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They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

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They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.66.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

It was a typical room for a teenage boy in the 1980s: football programmes on his desk with his homework, a well-used Amstrad HI-FI system with a tape cassette and radio, used to record the top chart hits on a Sunday, hitting the pause button before the DJ fades back in. Posters of his favourite musical acts covered the walls: Mel and Kim, T'Pau, Madonna, Samantha Fox — standard fare in 1988. His single bed, pushed against the wall of his cosy room, with his black pyjama bottoms tucked neatly under his pillow to wear the next night, but there would not be a next night…


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This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. 


Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

  

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Court documents and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: BBC NEWS, TELEGRAPH, STANDARD, SUTTON AND CROYDON GUARDIAN, THE SUN, DAILY MAIL, NEWCASTLE JOURNAL, DAILY EXPRESS, SUNDAY MIRROR, STAFFORDSHIRE SENTINEL, DUNDEE COURIER and ABERDEEN PRESS AND JOURNAL.

 

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More Scared of You by Nihilore

Meekness by Kai Engel

Nothing Bonus Track by Kai Engel

Lost Forever by Little Glass Men

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Global Warming by Kai Engel

The Jewel and Me by Little Glass Men

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Wake Up by Kai Engel


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1:37.9

This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence.

1:44.4

This podcast is intended for a mature audience.

1:48.7

Listener caution is advised. It was a typical room for a teenage boy in the 1980s.

2:12.9

Football programs on his desk with his homework.

2:16.9

A well-used Amstrad hi-fi system with a tape cassette and radio used to record the top

2:23.5

chart hits on a Sunday, hitting the pause button before the DJ fades back in.

2:30.7

Posters of his favourite musical acts covered the walls.

2:34.9

Melan Kim, Tauau, Madonna, Samantha Fox, standard fare in 1988.

2:45.3

His single bed pushed against the wall of his cosy room,

2:49.5

with his black pyjama bottoms tucked neatly under his pillow to wear the next night.

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