Terran's Daddo, or Terry, as he was more commonly known, was born in the Cornish town of Red Ruth in 1939.

He graduated from East End and Red Ruth Grammar School, and after leaving, was employed as a postman before shifting roles to work on the counter at Red Ruth Post Office. He felt his opportunities

were limited, so Terry moved to a different company where he believed he could progress.

Terry accepted a job at Lloyd's bank in Tented and Kent and worked his way up,

starting as a cashier and then advancing to a financial advisor.

It was there in 1985 where he met Jean, a hairdresser and regular customer at the

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