DESCRIPTION:
Valentine's day in 1945 began like any other day for 74-year-old Charles Walton. Despite his advanced years and rheumatic joints, which required Charles to walk with a stick, he had worked as a labourer when local farmers had work available. He left with the tools for the job, a pitchfork and slash hook. It was at the edge of Meon Hill, an isolated spot around a mile from the main road, where they found his body…
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Court documents and information from the following news organisations, books and magazines were referenced in this episode: Birmingham Mail, Gloucestershire Echo, Liverpool Echo, Belfast Telegraph, Staffordshire Sentinel, Derby Daily Telegraph, Lancashire Evening Post, Evening Despatch, Daily Herald, Lincolnshire Echo, Coventry Evening Telegraph, Birmingham Daily Post, Daily Mirror, Nottingham Evening Post, Birmingham Daily Gazette, The Tewkesbury Register and Agricultural Gazette, Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser, Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Aberdeen Evening Express, BBC News, ’Murder Casebook’ magazine and ‘Fabian of the Yard’ by Robert Fabian.
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MUSIC:
Slow Motion Part 2 by Peter Rudenko
Iced Spring Theme by Peter Rudenko
September by Kai Engel
The Anunnaki Return by Jesse Gallagher
Maestro Tlakaelel by Jesse Gallagher
The Inner Sound by Jesse Gallagher
No 8 Requiem by Esther Abrami
Calmant by Kevin MacLeod
Chalet by Meydän
Lurking Shadows by Myuu
Doll Dancing by Puddle of Infinity
Reaching Out by Kevin MacLeod
Cobweb Morning by Kai Engel
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Birmingham Mail - Thursday 15 February 1945
Gloucestershire Echo - Thursday 15 February 1945
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 15 February 1945
Belfast Telegraph - Thursday 15 February 1945
Staffordshire Sentinel - Thursday 15 February 1945
Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 15 February 1945
Lancashire Evening Post - Thursday 15 February 1945
Evening Despatch - Thursday 15 February 1945
Daily Herald - Friday 16 February 1945
Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 16 February 1945
Lincolnshire Echo - Friday 16 February 1945
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 16 February 1945
Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 16 February 1945
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Friday 16 February 1945
Birmingham Mail - Saturday 17 February 1945
Daily Mirror - Saturday 17 February 1945
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Saturday 17 February 1945
Evening Despatch - Monday 19 February 1945
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 20 February 1945
Evening Despatch - Tuesday 20 February 1945
Birmingham Mail - Tuesday 20 February 1945
Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 20 February 1945
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 21 February 1945
Gloucestershire Echo - Wednesday 21 February 1945
The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette. - Saturday 24 February 1945
The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette. - Saturday 03 March 1945
Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser - Friday 09 March 1945
The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette. - Saturday 17 March 1945
Gloucestershire Echo - Tuesday 20 March 1945 - Gloucestershire Echo - Tuesday 20 March 1945
Birmingham Mail - Tuesday 20 March 1945
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 20 March 1945
Evening Despatch - Tuesday 20 March 1945
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 20 March 1945
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Tuesday 20 March 1945
The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette. - Saturday 24 March 1945
The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette. - Saturday 07 April 1945
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Saturday 02 September 1950
Daily Herald - Monday 04 September 1950
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 15 February 1952
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Friday 15 February 1952
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Saturday 31 May 1952
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Monday 24 November 1952
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 04 April 1953
Daily Mirror - Saturday 13 February 1954
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Monday 15 February 1954
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Tuesday 15 February 1955
Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 15 February 1956
Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 15 February 1958
Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 08 February 1960
Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 25 August 1960
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Thursday 25 August 1960
Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 25 August 1960
The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette. - Friday 26 August 1960
Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 01 January 1963
Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 13 January 1964
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 02 February 1968
Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 01 March 1968
Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 19 August 1968
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 20 August 1968
Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 20 August 1968
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 20 August 1968
Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 22 August 1968
Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 21 December 1970
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Monday 21 December 1970
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 14 February 1975
MAGAZINES
MURDER CASEBOOK [Issue 71]
BOOKS
‘Fabian of the Yard’ by Robert Fabian
DIGITAL ARTICLES
BBC NEWS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/weird-warwickshire/1945-witchcraft-murder.shtml
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