Season 9 - Episode 5

DESCRIPTION: 

Tony Wesson was looking forward to spending time with his fiancée, Suzanne. They both enjoyed working out at the local leisure club, and weightlifting was the perfect way to blow off some steam at 6 pm on a Friday evening. It was July 1st, 1988, and the sun was still shining over Tewkesbury Walk in the Shaftesbury area of Newport, Wales. Despite the nice weather, the curtains were closed inside Suzanne’s home. Using the key that Suzanne had given him, Tony unlocked the door to the flat and walked inside. The only light in the hall came from the sunbeams that shone through the bathroom window across from Suzanne’s bedroom. The rays of light drew Tony’s attention to something on the bedroom door, a bloodstain…

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

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

Narration, audio editing assistance, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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MUSIC: 

Introspection by Shimmer 

As I Dream by Moments 

Shadow Passage by Cody Martin 

Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel 

Growing Pains by Featherland 

Deceptive Cadence by JCar 

What You Do Not Know by Joshua Spacht 

Spooked by jshirts 

Look To The Sky by Alice In Winter 

Unexpected Turn by Moments 

Steadfast by Moments 

Driven To The Edge by Salon Dijon 

Mystery by Third Age 

Dead Ends by Wicked Cinema 

Vanished by Wicked Cinema 

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NEWSBANK

Sunday Times, The (London, England), July 3, 1988

Times, The (London, England), July 5, 1988

Times, The (London, England), February 21, 1990