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…
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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