They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
They Walk Among Us is an award-winning weekly UK true crime podcast covering a broad range of cases from the sinister to the surreal.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 503
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The Life & Conviction Of Alan Turing - Part 1
Two police detectives arrived at Hollymeade, the home of a faculty member at Victoria University in Manchester. Alan, the occupant, had reported a burglary after a handful of trivial items had been s…
The Attempted Murder Of George Harrison By Michael Abram
Olivia was woken up around 3:30 am on December 30, 1999, by the sound of something crashing to the ground. She prodded her husband awake. She was sure that somebody was in the house. She jumped out o…
Pembrokeshire Murders / Serial Killer John William Cooper
John Cooper was an unassuming man. He claimed to suffer from a frozen shoulder and near-debilitating arthritis. But John was living a double life...
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This episode wa…
Pottery Cottage Murders / Killer Billy Hughes
A dangerous prisoner escapes from custody. The events that unfolded are what worst nightmares are made of...
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This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitto…
The Spy In A Bag / The Death Of Gareth Williams
Monday, August 23, 2010. Officers from the central London police force visited the home of Gareth Williams at his top-floor flat on Alderney Street in Pimlico, London. Gareth had been working as a co…
Mercy or Attempted Murder?
On the evening of Friday, February 3, 2017, 95-year-old Denver Beddows and his 88-year-old wife, Olive, received a visit from their son and daughter-in-law at their semi-detached home in Woolston. De…
The Murder Of Jodi Jones - Part 2
WARNING: THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY. PLEASE LISTEN TO 'SEASON 2 - EPISODE 13' FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS CASE.
On June 30, 2003, a 14-year-old girl was found stabbed to death behind a wall on…
The Murder Of Jodi Jones - Part 1
On the morning of Wednesday, December 8, 2004, a jury stepped on to a bus to travel from Edinburgh High Court to Roan’s Dyke Path, a countryside short-cut between the residential areas of Newbattle a…
Murders In Scotland / Henry John Burnett & Sheila Garvie
Scotland in the 1960s saw two murders, with each case centred around a complex love triangle. Even though the motives and methods of these crimes were strikingly similar, the outcome was very differe…
The Silent Twins / June & Jennifer Gibbons - Part 2
WARNING: THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY. PLEASE LISTEN TO 'SEASON 2 - EPISODE 10' FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS CASE.
Jennifer and June Gibbons were twins. They would shut themselves away in their b…
The Silent Twins / June & Jennifer Gibbons - Part 1
From a very early age, identical twins Jennifer and June Gibbons were insular. They created their own secret language and refused to talk to anyone else. Following a conviction for burglary and arson…
The Trunk Murders
On Friday, May 6, 1927, a large black trunk was abandoned in the luggage office at Charing Cross station in London. The trunk sat amongst the other abandoned luggage in the stifling heat until Monday…
Thornbury Double Murder / Stephen Farrow
Stephen Farrow was born in 1964. He was the black sheep of the family...
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This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton.
Illustrations and production dir…
Nowhere Left To Turn / The Murder Of Bijan Ebrahimi
Bijan Ebrahimi lived on the ground floor in a four-storey block of flats located on Capgrave Crescent in Bristol. Bijan, a shy man and an Iranian immigrant, suffered from health problems that left hi…
Snatched / Alan Hopkinson
Alan Hopkinson is a former member of Mensa with an IQ of 159. He was a computer programmer and had served in the Royal Air Force. At the time of his arrest, he was middle-aged with salt and pepper ha…
Killer Furries / Christopher Monks & Shaun Skarnes
In 2009, Christopher Monks persuaded a boyfriend he met through an internet chat room to kill his parents in return for a disturbing reward...
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This episode was resea…
Killing An Author / The Murder Of Helen Bailey - Part 2
WARNING: THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY. PLEASE LISTEN TO 'SEASON 2 - EPISODE 4' FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS CASE.
During April 2016, Helen Bailey, a successful author, disappeared. She allegedly …
Killing An Author / The Murder Of Helen Bailey - Part 1
Ian Stewart lived on Baldock Road in Royston with his fiancée, successful author Helen Bailey. The couple shared their home with Ian's two sons, from a previous marriage, and Helen's beloved miniatur…
Killing Spree In Peterborough / Joanna Dennehy
Over ten days in 2013, Joanna Dennehy went on a sadistic killing spree. She murdered three men and left two others fighting for their lives...
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This episode was resea…
The Stone Frog & The Skeleton / Leigh Ann Sabine
On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Michelle James and an acquaintance were clearing out a communal garden in Beddau, Wales, after a neighbour, Leigh Sabine, had passed away. Before she had died, Leigh, w…