On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Michelle James and an acquaintance were clearing out a communal garden in Beddau, Wales, after a neighbour, Leigh Sabine, had passed away. Before she had died, Leigh, who was always talkative and very outgoing, had told her friend Michelle there was a medical skeleton in the garden and laughed, suggesting it would be funny to scare one of their friends with it. This practical joke would lead to Michelle’s arrest, spur a murder investigation that would span the globe, and ultimately led back to a two-pound stone frog that lived on Leigh’s bedside cabinet…
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This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton.
Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjamin Fitton. Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
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MUSIC
Remedy for Melancholy by Kai Engel
Labyrinth by Sergey Cheremisinov
There’s Probably No Time by Chris Zabriskie
John Stockton Slow Drag by Chris Zabriskie
All music sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org and used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3366447/Haunting-truth-evil-wife-accused-committing-perfect-murder-husband-hiding-body-garden.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3598804/Wife-smashed-husband-s-skull-stone-frog-mummified-roofing-felt-plastic-bags-body-wearing-M-S-pyjamas-home-died-18-years-later.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/19/woman-killed-husband-hid-body-never-caught-leigh-ann-sabine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-35097310
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/nz-family-had-a-tumultuous-history-with-their-father-whose-body-was-found-in-welsh-garden
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