DESCRIPTION:
Halloween is supposed to be the creepiest time of the year; the nights draw in early, and scary stories are told. When it’s a true story, and the murder is unsolved, it's even more unsettling. The killer could be someone you know, a person in your family or a kindly neighbour. On October 31, 1963, the night sky was illuminated by a full moon. Two children noticed a woman peering out of a window in her home. They didn't know it would be the last time she was seen alive…
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Court documents and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: Birmingham Daily Post, Newcastle Journal, Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Shields Daily News, Newcastle Journal, Liverpool Echo, Daily Herald, Belfast Telegraph and Chronicle Live.
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MUSIC:
Possessed Doll by Purple Planet
Crystal Waters by Purple Planet
Desolation by Purple Planet
Wrong Turn by Purple Planet
Nightmare by Purple Planet
Chimera by Purple Planet
Paranoia by Purple Planet
Shifting Sands by Purple Planet
Executor by Purple Planet
Insidious by Purple Planet
Ambuscade by Purple Planet
Entombed by Purple Planet
Space Journey by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sourced from https://www.purple-planet.com
REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 27 February 1959
Newcastle Journal - Friday 27 February 1959
Newcastle Journal - Saturday 28 February 1959
Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 2 March 1959
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Monday 2 March 1959
Shields Daily News - Monday 2 March 1959
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Thursday 5 March 1959
Shields Daily News - Saturday 4 April 1959
Newcastle Journal - Wednesday 22 April 1959
Newcastle Journal - Tuesday 3 March 1959
Liverpool Echo - Friday 1 November 1963
Daily Herald - Saturday 2 November 1963
Belfast Telegraph - Saturday 2 November 1963
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Saturday 2 November 1963
Newcastle Journal - Saturday 2 November 1963
Newcastle Journal - Monday 4 November 1963
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Monday 4 November 1963
Newcastle Journal - Thursday 7 November 1963
Newcastle Journal - Saturday 9 November 1963
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Saturday 9 November 1963
Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 11 November 1963
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Wednesday 13 November 1963
Newcastle Journal - Wednesday 13 November 1963
Newcastle Journal - Tuesday 19 November 1963
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Thursday 21 November 1963
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Thursday 28 November 1963
Newcastle Journal - Friday 29 November 1963
Newcastle Journal - Tuesday 10 December 1963
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Wednesday 18 December 1963
Newcastle Journal - Saturday 21 December 1963
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Thursday 6 February 1964
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Friday 7 December 1973
DIGITAL ARTICLES
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/42a0313f-fcbb-493a-ba9d-ce9ab8d0adcd
https://www.northumbria.police.uk/media/6832741/foi-1183-15.pdf
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/katherine-armstrong-sandyford-halloween-murder-6809043
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