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Halloween Compendium: Four senseless deaths on Halloween night

October 31, 2025 • Season 3 • Episode 9

The Halloween Compendium

Four Halloween nights. Four South London stories. None with a happy ending.

This episode brings together the cases of Scotty Kouebitra, Rocky Djelal, Ben Gardner, and Richard Price, four men whose lives ended in acts of violence that should never have happened.

From Croydon to Southwark, pubs to parks, we look at how ordinary nights — fireworks, parties, and quick pints — turned fatal.

Ben, beaten to death after three men stole his girlfriend’s hat.

Scotty, chased down and stabbed while watching fireworks with friends.

Richard, kicked to death outside a pub over a supposed slight.

Rocky, murdered in broad daylight in Southwark Park after an eighteen-year feud.

Each story sits somewhere between chaos and revenge — where a split-second of violence changes everything.

We also somehow find time to talk Rach’s brother’s wedding, her trip to Kraków, and why this one’s a few days late (spoiler: flu and migraines).

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