DESCRIPTION:
The sun was starting to set on The Blackbird Leys estate at around 4:30 PM on December 10th, 1994. Henry Sheriff was decorating the back room at his home on Monks Close when he was interrupted by a loud bang, a noise that echoed throughout the nearby properties. Henry wondered if it was someone joyriding again or a car back-firing. A short time after the deafening sound, a 999 call was made to the police, but when the operator answered the phone, nobody spoke. All she could hear on the other end of the line was a man groaning and gasping for breath…
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This episode was researched and written by Emily G. Thompson.
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:
Changing Tide by Moments
Insurgent by Wicked Cinema
Leatherface by Wicked Cinema
Unexpected Turn by Moments
Recognize by Grant Borland
Don't Let Go by Alice in Winter
Shadow Passage by Cody Martin
Pursuit of Wonder by Caleb Etheridge
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REFERENCES:
NEWSBANK
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), December 12, 1994
Independent, The (London, England), December 12, 1994
Times, The (London, England), December 12, 1994
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), December 13, 1994
Independent, The (London, England), December 13, 1994
Times, The (London, England), December 13, 1994
Independent, The (London, England), January 18, 1995
People, The (London, England), December 8, 1996
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), January 8, 1997
Herald, The/Sunday Herald, The (Glasgow, Scotland), December 7, 2000
Sun, The (London, England), December 7, 2000
Herald, The/Sunday Herald, The (Glasgow, Scotland), December 10, 2014
Oxford Mail (England), December 10, 2014
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
The Guardian, 12 December, 1994
The Guardian, 22 December, 1994
The Daily Telegraph, 28 October, 1995
ONLINE SOURCES
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11657207.20-000-offered-finally-solve-murder-michael-meenaghan-oxford-20-years-ago/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hitman-theory-after-oxford-lecturer-shot-1387195.html