The Life & Crimes Of Eddie Chapman / Agent ZigZag
They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
They Walk Among Us
4.5 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
As Britain began to recover from the great depression, the lack of employment led to a rise in crime, and gangs operated under cover of darkness, cracking safes in businesses across London. The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 plummeted the nation into a period of uncertainty and turmoil. While young soldiers fought valiantly on the front lines across Nazi-occupied Europe, each nation utilised its own secret network of spies, to try and infiltrate enemy forces and gather information using covert tactics in an effort to win the war…
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes, profanity and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:10.8 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:15.4 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:20.0 | They Walk Among Us is part of the A-cast Creator Network. |
| 0:29.9 | As Britain began to recover from the Great Depression, |
| 0:34.4 | the lack of employment led to a rise in crime, |
| 0:40.0 | gangs operated under cover of darkness, cracking safes in businesses across London. The outbreak of the Second World War in |
| 0:48.1 | 1939 plummeted the nation into a period of uncertainty and turmoil. |
| 1:01.1 | While young soldiers fought valiantly on the front lines across Nazi-occupied Europe, |
| 1:05.2 | each nation utilized its own secret network of spies to try and infiltrate enemy forces and gather information |
| 1:09.3 | using covert tactics in an effort to win the war. |
| 1:15.0 | Civilians lived in fear of invasion and listened intently to radio broadcasts about the insurmountable |
| 1:22.3 | loss of life across the globe, all too aware that they could become the next casualties of war. |
| 1:34.5 | Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:42.9 | This is the 29th in a series of bonus episodes. |
| 1:52.8 | In the early hours of the morning in mid-December, 1942, a couple living in rural East |
| 2:00.1 | Anglia were awoken by the terrifying sound of a low-flying |
| 2:04.4 | plane overhead. |
| 2:07.4 | They peered out of their windows into the darkness and were startled to see a man dressed in |
| 2:13.3 | military uniform walking towards their home. |
| 2:17.7 | The individual asked them for help and appear to be injured. |
| 2:24.0 | Although they were wary, the uniformed man's English accent put them at ease as they believed |
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