I Am Too Frightened to Tell Him / Lois & Francis Martin / Wernher Jordi
They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
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🗓️ 29 March 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
In December 1962, an inquest jury at Ilford heard how a 20-year-old woman had tried to leave a relationship. Her brother-in-law gave evidence that she had told him, more than once, "I am too frightened to tell him." Lois Martin had found someone new. She had plans to get engaged. She wanted to move forward. She never got the chance...
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:12.8 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:17.2 | Listener caution is advised. |
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| 0:33.6 | It was an ordinary Sunday evening in Ilford, Greater London. |
| 0:40.3 | A young woman out on a dinner date, a father at home waiting with the kettle. |
| 0:47.3 | No one in the Martin household could have known how the night would end. |
| 0:54.2 | Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:01.8 | This is the 59th in a series of bonus episodes. |
| 1:20.3 | The sound seemed out of place on Brancaster Road in Ilford. A loud, popping-like noise echoed in the quiet. |
| 1:26.2 | The sound had woken up some locals who were getting ready for the early shift at work. The residents on Brancaster Road soon realized that the noise was coming from a semi-detached |
| 1:32.7 | property belonging to the Martin family. |
| 1:36.6 | Curiosity got the better of several neighbours who stepped outside to investigate. |
| 1:42.1 | The youngest of the three Martin daughters, Lois, had not been home long |
| 1:46.8 | when those same neighbors made their way inside to find out what was happening. The young woman was |
| 1:53.8 | lying motionless on the kitchen floor. There was a wound through Lois's heart. She had likely |
| 2:00.3 | been killed instantly. |
| 2:03.2 | In the dining room, two men were barely clinging to life, one recognisable as Francis Martin, |
| 2:09.7 | the 61-year-old owner of the home. He was lying by a sideboard. His shirt blooded from |
| 2:16.7 | the gaping wound on his chest. |
| 2:19.7 | The second man was middle-aged, not a member of the Martin household, but a face that had become |
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