Ep 202: Decoy: The UK’s Largest Undercover Policing Operation Using Women to Catch a Serial Rapist with Rob Murphy, Part 1

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Laura interviews award winning journalist and reporter Robert Murphy about the largest undercover operation in the west country in the 1970s to catch a serial rapist, Ronald Evans, who they would later find out had killed before. This was at the same time the media were intensely focused on the murders of women committed by Peter Sutcliffe in Yorkshire. Listen to the episode and join the conversation on social media and in the Crime Analyst Squad: www.patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst #Decoy #RonaldEvans #UndercoverPolicing #Justice #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #TrueCrime #Podcast #Crime Murder #Rape #TrueCrimePodcast Clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG-w5KHrzYo Robert Murphy Get the book here: Decoy https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/behind-the-crimes-with-robert-murphy/id1677433273 https://robertmurphy.substack.com/ https://www.robertmurphy.net/ Thank you to the wonderful Crime Analyst Sponsor: You can get an exclusive 10% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/CRIMEANALYST JOIN the Crime Analyst Squad: www.patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst REGISTER For Laura’s 2024 Masterclasses: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/50P3lBhcr?languageTag=en More Training Info: www.dashriskchecklist.com www.thelaurarichards.com YouTube, Socials and Website YouTube @crimeanalyst Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999 Twitter @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards99 TikTok @crimeanalystpod Website www.crime-analyst.com Leave a Review https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.0	We are most concerned with girls who late at night are walking about the streets unaccompanied.
0:35.6	There was a real sense of fear in the Clifton area of Bristol.
0:38.6	We're asking for the freedom to walk the streets after dark.
0:42.4	The so-called Clifton rapist was attacking women.
0:45.0	There have been numerous sex attacks over the past few months.
0:48.0	And like many women I try not to walk out at night.
0:51.0	They were very nasty attacks. The imagination couldn't run to what they were actually going through, really, not knowing
0:56.0	she were going to live or die. I think some of them didn't ever recover.
0:59.0	He's a selfish man. He's a pig of a man. There was the need for us to do something rather special.
1:05.0	We're asked if he'd like to volunteer if they've got this operation going on, doing some decoy work.
1:10.0	It was a classic honey trap. You hoped you be the one that you'd catch him. I was quite naive.
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