Murdered Just Steps From Home : Episode 521
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Scott Pritchard was just 19 years old when he was brutally attacked only yards from his family home in Sunderland. The football-mad teenager, who was recovering from a broken foot and relying on crutches, was especially vulnerable when he was ambushed and fatally struck with a blunt object.
For years, his murder remained one of the North East's most enduring unsolved cases. His family suffered unimaginable heartbreak, while Scott's dad faced the additional anguish of being wrongly suspected of his own son's killing. In this episode, I examine the investigation, the mistakes, the unanswered questions, and the extraordinary twist that finally revealed the truth. It is the story of a family who refused to give up hope and a case that proved justice can sometimes arrive in the most unexpected way.
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| 0:00.0 | We'll get back to your true crime story in just a moment. This podcast is part of the Always |
| 0:05.8 | True Crime Network, home of thousands of episodes exploring gripping true crime cases. If you're |
| 0:11.9 | looking for somewhere to start, check out our recent investigative series Project Mind Control. |
| 0:17.1 | It uncovers a chilling chapter in history, examining the disturbing experiments carried out on vulnerable people in an attempt to erase and reprogram the human mind. |
| 0:27.1 | Featuring testimony from one of the last known survivors of a notorious Canadian psychiatric institution, it's a powerful story that's as shocking as it is important. |
| 0:37.0 | Check out the show and more at |
| 0:38.7 | alwaystruecrime.com. Hello and welcome to episode 521 of the UK True Crime podcast. I'm Adam. |
| 0:49.2 | Thank you so much for joining me today for a shocking murder story from Sundand in the northeast of |
| 0:53.9 | England with two amazing twists at the end story from Sundan in the northeast of England, with two |
| 0:55.1 | amazing twists at the end. But before we get into it, let's set some context for the story with |
| 1:02.3 | our guest the month and year game. You ready? Top of the UK music charts, it was Mad World from |
| 1:07.8 | Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules. In the US it was Heya, I won't sing it |
| 1:12.9 | from Outcast at number one. And in Australia, the top album this month was Guy Sebastian and Just as |
| 1:19.2 | I Am. In the news this month, the world's largest ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2 made its |
| 1:26.4 | maiden voyage. NASA's Opportunity Rover landed on the surface of Mars, |
| 1:31.8 | and the Hutton Inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Dr David Kelly was published. |
| 1:38.6 | And for some reason I can't understand, the top film at the cinema this month was the Lord of the Rings, |
| 1:44.0 | the return of the King. |
| 1:45.8 | And in true crime news, Dr Harold Shipman was found dead this month in his prison cell. |
| 1:52.1 | So did you get the month and year? It was January 2004. |
| 1:58.4 | 19-year-old Scott Pritchard was like many teenagers from the northeast of England. |
| 2:03.4 | He was football mad, absolutely devoted to Sunderland Football Club and the England national team, |
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