Five Shots in Mill Hill / Claire Johnson / Walter Moon
They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Metropolitan Police officers arrived in Mill Hill, North London, after reports of gunshots on Rowlands Close. Waiting nearby was a 60-year-old man, who raised his hands and confessed to shooting his former lover. He argued that he just snapped and the killing wasn’t premeditated. Did the evidence tell another story?…
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes, profanity and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:11.7 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:16.2 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:22.8 | Metropolitan Police Constable Paul Streidwick was working in the Mill Hill area of London |
| 0:28.5 | on a dark and cold November evening when a call came into the station from a police force |
| 0:34.6 | almost 100 miles away. |
| 0:41.1 | The caller reported a shooting on Rowland's close. |
| 0:45.7 | P.C. Stredwick and a colleague drove towards the scene. |
| 0:51.8 | As the officers pulled up, a man standing near a phone box came into focus. |
| 0:54.0 | His hands were raised. When P.C. Streidwick got out of the car to speak |
| 0:57.8 | to him, the man said, I want to give myself up. I've just shot someone. I've had trouble with my |
| 1:05.7 | girlfriend. Welcome to Season 11, Episode 18 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:24.1 | Walter Leonard Moon was born in Leamington Spa in 1924. |
| 1:29.3 | His father Leonard worked as an inspector for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, |
| 1:36.3 | and his mother Winifred took care of the domestic duties. |
| 1:40.3 | At the age of 19, Walter enlisted in the armed forces, and in June 1944 he was one of around |
| 1:48.9 | 60,000 British soldiers who landed on the beaches of Normandy. |
| 1:54.7 | Moon was later stationed in Germany, where he began a course in economics and political science. It was during his studies that |
| 2:03.7 | he met a young German woman named Gisela. The pair fell in love, and after they got married, |
| 2:10.9 | they settled in Lincolnshire. Walter Moon steadily climbed the career ladder, making business contacts wherever he went. |
| 2:21.0 | While managing two local builder's merchants, Walter became a fellow of the Institute of Directors |
| 2:27.2 | which recognized his high standing. He was also a founding member of the Institute of Builders' |
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