Season 5 - Episode 19
They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
They Walk Among Us
4.6 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
When Sheila Stroud fled the scene with her two accomplices, she thought her problems were over. She could pay off her mortgage, keep her horses that she loved so dearly, and not have to worry about her troublesome ex-partner ever again. She thought that the blaze burning in a Cotswolds beauty spot would bring to end the continuous arguments of an acrimonious separation and allow her to bask in the light of a prosperous future. In reality, her troubles had only just begun...
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to season 5 episode 19 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 0:27.9 | This episode contains distressing themes, explicit language and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:35.5 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:39.8 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:54.2 | When Sheila Stroud fled the scene with her two accomplices, she thought her problems were |
| 0:59.8 | over. |
| 1:01.6 | She could pay off her mortgage, keep her horses that she loves so dearly, and not after |
| 1:07.4 | worry about her troublesome ex-partner ever again. |
| 1:12.5 | She thought that the blaze burning in a Kotswold's beauty spot would bring to an end the |
| 1:16.9 | continuous arguments of an acrimonious separation, and allow her to bask in the light of a |
| 1:23.5 | prosperous future. |
| 1:26.8 | In reality her troubles hurt only just begun. |
| 1:46.9 | The acorn of this case grew several years before the emergency services arrived at the picture |
| 1:52.8 | of a caress cliff edge which overlooked the valleys of Gloucestershire. |
| 1:58.1 | Discovered by torch light in the dead of night, two charred bodies were not a sight the |
| 2:03.2 | paramedics would quickly forget. |
| 2:07.1 | The years leading up to this event would provide little if any indication as to what someone |
| 2:11.7 | would do for a sizable fortune and to be free of their past. |
| 2:30.2 | In the 1980s, Sheila Stroud and Iver Stoke all had been in a happy relationship for many |
| 2:36.6 | years. |
| 2:38.2 | The successes in their personal lives were also matched by the flourishing business the |
| 2:42.7 | couple ran together, T and J grain limited. |
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