DESCRIPTION:
It was a cold and frosty morning in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on Friday, February 15th, 2019. Children across the country woke up excited because it was the last day of school before half term. For 19-year-old Leah Croucher, it was a day like any other. She got out of bed, got dressed and set off for work. Leah usually made the short journey on foot, but as 9AM came and went, she never arrived. Her disappearance would spark a nationwide manhunt as her missing person posters were distributed far and wide. The exhaustive investigation would see officers from the Thames Valley police force trawling through thousands of hours of CCTV footage and knocking on the doors of more than 4,000 homes…
*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***
This episode was researched and written by Emily G. Thompson.
Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
Listen to our companion podcast ‘They Walk Among America' here: https://play.acast.com/s/they-walk-among-america
Become a ‘Patreon Producer’ and get exclusive access to Season 1, early ad-free access to episodes, and your name in the podcast credits. Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/TheyWalkAmongUs
More information and episode references can be found on our website https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com
MUSIC:
Recognize by Grant Borland
Vanished by Wicked Cinema
Allied by Wicked Cinema
The Space Between by Chelsea McGough
St Mary by Chelsea McGough and Stephen Keech
Stasis Interrupted by Dresden the Flamingo
Sussex by Stephen Keech
Crescendo by Featherland
Ripley by Falls
Hold this Place by Alice Winter
They Walk Among Us is part of the Acast Creator Network - https://www.acast.com/theywalkamongus
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWAU_Podcast
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theywalkamonguspodcast
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theywalkamonguspodcast
REFERENCES:
NEWSBANK
Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 22, 2019
Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 22, 2019
Press Association Newswire (UK), February 22, 2019
Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 23, 2019
Mail on Sunday, The (London, England), February 24, 2019
Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 20, 2019
Milton Keynes Citizen (England), April 8, 2019
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), April 15, 2019
MailOnline (London, England), May 25, 2019
MailOnline (London, England), May 30, 2019
Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), June 7, 2019
Milton Keynes Citizen (England), June 7, 2019
Press Association Newswire (UK), July 15, 2019
Milton Keynes Citizen (England), October 9, 2019
MailOnline (London, England), October 30, 2019
Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), November 17, 2019
Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), November 22, 2019
Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), January 3, 2020
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), February 14, 2020
Milton Keynes Citizen (England), July 15, 2020
Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), November 3, 2020
Milton Keynes Citizen (England), November 3, 2020
Bucks Free Press (High Wycombe, England), February 15, 2021
Milton Keynes Citizen (England), February 15, 2021
Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), September 14, 2021
Milton Keynes Citizen (England), December 6, 2021
Milton Keynes Citizen (England), December 23, 2021
Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 15, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), October 12, 2022
Bucks Free Press (High Wycombe, England), October 14, 2022
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 15, 2022
Daily Telegraph, The (London, England), October 15, 2022
Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), November 1, 2022
MailOnline (London, England), January 25, 2023
Bucks Free Press (High Wycombe, England), March 3, 2023
ONLINE ARTICLES
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56073840
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47294078
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47334756
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47349550
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47359938
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47498368
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47935381
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-48292948
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47644523
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-48542818
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-48901189
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49371939
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49985337
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-50179305
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-50220036
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-50453693
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-50464781
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-51490582
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-51768754
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-53738122
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54794019
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-55998027
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-60374132
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56500426
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-60763475
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61421069
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63230270
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63239384
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63253647
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63259044
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63265336
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63346122
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63415304
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63465525
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63475145
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63471950
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63503363
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63301109
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59249126
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64397661
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64386555
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64598778
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63228442
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64824384