Season 8 - Episode 28

DESCRIPTION: 

In February 1974, a two-and-a-half-year-old went missing. For four hours, dozens of police officers and relatives of the toddler searched the area. His older brother had been looking after him while they were out playing but came home not knowing where his sibling was. The youngster was eventually found, peacefully asleep in the long grass a short distance from his home. It was an incredible relief for his worried family. Unfortunately, this happy ending wouldn’t be granted in the case of another boy who went missing around 40 miles away, a day earlier… 

*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** 

This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton

Narration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton. 

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MUSIC: 

Her Majesty by Moments 

Reconciliation by Wicked Cinema 

Dead Ends by Wicked Cinema 

St Mary by Chelsea McGough And Stephen Keech 

Sussex by Stephen Keech 

Invisible Line by Stephen Keech 

A Morning Prayer by Hill 

Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel 

Wolgrim by Cody Martin 

Bamburgh by Stephen Keech 

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REFERENCES: 

COURT DOCUMENTS

R V Isabel Adams [1975] EWCA - R-v-Isabel-Adams-1975-EWCA-Crim-J0411-10

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Birmingham Post

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post/134329780/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post/134329795/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post/134329861/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post/134329892/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post/134330110/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post/134330128/

Western Daily Press

https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press/134330094/

Daily Mirror

https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-mirror/134334346/

Liverpool Daily Post

https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-daily-post-merseyside-ed/134329727/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-daily-post-merseyside-ed/134330079/

The Journal

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal/134330006/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal/134330045/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal/134330068/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal/134340561/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal/134340895/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal/134390717/ 

Evening Chronicle

https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-chronicle/134330059/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-chronicle/134338013/ 

https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-chronicle/134341717/

The Daily Telegraph

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/134329717/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/134329976/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/134329992/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/134330025/

The Guardian

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/134329956/

Sunday Sun

https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-sun/134329902/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-sun/134329945/

Birmingham Evening Mail

https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-evening-mail/134329762/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-evening-mail/134329873/

Hull Daily Mail

https://www.newspapers.com/article/hull-daily-mail/134329840/

Evening Post

https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-post/134329738/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-post/134329832/

Daily Post

https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-post-merseyside-ed/134329789/

Herald Express

https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-express/134329750/

BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19740214/375/0021

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19740706/013/0002

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19740709/035/0003

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19740219/011/0002

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19740709/241/0012

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004973/19740709/003/0003

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19740709/541/0025

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19740709/127/0010

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19740214/001/0001

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19740214/015/0015