Scandal, Death & Conspiracy / Stephen Milligan & James Rusbridger
They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Stephen Milligan was a rising Conservative MP when he was found dead in bizarre and controversial circumstances inside his London home. What initially appeared to be a tragic accident quickly spiralled into a shocking political scandal, raising questions about secrecy, morality, and whether something far more sinister was being concealed…
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:10.5 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:14.9 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:19.9 | When an up and coming MP was found dead in bizarre circumstances, |
| 0:24.6 | it raised questions about whether conservative representatives were holding themselves |
| 0:29.6 | to the moral standard they spoke about in the House of Commons. |
| 0:34.6 | However, it also sparked conspiracies that a covert network of spies were capitalising |
| 0:40.5 | on the stigma surrounding fetishes to conceal state-sanctioned crimes. There can only be one of two |
| 0:47.2 | explanations. There was either a dark side to Stephen that none of us knew about, not even his |
| 0:53.9 | closest friends, and I suppose that's |
| 0:55.8 | possible. Or there is something unto what happened, and we haven't been told the full story yet. |
| 1:02.0 | Welcome to Season 11, episode 17 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:22.9 | There are a taggart to arrive for work at the House of Commons as usual on Monday, February 7, 1994. |
| 1:28.8 | She had been working as a secretary to an Eastley MP named Stephen Milligan and expected him to arrive at 10.30 a.m. |
| 1:33.3 | When Stephen failed to turn up, |
| 1:36.2 | Vera spoke to his colleagues and asked whether he had any constituency meetings that morning, |
| 1:42.2 | but none were listed. |
| 1:47.2 | By the time the house began sitting just after 2pm, Vera became concerned and called Sally Penny, Stephen's constituency secretary in Eastleigh. |
| 1:55.7 | Sally later said, Vera rang about lunchtime and said she had not seen him. She said it was unusual because he had not |
| 2:04.1 | even phoned. As time went on, she rang again and said it was very strange and she really didn't |
| 2:10.4 | like it. Thera said she was going to try to track him down and was going round to his house. |
| 2:17.8 | Vera drove to Blackline Lane in Chiswick, West London, where Stephen Milliken lived. |
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