Season 6 - Episode 30

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODE 29’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. November 1990. South Ronaldsay in Orkney. Seven young children are taken into care by social services under ‘Place of Safety’ orders. At that time, their father — a sadistic tormentor, was behind bars. He had been convicted of abusing his children years earlier. However, following questioning from social workers, some of the youngsters had supposedly disclosed that they were now the victims of ritualistic abuse by members of the local community… (Part 2 of 2).

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0:00.0	Welcome to season 6 episode 30 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
0:28.0	Please listen to season 6 episode 29 for part 1 of this two part case.
0:40.0	This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence.
0:46.6	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
0:51.3	This an accortion is advised.
1:01.6	The names of some individuals mentioned in this episode have been changed to protect
1:07.0	their identities.
1:14.8	They walk among us as part of the Acast Creator Network.
1:32.1	November 1990 South Ronald Z in Orkney.
1:38.6	Seven young children are taken into care by social services under place of safety orders.
1:46.4	At that time their father, Zedistic Tormenta was behind bars.
1:52.8	He had been convicted of abusing his children years earlier.
1:57.6	However following questioning from social workers some of the youngsters had supposedly
2:02.6	disclosed that they were now the victims of ritualistic abuse by members of the local
2:08.4	community.
2:10.5	Orkney social workers were certain there was evidence of abuse but it was argued that
2:15.8	this had never occurred.
2:18.6	The stories came from traumatized children who were telling officials what they wanted
2:24.0	to hear.
2:26.1	This led to further children from four families in South Ronald Z being taken into care,
2:32.1	despite their parents insisting that the abuse claims were not true.
2:38.6	After five weeks the children were returned to their parents following a sheriff's ruling
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