The Men Next Door / Drugs, Coercive Control & Cases Mirroring the Pelicot Trial / Rodney Johnston

The Men Next Door / Drugs, Coercive Control & Cases Mirroring the Pelicot Trial / Rodney Johnston

Author: They Walk Among Us March 25, 2026 Duration: 31:57

When Gisèle Pelicot waived her anonymity in 2024 and exposed her husband's crimes to the world, many assumed what happened in Mazan was an isolated case. It wasn’t. A 66-year-old carer from Norfolk subjected a woman to almost three decades of sexual exploitation. He operated in plain sight, using digital networks to recruit men, threatened his victim into silence, and recorded everything…


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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.


Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.


Audio editing by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.


Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.


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