Missed Warnings / The Crimes Of Joseph McCann - Part 3

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Joseph McCann carried out two sprees of horrific sexual and violent crimes in Hertfordshire, London, Cheshire, and Greater Manchester. It was a matter of urgency to get him off the streets for the public's safety. No one in England was safe until he was behind bars. McCann had victimised both male and female, child and pensioners; there was no telling where or who he would target next. Eventually, he was apprehended and a date was set for his trial… (Part 3 of 3).

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0:00.0	This episode contains distressing themes, profanity and descriptions of sexual violence.
0:13.6	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
0:17.9	Listener caution is advised.
0:24.2	The victim's names in this episode have been changed to protect their anonymity. Other details including specific locations have been removed to hide their
0:31.3	identities. Joseph McCann carried out two sprees of horrific sexual and violent crimes in Hartfordshire,
0:44.2	London, Cheshire and Greater Manchester. It was a matter of urgency to get him off the streets
0:50.8	for the public safety. No one in England was safe until he was behind bars.
0:57.2	McCann had victimised both male and female, child and pensioners.
1:02.2	There was no telling where or who he would talk it next.
1:06.0	Eventually he was apprehended and a date was set for his trial.
1:10.6	Joseph McCann zigzagged across England, attacking 11 women and children.
1:15.2	His victims range from 11 to 71 years old.
1:18.4	The details of what he did to them are too harrowing to repeat.
1:22.0	It's a case that even police officers have described as the worst they've ever dealt with.
1:26.2	A police hunt for him ended in the
1:28.4	middle of the night on a quiet country lane in Cheshire. Police decided to corner him here in this
1:34.7	area. As a police helicopter circled above, the suspect was eventually found hiding in a tree.
1:42.4	Welcome to Season 10, episode 25 of They Walk Among Us,
1:47.6	a podcast dedicated to UK true crime.
1:52.2	Please listen to Season 10 episodes 23 and 24 for parts one and two of this three-part case.
2:10.1	Over the intervening months, Joseph McCann refused to attend court hearings.
2:15.5	He remained in his cell at HMP Belmarsh while they were taking place.
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