S04E01 - Olga Freeman (The Murder of Dylan Freeman)

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In the first episode of British Murders Season 4, I tell the tragic story of Olga Freeman and her son Dylan Freeman.⁣

During the UK's first Coronavirus lockdown, Olga Freeman, who had a history of suffering from depression and anxiety, had a complete mental breakdown.⁣

Her son, Dylan, who had been diagnosed with autism, global neurodevelopmental delay, progressive myopia and significant difficulties with language and communication, self-help and independence, required around the clock care.⁣

After Dylan's special school closed during the first national lockdown and Olga was only receiving around 12 hours a week's worth of assistance from her friend to help care for her son, Olga was at her wits' end.⁣

On August 15, 2020, Olga killed Dylan, placed his body where he liked to sleep and surrounded him with his toys.⁣

On February 11, 2021, Olga was handed a hospital order without a limit of time, which means she will be detained in a psychiatric hospital indefinitely.⁣

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast which focuses exclusively on British murder cases with an occasional glimpse at horror movies. I'm your host
0:23.2	as ever Stuart Blues and this is the first episode of a brand new season. Thank you so much for
0:29.9	bearing with me during my recent off-season. I appreciate that. Not everyone will be a fan of my
0:34.7	collabs or my movie episodes but it really breaks up the monotony
0:38.4	for me. It gives me a few weeks off from writing as well, which is always appreciated.
0:43.1	If you're already a fan of the show, then welcome back. If not, then it's worth me reiterating
0:48.3	that each of my seasons contains 10 episodes, and we're now at the start of season four.
0:56.8	If I sound a little bit weird, it's because I've had a cold for what feels like years now. It's realistically about 10 days. It's not COVID,
1:05.2	so don't worry, I've done tests. It's just a little bit of bunged-upness, if you like. So I'm okay. Don't worry about it.
1:14.1	I've got lots of shout-outs to do, seeing as it's been a while since I've done a proper episode,
1:18.4	but I'll save them for the end rather than going through them all now, because there is quite a few.
1:23.4	Those of you who listen to my third season will know that I introduced an opening icebreaker segment called Dad Fax.
1:29.7	I basically read out a fact from a set of cards, my daughter got me, and see if I know it, and usually I don't.
1:36.5	I do have a jingle for it now, though, recorded by none other than my little girl.
1:42.0	Here it is.
1:43.4	Welcome to Daddy Facts.
1:46.0	How cute is that?
1:48.3	Absolute nightmare to try to get her to say that.
1:50.3	She does speak well, but when you do it on command,
1:53.1	not so much.
1:55.0	So let's do it then.
1:56.2	This week's Dad Fact is,
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