DESCRIPTION:
Highley is a village built along the banks of the River Severn in Shropshire. Previously a mining area — the collieries closed in 1969 — the village became a market town. In 1975, the population was small, around 3,000 residents. Among them were 17-year-old Lesley Whittle and her mother, Dorothy Walker… (Part 1 of 3).
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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:
Falling by Alice In Winter
Kindness by Outside The Sky
Out Into Nothing by Stephen Keech
Grave Parade by Bryant Lowry
Tainted By Darkness by Cody Martin
Reactor by Wicked Cinema
Colony by Wicked Cinema
The Edge by Caleb Etheridge
Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema
Path by Stephen Keech
The Art Of Fortification by Hill
Six Minutes of Peace by Stephen Keech
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REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
Regina V Donald Neilson, [2008] EWHC 1164 (QB)
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Coventry Evening Telegraph - May 17, 1972
Evening Sentinel - Feb 13, 1975
Evening Sentinel - Feb 21, 1975
Evening Sentinel - Mar 6, 1975
Evening Sentinel - Jan 16, 1984
The Guardian - May 17, 1972
The Birmingham Post - Jan 15, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Jan 16, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Jan 17, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Jan 18, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Jan 20, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Jan 28, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Feb 11, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Feb 12, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Feb 15, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Feb 17, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Feb 20, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Feb 22, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Feb 25, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Mar 01, 1975
The Birmingham Post - Mar 13, 1975
Evening Post - Jan 15, 1975
Evening Post - Jan 18, 1975
Evening Post - Feb 11, 1975
Evening Post - Feb 12, 1975
Evening Post - Feb 13, 1975
Evening Post - Feb 19, 1975
Evening Post - Feb 24, 1975
Evening Post - Mar 5, 1975
Evening Post - Mar 13, 1975
Evening Post - Mar 14, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 15, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 16, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 18, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 20, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 21, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 22, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 23, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail Jan 23, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 25, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 27, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Feb 10, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Feb 11, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Feb 11, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Feb 13, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Feb 14, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Feb 17, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 12, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 17, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 18, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 20, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 22, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 25, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 29, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Apr 11, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Apr 26, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - May 5, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - May 5, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 10, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 13, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 13, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 8, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Sept 16, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Oct 11, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Nov 11, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 5, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 13, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 15, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 16, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 18, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 19, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 22, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 29, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 5, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 7, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 12, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 26, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Feb 20, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 3, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 4, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 25, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 31, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Apr 30, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - May 6, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 13, 1976
Sunday Telegraph - Jan 26, 1975
Birmingham Post - Feb 16, 1974
Birmingham Post - Feb 21, 1974
Birmingham Post - May 14, 1974
Birmingham Post - Sept 7, 1974
Birmingham Post - Sept 6, 1974
Birmingham Post - Sept 7, 1974
Birmingham Post - Nov 19, 1974
Birmingham Post - Nov 26, 1974
Birmingham Post - Jan 9, 1975
Birmingham Post - Jan 17, 1975
Birmingham Post - Jan 18,1975
Birmingham Post - Jan 27, 1975
Birmingham Post - Mar 31, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Feb 15, 1974
Birmingham Evening Mail - Nov 12, 1974
Birmingham Evening Mail - Nov 12, 1974
Birmingham Evening Mail - Nov 13, 1974
Birmingham Evening Mail - Nov 14, 1974
Birmingham Evening Mail - Nov 25, 1974
Birmingham Evening Mail - Nov 26, 1974
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 4, 1974
Birmingham Evening Mail - Dec 5, 1974
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 3, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 4, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 8, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 10, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 10, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 17, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 18, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 18, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jan 21, 1975
Evening Sentinel - Sept 6, 1974
Evening Post - Sept 6, 1974
Derby Evening Telegraph - Sept 6, 1974
Liverpool Echo - Sept 7, 1974
The Journal - Sept 9, 1974
The Daily Telegraph - Sept 7, 1974
The Daily Telegraph - Sept 9, 1974
The Daily Telegraph - Jan 20, 1975
The Guardian - Sept 7, 1974
The Guardian - Sept 12, 1974
The Guardian - Nov 13, 1974
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Feb 10, 1975
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 14, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 15, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 16, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 17, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 18, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 19, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 21, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 22, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 23, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 24, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 25, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 26, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 28, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 29, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 30, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 1, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 5, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 6, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 7, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 8, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 9, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 10, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 12, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 13, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 14, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 15, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 14, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 16, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 17, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 19, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 20, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 21, 1976
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jul 22, 1976
DIGITAL ARTICLES
https://shropshire.gov.uk/media/17699/highley-profile.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jun/12/ukcrime1
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/jul/22/black-panther-donald-neilson-killer-archive
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/nostalgia/2016/07/21/the-black-panther-the-grim-murder-that-shook-shropshire-and-the-nation/
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/01/15/chilling-memories-of-serial-killer-the-black-panther/
https://www.thesun.ie/news/7735164/abduction-lesley-whittle-donald-neilson-black-panther/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9434800.the-wrecker-of-lives/