Abduction, Torture & Vacuum Cleaners: The Kidnapping of Billy Gillolney
6/21/202623 min
What started as a dispute over some missing vacuum cleaners escalated into one of the most disturbing ordeals imaginable. Kidnapped and subjected to hours of torment, an unsuspecting former employee was left with injuries that healed far quicker than the psychological trauma he suffered after his abduction…
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This episode was written by Rosanna Fitton. Research by Benjamin Fitton.
Illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
Audio editing by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, additional writing and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.
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[suspenseful music] This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. This podcast is intended for a mature audience. Listener caution is advised. On a spring day, a young man made a short journey back to a place he knew well. Only weeks earlier, he had been made redundant from his job there. Now he was simply stopping by to meet a former colleague. It should have been an ordinary visit. Instead, he was subjected to an ordeal that would leave him hospitalized and fearing for his life. What happened that day showed how far some people were willing to go when they believed they had been wronged. Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK true crime. This is the 64th in a series of bonus episodes. The business was based on Arkwright Road, a busy commercial area of Reading lined with offices, warehouses, and industrial units. On the afternoon of March 27th 1991, William Gilulny, known as Billy,