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They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On the evening of Friday, February 3, 2017, 95-year-old Denver Beddows and his 88-year-old wife, Olive, received a visit from their son and daughter-in-law at their semi-detached home in Woolston. Denver, or Charles to those that knew him, had been struggling to care for his wife of 65 years, as she had been involved in a car accident which had left her increasingly anxious. Both her physical and mental health had been deteriorating, and, in turn, this put an increasing strain on her husband. Denver’s son and his daughter-in-law left the property once they helped their father with the household chores. Less than twenty-four hours later, Denver would be in police custody, and his wife would be lying in a critical condition after being attacked with a hammer...

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0:00.0	Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
0:17.9	Listener caution is advised, as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that some listeners may find distressing.
0:26.6	This is the fourth in a series of short bonus episodes.
0:52.9	On the evening of Friday, February 3, 2017, 95-year-old Denver Beddose and his 88-year-old wife Olive received a visit from their son and
0:56.9	daughter-in-law at their semi-detached home in Walston. Denver, or Charles, to those that knew him,
1:04.6	had been struggling to care for his wife of 65 years as she had been involved in a car accident,
1:13.1	which had left her increasingly anxious.
1:20.0	Both her physical and mental health had been deteriorating, and in turn, this put an increasing strain on her husband. Denver's son and daughter-in-law left the property once they helped
1:26.0	their father with the household chores.
1:29.1	Less than 24 hours later, Denver would be in police custody and his wife would be lying
1:35.1	in a critical condition after being attacked with a hammer. Denver Charles Beddows was born in the early 1920s.
1:53.7	When he was 19 years old, he would be called to serve in the Royal Air Force
1:58.2	before running a car body repair business between 1946 to
2:03.4	1986. He had met his wife Olive, who was seven years his junior, and the couple would go on
2:10.5	to marry before the birth of their son. The couple were near inseparable and very much in love.
2:18.5	They moved to Walston, a parish in Cheshire, around 25 miles east of Liverpool.
2:25.5	Denver and Olive built a life there, and both described their time together as perfect and happy.
2:32.8	Despite finding the love of his life, since his early 40s, Denver had struggled
2:37.6	with depression and fought to control his emotional state. He retired in the late 1980s and Denver
2:45.2	and his wife would go on to become grandparents. During May of 2016, while out driving, Olive was involved in a serious
2:55.2	car accident. The effects of the collision would have a dramatic impact on not only her life,
3:02.1	but the lives of those around her. Her mental capacity was severely affected and she was unable to complete even the most
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