The Stockwell Strangler / Kenneth Erskine - Part 1

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They Walk Among Us

True Crime

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Staff decided to make a routine check on the bedrooms closest to where the prowler had been seen, and it was then they were confronted with something truly terrifying. Two of the residents were dead, evidently murdered, confirming the investigators' fears: a serial killer was targeting the elderly… (Part 1 of 2).

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0:00.0	This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of sexual violence.
0:11.8	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
0:16.2	Listener caution is advised.
0:23.7	An attendant working the night shift was taking a moment to herself after completing her rounds
0:30.2	when she heard an irritating but familiar sound coming from a bathroom in the care home.
0:36.9	She knew none of the residents should be shaving in the middle of the night,
0:41.0	so she went to find a co-worker to help investigate,
0:44.6	and hopefully the building could once again be at peace.
0:48.8	As they checked each room for the person causing the disturbance,
0:53.0	the attendance saw movement. Someone appeared to be
0:56.7	creeping along the hallway in the dark. It was clearly not one of the infirm residents, so the
1:03.9	attendants rushed to the phone and called the police. However, by the time officers arrived,
1:09.9	the intruder had vanished. Staff decided to make a
1:14.7	routine check on the bedrooms closest to where the prowler had been seen, and it was then they
1:20.4	were confronted with something truly terrifying. Two of the residents were dead, evidently murdered,
1:30.3	confirming the investigator's fears. A series of the residents were dead, evidently murdered, confirming the investigators' face.
1:34.0	A serial killer was targeting the elderly.
1:40.6	They were the sort of people least able to defend themselves, the elderly, the sick and the frightened.
1:44.5	They were the victims of a psychopath who roamed the streets at night for nearly five months, looking for pensioners who he strangled to death and sexually abused.
1:51.5	Welcome to Season 10, Episode 1 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK true crime.
2:01.2	This is part one of a two-part case.
2:04.5	The second instalment will be available in four days.
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