They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

In 1976 a boy was photographed. The picture appeared in The Daily Mirror. The 3-year-old was marching up and down in front of a sentry who stood outside Clarence House in London. Wearing a faux Queens Guard uniform, the boy was excited for the trooping the colour ceremony the next day. A snippet in the article mused about the child and his future. It read: "Dreaming, perhaps of the day when he can measure up to the real thing himself ." That boy was Mark Acklom. He chose a very different path to the one the newspaper and his parents had envisioned. From teenage swindler to one of England’s most wanted fugitives — Mark Acklom, known as an MI6 conman, led a life of audacious scams. *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED AS THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND DESCRIPTIONS THAT SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING ***    Become a ‘ Patreon Producer ’ and get exclusive access to Season 1, early ad-free access to episodes, and your name in the podcasts credits. Find out more here:

THIS IS A CASE UPDATE. PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 3 - EPISODE 29 ’ FOR MORE DETAILS. Under Operation Ensign, Sussex Police completed one of the most significant mass DNA screenings in its history. Still, by December 2018 — the fifth anniversary of the murder, they were no further forward with capturing the person responsible. The killer appeared to have committed the perfect crime, and Valerie Graves’ death would forever remain a mystery. That was until July 10, 2019. *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED AS THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND DESCRIPTIONS THAT SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING ***    Become a ‘ Patreon Producer ’ and get exclusive access to Season 1, early ad-free access to episodes, and your name in the podcasts credits. Find out more here:

A traffic warden discovers a man stabbed to death in a parked car. Scotland Yard struggle to find any clues that would link a suspect to the scene. A month later they receive a call from a headteacher at a college around 70 miles away. Police were told the victim could have been killed as part of an initiation test for the special air service. *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED AS THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND DESCRIPTIONS THAT SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING ***    Become a ‘ Patreon Producer ’ and get exclusive access to Season 1, early ad-free access to episodes, and your name in the podcasts credits. Find out more here:

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During 2016, the cute and fuzzy creatures of Beatrix Potter’s famous children's books were being added to 50 pence coins to commemorate one hundred and fifty years since the authors birth. No one was to predict the coins, engraved with classic characters such as Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, and Jemima Puddle-Duck, would be the motivating factor behind a brutal murder. *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED AS THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND DESCRIPTIONS THAT SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING ***    Become a ‘ Patreon Producer ’ and get exclusive access to Season 1, early ad-free access to episodes, and your name in the podcasts credits. Find out more here: