Season 4 - Episode 9

DESCRIPTION:

The sun was barely starting to go down on the Summer evening in 1961 when Michael Gregsten and Valerie Storie pulled off the road into the cornfield at Dorney Reach, Buckinghamshire. They frequently went parking there — or “trysting” as was often said at the time. 

Sometimes others had the same idea, but on this particular Tuesday evening it was just them and the faint sound of cars passing along the road behind. They sat in the grey Morris Minor for half an hour, smoking and chatting without the faintest idea that anyone else was there. It was the tapping on the drivers side window that startled them (Part 1 of 2).

*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED AS THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND DESCRIPTIONS THAT SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING *** 

Researched and Written by Anna Priestland - http://www.agpstories.com/

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MUSIC: 

Global Warming by Kai Engel

Harbor by Kai Engel

Imminence by Kai Engel

Cold War Echo by Kai Engel

Oneiri by Kai Engel

Seeker by Kai Engel

Plague by Kai Engel

Salue by Kai Engel

Mercy by Kai Engel

Meekness by Kai Engel

Evermore by Kai Engel

Chance by Kai Engel

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REFERENCES:

LEGAL/APPEALS

[1971] EWCA Civ J0512-3

[2000] EWCA Crim J1017-24

R. v. James Hanratty (deceased) [2002] EWCA Crim 1141: Judgement

http://netk.net.au/UK/HanrattyJudgment.asp

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1963/aug/02/james-hanratty-trial

THE TELEGRAPH

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/13/valerie-storie--obituary/

THE INDEPENDENT

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-hanratty-case-im-dying-tomorrow-please-clear-my-name-1285433.html

THE GUARDIAN

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/13/ukcrime.comment

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1962/feb/19/ukcrime

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1962/apr/05/ukcrime

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/30/law.uk

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/05/1

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/11/ukcrime1

THE IRISH TIMES

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/case-of-man-hanged-in-1962-referred-to-court-of-appeal-1.168410

BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/a6murdertrans.shtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/29/newsid_2530000/2530969.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/23/newsid_3013000/3013236.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/22/newsid_2669000/2669115.stm

THE FREE LIBRARY

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/HANGED+HANRATTY+WAS+INNOCENT+SAYS+NEW+YARD+INQUIRY.-a061158693

WALES ONLINE: 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/possibility-of-dna-contamination-examined-1978881

Newspapers.com archived articles utilised:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259685084/?terms=Hanratty%2Bguilty

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259685668/?terms=A6%2Bhanratty

BLOGS: 

http://jadepas2.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_29.html

https://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/james-hanratty-john-lennon-and-the-stevonia-fish-and-chip-shop/

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_murderer_whose_reputation_john_lennon_worked_to_restore

CRIME AND INVESTIGATION:

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/james-hanratty-the-a6-murder

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/james-hanratty-the-a6-murder/trial

BOOK / EXCEPTS/ SPECIALS:

Power of Persuasion: Essays by a Very Public Lawyer by Louis Blom-Cooper (Chapter 16; James Hanratty, a Vindicatory View.)

Excerpt from the article in The Spectator ‘The unproven guilt ’ by Louis Blom-Cooper 

http://www.worldlibrary.in/articles/a6_murder

VIDEO:

A6 Murder: ‘Mystery of Dead Man’s Hill’: (The A6 Murder)

BBC Horizon - The A6 Murder-James Hanratty

1966 - "Panorama" The Hanratty Case”

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