Deterioration: A Mother’s Confession / Lorna & Eva Williamson
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🗓️ 10 May 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
A father returns home to a devastating scene. His teenage daughter has been brutally killed, and his wife has vanished. Inside the house, there are clear signs of violence. Blood-stained objects suggest a frenzied attack… but what happened in the hours leading up to it?…
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This episode was written by Rosanna Fitton. Research by Benjamin Fitton.
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Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, additional writing and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:12.0 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:16.9 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:22.8 | On a quiet September afternoon in 1953, a man returned home to find his teenage daughter dead on the living room floor and his wife gone without a trace. |
| 0:35.6 | Inside there were signs of violence, |
| 0:38.2 | and bloodstained clothing suggested more than one person had been injured. |
| 0:43.7 | A day later, someone would walk into a police station and confess. |
| 0:49.0 | What followed would leave investigators questioning everything they thought they knew. |
| 0:56.0 | Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:03.5 | This is the 61st in a series of bonus episodes. |
| 1:17.6 | Thank you. episodes. 45-year-old Harry Williamson made a living as a metal sprayer at the Appleby-Froddingham |
| 1:23.8 | Steelworks in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. |
| 1:29.6 | At the time, most of the men in the town worked in some capacity for the booming business of iron and steel manufacture. Harry and his wife |
| 1:37.4 | Eva had been married for two decades and were settled at 25 Highcliff Gardens, where they had |
| 1:44.0 | lived for 16 years. |
| 1:47.0 | Neighbours described the Williamson's as a very reserved family. |
| 1:51.9 | Their daughter, their only child Lorna Judith Williamson, had been born about a dress in 1939. |
| 2:00.4 | Fourteen-year-old Lorna, who had a passion for music and was soon to receive an award |
| 2:05.7 | recognizing her talents from the mares of Scunthor, was nearing the end of her school's summer |
| 2:11.6 | holidays on that fateful Tuesday afternoon in 1953. |
| 2:19.3 | When Harry Williamson returned home from work on September 1st shortly after 4.30, |
| 2:26.2 | he found his daughter huddled in a corner on the living room floor. |
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