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Podcast: UK True Crime Podcast
Episode: The Predator DJ: Episode 422
Description: Essex Police was the police force that first realised that a serial sexual attacker was on the loose following three attacks in the Southend area. But as the number of attacks in other locations continued to increase, the inquiry became nationwide and was managed by the Met. By the time they made an appeal on Crimewatch, at least 22 attacks by just one man had been reported - in addition to all the others of which the police were unaware.One man watching Crimewatch that evening from his home in Cornwall was certain that the culprit was...