Hello and welcome to episode 42 of the UK True Crime Weekly podcast, I'm Adam.

Today we head back to 1984. Today we head back to 1984 to look at the crimes of a rapist

nickname The Fox, who terrorised the counties of Bedvature and Buckinghamshire in central

England, though he also committed crimes further afield. As a young boy, I recalled a newspaper

headline about this man dressed all in black with a mask and a gun. He really was a figure

of terror. But before we start, I would like to thank my new Patreon supporters this week,

that's Amy, Karen Joyson, Samuel Preston, Reggie Lee, and also from beautiful Sydney,

Tarry and Blackwood, who has supported the show for a while. Thank you all for your support,

I really appreciate it. There's no advert today, so instead I'm delighted that I

can offer listeners a free copy of a new book by ex-Policeman Chris Clark. It's called

The Face of Evil and it's all about Robert Black.

Now Chris is a major contributor to our UK True Crime Facebook page and he also has an

excellent website at armchairdetective.org.uk. Based on his knowledge and his writing

ability, I expect the book to be excellent. All you need to do to be in the chance of

winning the book is to make a comment on this week's podcast read at the Facebook group

and I'll pick a winner at random, which will be announced on next week's show.

The UK charts in April 1984 were top by Lionel Rich with Hello, just ahead of shaking

Stevens with a love worth waiting for. In the US it was Kenny Loggins with Footloose,

which was shortly to be followed by Phil Collins with Against All odds. In the Australian

music charts, Michael Jackson's album Thriller was knocked off the top by InXS with swing.

This was the month when the film Terms of Endearment dominated the 56th Academy Awards. Remember

that one? We lost Marvin Gaye, murdered by his father just a day before his 45th birthday

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