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Hello and welcome to episode 197 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam.

A quite startling story today. So many of the stories we hear about are based on a reaction

to a specific event, whether immediate or a period of time later. Today's story is different,

and I'll suggest particularly chilly, due to the pre-meditated nature of the offences.

Before we begin, as always a huge thank you to almost porters on Patreon, especially

this week's new members of this exclusive club. That is Kurt Eisler, Ruby Kaladen, Jackie

Rowan, Charlie Cummings, Janet Hacker and Lewis Lundy who has increased his support.

It's great to have you on board and thank you so much for your support.

If you haven't joined the fun yet, come and join the party at patreon.com slash the

UK True Crime. And a special thank you to Lisbeth Crites, who headed to UKTrueClimed.com

and made a donation to the running cost of this show by PayPal. Lisbeth, thank you so much.

I'm delighted at this episode is again sponsored by Wuger, the creator of June's Journey.

Have you played it yet? Released almost three years ago, June's Journey is a hidden object mystery

game, set in the 1920s, with over 3 million active fans all around the world, including me.

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