S12E01 | The Murder of Rachael Lean (Buxton, Norfolk, 1995)

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I tell the story of Rachael Lean, an 18-year-old killed near Buxton, Norfolk, in September 1995.

Rachael's sudden disappearance on September 5, after missing a dinner appointment with her mum, prompted a five-day search. Last seen that afternoon chatting with Maria Hnatiuk outside the Naafi shop at RAF Coltishall, where her father worked, Rachael's body was eventually discovered on September 10, not far from the RAF station.

Following Hnatiuk's arrest and questioning, she confessed to the crime, attributing it to diminished responsibility and placing the blame on her controlling boyfriend, Ian Wells. On November 28, 1996, Hnatiuk received a life sentence after being unanimously found guilty of murder by the jury at Norwich Crown Court.

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0:00.0	This podcast contains elements that may be alarming to some listeners.
0:04.2	Listener discretion is advised.
0:06.4	You are now listening to British Brothers.
0:09.8	This will cry podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast focusing exclusively on British murder cases and serial killers.
0:32.3	I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is the first episode of season 12, a brand new season for a brand new year.
0:39.5	Happy New Year and welcome to 2024.
0:42.6	Over the Christmas period, British murders achieved a remarkable 4 million total podcast
0:47.3	downloads.
0:47.9	Thank you everyone for listening, sharing, telling friends and family about the show and just
0:52.9	supporting me in general.
0:55.5	I really do appreciate it.
1:00.5	Thank you so much. If you've been here for a while, then you'll know what's coming at the start of this episode. If you are new here, I always do two opening icebreakers, just to break the tension a little bit.
1:06.2	The jingles for the two segments are voiced by my daughter. I recorded them ages ago. She is a bit older now,
1:11.6	so she does speak a lot more clear, but I'm just keeping them for the cuteness factor.
1:16.1	Here is the first opening icebreaker segment.
1:18.9	Two facts that sound like both...
1:21.5	Did you know the universe's average colour is called Cosmic Latte? In a 2002 study, astronomers found that the light coming from galaxies
1:31.2	averaged into a beige colour that's pretty close to white.
1:36.0	Now it's time for the show's final opening icebreaker segment.
1:39.3	Final quote of the day.
1:41.6	If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?
1:46.3	Stephen Fry.
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