Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer / John Straffen

A controversial case in British law, when a 22-year-old man with the mental capacity of a nine-and-a-half-year-old, and the understanding of right and wrong equal to that of a 6-year-old, is sentenced to hang for murder... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton. More information can be found on our website at http://theywalkamonguspodcast.com For early advert-free access and other extras, visit https://www.patreon.com/TheyWalkAmongUs MUSIC: Introspection by Purple Planet Music *Water Lily by Kevin MacLeod ***Shadowlands by Purple Planet Music *Blue Feather by Kevin MacLeod **Defeat by BoxCat Games **Lostfrevr by Ars Sonor **Night I by Swelling **Immersed by Kevin MacLeod ***Ebow Song by Rest You Sleeping Giant *** Music Sourced from http://www.purple-planet.com/ - used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ** Music from http://freemusicarchive.org - used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ *** Music sourced from http://incompetech.com/ - used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWAU_PodcastFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/theywalkamonguspodcast/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theywalkamonguspodcast/ Acast - https://www.acast.com/theywalkamongus We’re running a brief listener survey. As a thank you, completing it gives you the chance to win one of three signed copies of the They Walk Among Us book: https://bit.ly/theywalkamongussurvey2026  Thanks!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.