DESCRIPTION:
Some say the perfect time to visit Scotland is in the Autumn, around the Halloween period. Halloween originates from the Celtic festival of the ‘Feast of Samhain’, celebrated in Scotland, Ireland and on the Isle of Man from October 31st until November 1st. During this festival, people lit bonfires as a way to ward off unwelcome spirits. Many of these traditions were carried on through the centuries and influenced what is known as Halloween today. Each year, thousands of tourists flock to Scotland. But on Halloween night, 2014, a mystery was beginning to unravel, a mystery that still endures eight years later…
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This episode was researched and written by Emily G. Thompson.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, editing, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Spooked by jshirts
Am I Dreaming by Moments
Exclusion Zone by Hill
As Dusk Descends by Wicked Cinema
Ripley by Falls
Continuum by Colossus
Bamburgh by Stephen Keech
Retreat by Chelsea McGough
Into by Hill
Music Box by Stephen Keech
The Arctic by Gold Coast
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REFERENCES:
NEWBANK
Fraserburgh Herald, The (Scotland), November 4, 2014
Herald, The/Sunday Herald, The (Glasgow, Scotland), November 4, 2014
Buchan Observer (Scotland), November 5, 2014
Fraserburgh Herald, The (Scotland), November 6, 2014.
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), November 7, 2014
Daily Record, The / Sunday Mail: Web Edition Articles (Scotland), November 7, 2014
Daily Record, The / Sunday Mail: Web Edition Articles (Scotland), November 12, 2014
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), November 18, 2014
Daily Record, The / Sunday Mail: Web Edition Articles (Scotland), December 18, 2014.
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), April 17, 2015
Aberdeen Evening Express (Scotland), April 23, 2015
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), April 23, 2015
Aberdeen Evening Express (Scotland), May 1, 2015
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), May 1, 2015
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), May 8, 2015
Sun, The (London, England), May 28, 2015
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), May 30, 2015
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), June 13, 2015
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), June 30, 2015
Fraserburgh Herald, The (Scotland), July 17, 2015
Aberdeen Evening Express (Scotland), August 4, 2015
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 31, 2015
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), October 30, 2015
Daily Record, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 31, 2015
Herald, The/Sunday Herald, The (Glasgow, Scotland), October 31, 2015
Sun, The (London, England), November 21, 2015
Scotsman, The (Edinburgh, Scotland), January 12, 2016
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), August 27, 2016
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), November 1, 2016
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), March 29, 2017
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), September 13, 2017
Aberdeen Evening Express (Scotland), October 30, 2017
Press & Journal, The (Aberdeen, Scotland), October 31, 2018
Aberdeen Evening Express (Scotland), November 1, 2021
DIGITAL ARTICLES
https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/family-missing-shaun-ritchie-continue-7091604
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/3649338/shaun-ritchie-update/
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/1877635/fraserburgh-man-shaun-ritchie-still-missing-five-years-on/
https://news.stv.tv/north/someone-out-there-knows-what-happened-to-shaun-that-night
FURTHER SOURCES
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strichen/strichen/index.html
https://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/banff-p238141