Terror in the Woods : Episode 480
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Julia James, a 53-year-old police community support officer, was murdered while walking her dog in woodland near her home in Kent. The seemingly random and brutal attack shocked the local community and sparked a major investigation. This episode examines the events leading up to Julia’s death, the evidence that led police to her killer, and the court case that followed - a case that raised troubling questions about violence, vulnerability, and safety in everyday spaces.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
| 0:08.2 | Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:13.7 | Hello and welcome to episode 480 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam. |
| 0:20.7 | Thank you so much for joining me today as we are already almost |
| 0:24.2 | at the end of this never-ending January. It feels like it, doesn't it? Today's story is from Kent in the |
| 0:30.0 | southeast of England and it is that most scary of true crime incidents, a totally random murder by a |
| 0:36.9 | stranger, the real stuff of nightmares. But first |
| 0:40.6 | before we begin, let's set some context with our guests a month and year game. You ready? |
| 0:46.3 | Top of the UK music charts was Lil Nas and Montero. In the US, leave the door open from Silk Sonic |
| 0:52.8 | was in the top spot, and in Australia, |
| 0:56.0 | the top album at this time was Californian soil with London grammar. |
| 1:00.9 | In the news this month, Coinbase became the first major cryptocurrency company to trade |
| 1:06.2 | shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The funeral of Prince Philip took place at Windsor Castle, a very solemn event. |
| 1:14.3 | Former police officer Derek Chauvin, that's how he pronounced it, |
| 1:18.6 | was convicted of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. |
| 1:23.3 | This month, those running the sport of football showed themselves to be even more unfit for purpose and greedy than usual, |
| 1:30.6 | and that's saying something, but following a backlash, all six English clubs withdrew from the proposed European Super League. |
| 1:39.6 | And in UK true crime news, 39 post office workers convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting |
| 1:45.8 | had their names cleared after one of the UK's most widespread miscarriages of justice in our |
| 1:52.6 | lifetimes. But still today, despite all the posturing from our politicians, justice still evades |
| 2:00.3 | so many, some forever. What a total scandal |
| 2:04.7 | this still is. So did you get the month and year? It was April 2021. Snowdown is a small |
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