DESCRIPTION:
By night, in the late nineties, The Bandbox club and Splitz bar had countless coatless young people lining up outside the doors to get inside. Often, the wait was cold in the biting North Sea air; partygoers shuffled slowly in the queue as bouncers decided who could get in, but this didn’t deter people from hanging around. By day, Felixstowe in Suffolk is more slow-paced — tourists and retirees enjoy fish & chips, ice cream and blue flag beaches. Life is peaceful. Be that as it may, a senseless murder in 1999 was one of the biggest and most complex cases officers in the port town ever had to investigate…
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This episode was written by Rosanna Fitton. Research by Benjamin Fitton.
Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, audio editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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Hold This Place by Alice In Winter
End of the Road by Wicked Cinema
Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema
The Void by Cody Martin
Introspection by Shimmer
Painted Deserts by Shimmer
Driven To The Edge by Salon Dijon
Spooked by JShirts
Cool by James Cole
Invisible Line by Stephen Keech
Ripley by Falls
Dark Hour by Falls
Distant Water by Chelsea McGough
Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel
Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel
Final Moments by Cody Martin
Etheria by Cody Martin
Asylum by Cody Martin
Don't Blink by Andrew Stanton
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REFERENCES:
POLICE
https://mipp.police.uk/operation/3637020112A02-PO2 - Murder of Victoria Hall 19/09/1999 reopened
https://www.suffolk.police.uk/news/suffolk/news/news/2023/october/trimley-st-mary--arrest-made-in-connection-with-victoria-hall-murder-inquiry/ - Trimley St Mary – Arrest made in connection with Victoria Hall murder inquiry - Published: 16:15 07/12/2023
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-47774991
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-49756400
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-50903237
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-66848829
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-67649142
THE GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/29/suffolk-serial-killer-steve-wright-reportedly-arrested-1999-murder-teenager
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/07/man-re-arrested-on-suspicion-of-victoria-hall-in-suffolk
EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21394873.felixstowe-vicky-hall---15-years-teens-murder-family-still-left-seeking-answers/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21566493.detectives-appeal-help-catch-killers-nine-unsolved-suffolk-murder-cases-including-vicky-hall-diane-jones/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21275422.man-arrested-suspicion-murdering-victoria-hall/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21275335.victoria-hall-murder-suspect-released-pending-enquiries-police/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21275329.victoria-hall-murder-suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-reportedly-arrested/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/crime/21272665.suspect-victoria-hall-murder-remains-investigation/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/crime/21868478.good-progress-made-murder-victoria-hall/ -
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/crime/20663440.victoria-hall-murder-police-now-25-people-working-case/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23797420.victoria-hall-murder-case-felixstowe-suffolk-24-years/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23975701.victoria-hall-man-arrested-suspicion-trimley-murder/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23977961.victoria-hall-murder-probe-suffolk-progressed/
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23976452.suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-named-victoria-hall-suspect/
SKY NEWS
https://news.sky.com/story/victoria-hall-death-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-1999-murder-of-teenager-12366656
https://news.sky.com/story/suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-arrested-over-1999-murder-of-teenager-victoria-hall-13025507
EASTERN DAILY PRESS
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/20720058.police-reopen-vicky-hall-murder-investigation-new-lead-emerges-20-years/
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/20646672.hunt-victoria-halls-killer-takes-another-twist/
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/20646679.victoria-hall-murder-suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-reportedly-arrested/
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23975701.victoria-hall-man-arrested-suspicion-trimley-murder/
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23976452.suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-named-victoria-hall-suspect/
DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-85026/Businessman-cleared-Victorias-murder.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-2009198/Video-Suffolk-Police-release-new-CCTV-footage-related-cold-case.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7834653/Parents-murdered-Victoria-Hall-17-new-hope-killer-case-reopened.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8744893/Detectives-say-significant-inroads-investigation-murder-Victoria-Hall-17.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9835725/Police-arrest-man-1999-murder-Victoria-Hall-vanished-walking-home-nightclub.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fb-9835923/Victoria-Hall-murder-timeline-events.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9840317/Suffolk-Strangler-Steve-Wright-suspect-arrested-unsolved-1999-murder.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9844861/EXCLUSIVE-Ex-wife-Suffolk-Strangler-Steve-Wright-says-glad-arrested.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9845507/Does-CCTV-image-damn-Suffolk-strangler-Detectives-probe-murderer-Steven-Wright.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11503691/Britains-cold-cases-gangland-boss-assassinated-garden-schoolgirl-killed.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12838605/Police-arrest-man-suspicion-murder-Victoria-Hall-17-naked-body-ditch-five-days-went-missing-way-home-nightclub-1999.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12840951/Who-Suffolk-Strangler-Steve-Wrights-five-victims-serial-killer-terrorised-Ipswich-six-week-rampage-2006.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12845533/Suffolk-Strangler-Steve-Wright-displayed-victims-bodies-got-thrill-police-seeing-work-crime-expert-says-arrested-unsolved-murder.html
FURTHER DIGITAL SOURCES
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22011257.bradshaw-cleared-vicky-hall-murder/
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22008525.accuseds-friend-takes-stand/
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22011283.vickys-killer-still-large/
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22008455.unluckly-says-man-murder-charge/
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22008342.forensic-experts-search-porsche/
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/21998282.murdered---vicky-hall/
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22011166.defences-closing-speech-vicky-case/
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22011029.vicky-hall-murder-case-opens/
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/21999217.man-acquitted-murder-back-business/
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22008646.dignity-hall-family/
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Sunday Telegraph - 14 Nov 1999, Sun ·Page 14
Evening Standard - 11 Jan 2000, Tue ·Page 191
Evening Standard - 11 Jan 2000, Tue ·Page 283
Evening Standard - 11 Jan 2000, Tue ·Page 99
Evening Standard - 11 May 2000, Thu ·Page 282
The Guardian - 19 Dec 2000, Tue ·Page 5
The Guardian - 03 Nov 2001, Sat ·Page 12
The Guardian - 20 Nov 2001, Tue ·Page 11
The Independent - 29 Jul 2021, Thu ·Page 20
The Independent - 30 Jul 2021, Fri ·Page 16
Wales on Sunday - Sunday 14 November 1999 - Page 15
The Scotsman - Friday 12 May 2000 - Page 4
The Scotsman - Tuesday 19 December 2000 - Page 8
Daily Mirror - Tuesday 21 September 1999
Bury Free Press - Friday 26 November 1999
Bury Free Press - Friday 01 October 1999
Bury Free Press - Friday 29 October 1999
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 23 September 1999
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 22 September 1999
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 21 September 1999
Daily Mirror - Wednesday 29 September 1999
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 21 September 1999
Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 28 September 1999
Daily Record - Monday 27 September 1999