Suicide Or Staged? / Lesley & Derek Potter

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On April 28, 2018, a woman nervously went to the police station to report a disturbing conversation she’d had with a co-worker a few days earlier. She was drinking with her friend's father — a man she believed had just lost his wife to suicide. As he consumed his first pint of the evening, the widower made a startling confession. However, it was less than a week before his partner's body was due to be cremated, and vital evidence would be lost forever…

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0:00.0	This episode contains distressing themes, explicit language and descriptions of violence.
0:17.5	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
0:22.0	Listener caution is advised.
0:26.1	They Walk Among Us is part of the A-cast Creator Network.
0:52.6	On April 28, 2018, a woman nervously went to the police station to report a disturbing conversation she'd had with a co-worker a few days earlier.
0:56.0	She was drinking with her friend's father,
1:00.4	a man she believed had just lost his wife to suicide.
1:03.9	As he consumed his first pint of the evening,
1:07.2	the widower made a startling confession.
1:13.2	However, it was less than a week before his partner's body was due to be cremated,
1:19.7	and vital evidence would be lost forever. How long have we married to Leslie for?
1:30.2	Twenty, five years, twenty-six years. Welcome to season seven, 7, Episode 15 of They Walk Among Us,
1:35.0	a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. Located on the south coast of Wales, Mumbles is a village on the west end of Swansea Bay.
1:53.3	The seaside village offers scenic views, not only of the coast but the Victorian Pier and Oystermouth Castle.
2:02.7	Around five miles from Wales' second largest city, Mumbles is an ideal place to call home,
2:10.0	topping the pole of best places to live in Wales according to the Sunday Times in 2020.
2:18.8	Number one Hill Street was home to Derek and Leslie Potter.
2:24.1	The pair had been married for over two decades and enjoyed village life.
2:31.0	They were familiar faces locally, as the couple had once run a cafe together.
2:39.0	It's hard to conceive that something so awful could happen in such an idyllic place,
2:45.0	but around 11.20 a.m. on the morning of April 7, 2018, Derek Potter called his daughter. He had some
2:57.0	devastating news. Derek told her he had found Leslie dead. His daughter put the phone down and
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