The Gang Who Terrorised Merseyside : Episode 492
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
For six terrifying years, a gang of robbers carried out over twenty raids on banks and Post Offices across Merseyside, stealing around £1.5 million. Armed, masked and highly organised, they spread fear among staff and communities whilst evading capture time and time again. In this episode of the UK True Crime Podcast, I look at how the gang operated, the impact on their victims, and how through great police work, the gang were brought to justice.
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| 0:00.0 | Your true crime story will start in just a moment. |
| 0:03.0 | But before it does, have you got your ticket for the Always True Crime Live Show? |
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| 0:28.4 | one ticket. Hello and welcome to episode 492 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam. Thank you so |
| 0:37.1 | much for joining me today. |
| 0:39.1 | Now, can you remember a time when you've been scared for your life? |
| 0:42.4 | I mean, really terrified. |
| 0:44.8 | Like in this 999 call from today's story. |
| 0:48.9 | Pardon? |
| 0:51.9 | Do you know how many people have run in? |
| 0:53.9 | Do you know how many offenders there are? No, we don't, sorry. Okay, tell me what, what happened? What happened? The front door in. We went off the door to our tea room and lots of cell. The front door of the bank? Yeah. I mean, or internally? The front door of the bank. Okay, so they're locked out? |
| 1:11.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:11.9 | Okay. |
| 1:27.3 | How many people did you see? You didn't see any because all the blinds are down. Okay. How did you know they were being raided? Okay. They're actually rooting the door in now. Okay. Are they saying anything? No, because we just run. We just run up there. You can't hear what they're saying. |
| 1:28.0 | No. |
| 1:28.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.7 | Okay, stay on the line for me, okay. |
| 1:31.0 | Okay. You just run upstairs. You can't hear what they're saying. No. |
| 1:28.4 | No. Okay, stay on the line for me, okay. You keep the police on the way, but you need to tell me to see what you can hang around and say, okay. |
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