They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime6 Mars 2019

Modern Slavery Ring / The Rooney Family

The Rooney Family lived on a travellers' site in Drinsey Nook, Lincolnshire. They splashed out on plastic surgery, driving top-of-the-range BMW cars while wearing expensive Rolex watches and designer outfits. They enjoyed luxury holidays to Mexico, Barbados, Egypt and Australia. An aerial shot of the land where they lived, pictured green fields surrounding a collection of single-story red brick homes with a few dilapidated caravans nearby. The reasons the Rooneys were able to enjoy the extravagancies they did, lived in those caravans...

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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.

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Slow Hammers by The Mini Vandals

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Descent by Houses of Heaven

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Dark Matter by Chasms

Dusk by DivKid

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