Horror On Cromwell Street / Fred and Rose West - Part 5

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🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODES 1, 2, 3 & 4’ FOR THE PREVIOUS PARTS OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. On Tuesday, November 21, 1995, after two days of deliberation, the jury had finally made some progress on the murder charges they were considering. There were 10 in all, but so far, jurors were only able to reach verdicts for 2 of them. The accused, Rose West, stood in the dock. Tears hung heavy in her eyes. It felt like the onlookers in the public gallery were in a state of suspended animation — no movement, no sound, other than the voice from the foreman of the jury... (Part 5 of 5)

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This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton.

Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjamin Fitton. Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.

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Court documents and information from the following news organisations, magazines and books were referenced in this episode: Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, Daily Mirror, The Times, The Telegraph, Gloucestershire Live, Sky News, Daily Mail, Real-Life Crimes...And How They Were Solved Magazine, ‘Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors’ by Howard Sounes, and ‘The Cromwell Street Murders: The Detective's Story’ by John Bennett with Graham Gardner.

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0:00.0	This episode of They Walk Among us is sponsored by the True Crime Channel and the watch-free UK player
0:06.9	where you can watch the brand new series Murder UK.
0:11.7	Murder UK is a British true crime documentary series that explores the dark world of homicide.
0:18.7	Renowned criminologist and emeritus professor David Wilson takes viewers deep
0:23.6	into some of the UK's most chilling murder cases, uncovering the common threads that connect them,
0:29.8	and investigating the psychological and societal factors that drive individuals to kill.
0:36.2	Through expert analysis and in-depth case studies of different cases in each episode,
0:41.6	the series exposes the unadulterated reality of murder
0:45.2	and seeks to understand what compels someone to commit the ultimate crime.
0:50.7	Watch Murder UK on the True Crime Channel on Mondays and Tuesdays at 10pm, or stream for free on any device on watch Free UK streaming service.
1:23.9	Welcome to Season 6 Episode 5 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
1:34.3	Please listen to Season 6 episodes 1, two, three and four for the previous parts of this five-part case.
1:41.2	This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of sexual violence.
1:48.3	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
1:53.4	Listener caution is advised. A fascination with horror seems an inescapable facet of human nature, and the trial of Rosemary West is an international story.
2:13.6	Audiences around the world have been gripped by the drama unfolding in
2:18.7	Winchester's court number three. Drama sparked by one of Britain's largest ever police
2:23.9	investigations. It's certainly the biggest story that since I've been here in 33 years and it
2:29.2	goes on and it looks as if it's going to persist even further. It's just so evil what's gone on.
2:35.0	You can't believe it's gone on in this day and age like Jack the Rifford.
2:37.0	You know, it's horrible.
2:38.0	She must have known what was going on.
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