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They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The landau driver stood outside Prestatyn railway station, watching the early morning commuters. His attention was drawn to a young woman darting down the high street. She stopped beside his carriage and asked him to take her to a nearby farm. Her behaviour was erratic, and William wasn’t sure he wanted to drive her anywhere until she told him, “My mistress is lying on the floor. She’s very ill”...

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0:00.0	This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence.
0:09.2	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
0:13.8	Listener caution is advised.
0:28.3	The Landau driver stood outside Prostatin railway station watching the early morning commuters.
0:33.7	His attention was drawn to a young woman darting down the high street.
0:41.1	She stopped beside his carriage and asked him to take her to a nearby farm. Her behaviour was erratic and William wasn't sure he wanted to drive her anywhere until she told him,
0:47.7	My mistress is lying on the floor. she's very ill.
1:03.2	Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
1:16.6	This is the 47th in a series of bonus episodes. Prostatin is a seaside town in North Wales, located between the Irish Sea and the
1:22.6	Claudian hillside.
1:25.0	When the railway station opened in the mid-1800s, the population rose and fell
1:30.9	with the seasons as holidaymakers flocked to the beaches during the summer months. By Wednesday,
1:38.4	September 17th, 1913, the holiday season was over and William Dowell's carriage was stationary at the end of the
1:47.2	High Street. It was shortly after 9.30 a.m. when the Landau driver noticed a young woman running
1:55.0	towards him. She was dishevelled, wearing only her work clothes without a hat, which was unusual at the time.
2:04.2	The young woman asked William to take her to Gap Farm in Newmarket because her employer,
2:10.4	someone she referred to as her mistress, was unwell and lying on the floor.
2:16.4	A brother lived at Gap Farm not far from Prestatin and needed to be informed.
2:23.0	William was uncomfortable taking the young woman away from Prestatin if there was someone
2:28.0	in need of assistance.
2:30.7	He knew she had come from Plasachar Farm and as their horse-drawn carriage past that road,
2:36.5	he pulled over and told the young woman to go in and check on her employer.
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