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They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

John McCullough had missed yet another doctor's appointment, which raised concerns for the receptionist at the GP practice in Chelmsford. Thinking back, she couldn’t recall the last time she had seen John or his wife Lois…

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

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Narration, additional audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel

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Count Backwards From 10 by Glasseyes

Dystopia by Ian Kelosky

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0:00.0	This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence.
0:11.3	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
0:15.8	Listener caution is advised.
0:23.1	John McCulloch had missed yet another doctor's appointment,
0:27.3	which raised concerns for the receptionist at the GP practice in Chelmsford.
0:33.2	Thinking back, she couldn't recall the last time she had seen John or his wife, Lois.
0:38.9	It was probably long before the COVID pandemic.
0:43.2	John was medically vulnerable due to a number of health issues, and after speaking with the GP,
0:49.2	it was decided that a safeguarding report should be made to Essex Council.
0:56.5	Their concerns about the McCullochs were detailed to Essex Police. He began to make inquiries. Depending on who they
1:03.5	spoke to, they were told that the couple had moved away or on an extended trip to the coast,
1:09.1	but one thing came up time and time again.
1:13.3	No one had seen John and Lois for years.
1:17.2	Throughout the course of our investigation, we have built a picture of the vast levels of deceit,
1:24.0	betrayal and fraud that she was engaged in.
1:30.4	It was on a shocking and monumental scale.
1:37.4	Her actions were considered meticulous and carried out in such a way as to conceal what she had done for as long as possible. Welcome to Season 9, Episode 47 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
1:50.8	This is the penultimate case of season 9.
1:59.7	Essex police officers opened a missing person's inquiry on September 13, 2020.
2:08.9	John and Lois McCulloch were pensioners in their 70s.
2:13.3	For several decades, they happily lived in a three-story mazenet on Pump Hill in Great Bado.
2:20.5	The terrace house with white cladding and green door sat on the corner of a sloping hill.
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