Human Torch Killer / Victor Castigador
They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
They Walk Among Us
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🗓️ 4 January 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The manager of an amusement arcade on the corner of Gerrard Street and Wardour Street in Soho, London, went to open the premises for business — it was just before 8 AM on Monday, April 3rd, 1989. Accompanied by his assistant, when the manager entered the building, he heard faint cries from the basement, and a strong smell of smoke hung in the air. They moved cautiously through the property, heading down some stairs to a locked storeroom. When they opened the door and went inside, they discovered a desperate situation…
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes, explicit language and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:21.1 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. Listen a caution is at Fist. They walk |
| 0:30.8 | among us as part of the A-Cast Creator Network. |
| 0:45.9 | The manager of an amusement arcade on the corner of Gerard Street and Ward or Street in |
| 0:51.4 | Soho London went to open the premises for business. It was just before 8am on Monday April |
| 0:59.7 | 3, 1989. Accompanied by his assistant, when the manager entered the building, he heard |
| 1:08.5 | faint cries from the basement and a strong smell of smoke hung in the air. They move |
| 1:16.1 | cautiously through the property, heading down some stairs to a locked storeroom. When |
| 1:23.2 | they opened the door and went inside, they discovered a desperate situation. To employees |
| 1:31.3 | were positioned near the door barely clinging to life and two others were burned beyond recognition. |
| 1:38.4 | Trapped in a wire cage used to store cash. The manager and the assistant hurriedly |
| 1:45.6 | called the emergency services, but before the police and paramedics arrived, one of the |
| 1:52.0 | badly burned employees managed to water three vital words. Victor did it. |
| 2:06.7 | Welcome to season 7 episode 29 of Bay Walker Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True |
| 2:15.6 | Crime. |
| 2:24.0 | The leisure investments amusement arcade in Soho closed around midnight. On the evening |
| 2:31.1 | of Sunday April 2nd, 26-year-old cashier Debbie Alvarez and 24-year-old duty manager |
| 2:38.7 | Ureth Gomez had just finished counting the day's takings one unexpectedly. Five people walked |
| 2:46.3 | through the door. Flanked by four individuals who appeared to be teenagers was someone Ureth |
| 2:54.5 | and Debbie knew. He was a former employee at the amusement arcade, 34-year-old Victor |
| 3:02.8 | Castigador. Castigador had worked as a security guard at the arcade up until just a few days |
| 3:10.6 | prior. Tensions between him and the managers escalated when Castigador was passed up for |
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