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Jul 2021
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They Walk Among Us
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PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODES 1, 2, 3 & 4’ FOR THE PREVIOUS PARTS OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. On Tuesday, November 21, 1995, after two days of deliberation, the jury had finally made some progress on the murder charges they were considering. There were 10 in all, but so far, jurors were only able to reach verdicts for 2 of them. The accused, Rose West, stood in the dock. Tears hung heavy in her eyes. It felt like the onlookers in the public gallery were in a state of suspended animation — no movement, no sound, other than the voice from the foreman of the jury... (Part 5 of 5) 


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This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. 


Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjamin Fitton. Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton. 


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Court documents and information from the following news organisations, magazines and books were referenced in this episode: Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, Daily Mirror, The Times, The Telegraph, Gloucestershire Live, Sky News, Daily Mail, Real-Life Crimes...And How They Were Solved Magazine, ‘Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors’ by Howard Sounes, and ‘The Cromwell Street Murders: The Detective's Story’ by John Bennett with Graham Gardner.

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Insurgent by Wicked Cinema

St. Mary by Chelsea McGough

Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel

Retreat by Chelsea McGough

Bamburgh by Stephen Keech

Ripley by Falls

Into by Hill

Interesting Forms by Acreage

Ocean Shadows by Chelsea McGough

Reconciliation by Wicked Cinema

The Arctic by Gold Coast

Music Box by Stephen Keech

Departure by Alice In Winter


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