Season 5 - Episode 21

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

A dead body was found in Harrow, Greater London at the end of May 1993. The officers at the scene quickly came to the conclusion that it was death by misadventure. The man, 37-year-old Christopher Dunn, was a librarian who worked at Harlesden Library in Brent, 7 miles from his located on Byron Way in Wealdstone. He was discovered in bed. The death was later ruled undetermined, but detectives thought it looked more like a tragic accident. Forensic analysis was kept to a bare minimum, and with little scrutiny, the police seemed to believe this was how the events unfolded. ‘After all’, the officers pondered, Christopher was dressed in a studded leather harness and a belt. It was assumed that Christopher died during an act of sadomasochistic bondage… (Part 1 of 2).

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0:00.0	Welcome to Season 5 Episode 21 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK through
0:21.2	Crime. This is Part 1 of a two-part case. The second installment will be available next week.
0:31.2	This episode contains distressing things, explicit language and descriptions of violence.
0:47.2	This podcast is intended for a mature audience. Listen a caution is advised.
1:04.2	A dead body was found in Harrow Greater London at the end of May 1993.
1:12.2	The officers at the scene quickly came to the conclusion that it was death by misadventure.
1:18.2	The man 37-year-old Christopher Dunn was a librarian who worked at Hullsden Library in Brent,
1:26.2	seven miles from his home on Byron Way in Wheelstown. He was discovered in bed.
1:34.2	The death was later ruled undetermined, but detectives thought it looked more like a tragic accident.
1:41.2	Byron's analysis was kept to a bare minimum, and with little scrutiny the police seemed to believe this was how the events unfolded.
1:51.2	After all the officers pondered, Christopher was dressed in a studded leather harness and a belt.
1:59.2	It was assumed that Christopher died during an act of Sadomasochistic bondage.
2:06.2	However the circumstances of his death and the initial determination of how he died made little sense.
2:14.2	He couldn't have restrained himself. Also the peculiar burn marks to his testicles perhaps might have raised suspicion,
2:22.2	along with the fact money was withdrawn from his bank account after his death.
2:28.2	But as Christopher Dunn was gay, there seemed to be one more reason that persuaded the investigating officers of the theory that he lost his life while participating in a sex act gone wrong.
2:42.2	Reports of his death barely grace the newspaper pages across Britain.
2:48.2	While it no doubt left his friends and family bereft. At the time news of the discovery was not known to the broader public.
2:58.2	His passing was not initially treated as suspicious.
3:02.2	It was not until a call was made to the police, questioning why Christopher Dunn's death had not been mentioned in the press along with a string of murders.
3:12.2	Investigators would quickly learn they were speaking to a serial killer.
3:18.2	The police were not aware of the murder of Christopher Dunn.
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