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They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
They Walk Among Us
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🗓️ 4 January 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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A man was rushed to the hospital after feeling unwell during a family camping trip. The medics' battle to save his life was all the more desperate because he was one of their colleagues…
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes, profanity and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:10.8 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:15.2 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:26.6 | A man was rushed to the hospital after feeling unwell during a family camping trip. The medic's battle to save his life was all the more desperate because he was one of their colleagues. |
| 0:32.6 | Doctors have a responsibility to do no harm. |
| 0:36.6 | In a truly extraordinary case, this surgeon |
| 0:40.0 | harmed himself. In court, his lawyer said he knows he let himself down in the most shameful way. |
| 0:48.4 | Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 0:56.1 | This is the 52nd in a series of bonus episodes. |
| 1:09.6 | While visiting her parents with her children, Rachel Hopper couldn't shake a growing concern about her 46-year-old husband's well-being. |
| 1:20.0 | They had returned home early from a family camping trip because her partner Neil said he was feeling quite unwell, |
| 1:27.3 | leaving her husband to rest and recover from what was |
| 1:30.3 | believed to be the flu, Rachel and the children went to stay with her parents for a few days. |
| 1:37.0 | She was conscious that Neil was alone and sick, so she asked a favour from Rachel Barnes, |
| 1:43.4 | a family friend who worked as a medical professional |
| 1:45.9 | to go to their home in the village of St. Term to check on him. The area is just outside of |
| 1:52.2 | Truro in Cornwall. On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, the quiet was disrupted by the arrival of an ambulance. Rachel Hopper had spoken |
| 2:05.0 | to her husband on the phone earlier that day. His slurred speech caused her to believe that he |
| 2:11.2 | needed medical attention. Rachel Barnes had popped over to the house and found |
| 2:16.8 | kneel in bed almost unresponsive. |
| 2:20.2 | In turn, she called the emergency services. |
| 2:24.0 | Neil was taken to Royal Cornwall Hospital and was immediately assigned to intensive care. |
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