DESCRIPTION:
Once the match finished, a gang of agitated spectators gathered outside and began to start trouble. At first, it was just quarrelling between opposing fans before bottles and rocks were hurled through the air. The police made their presence known to dissipate the crowd, and eventually, the officers successfully diffused the situation. With their job done, they left, but the next morning the police were contacted and asked to return to Abington. A woman had been walking down an alleyway around a mile from the County Ground. Something in the distance caught her eye, and as she edged closer, she could see that it was the body of a teenage boy…
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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:
Liminal by Chelsea McGough
The Curse by Wicked Cinema
Reconciliation by Wicked Cinema
Mystery by Third Age
Al Fine by Markus Huber
Memoir by Lincoln Davis
What You Do Not Know by Joshua Spacht
Tainted By Darkness by Cody Martin
Creeper by Hill
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