Season 8 - Episode 9

DESCRIPTION: 

A milkman was going about his early morning rounds in St. Stephen’s Court in Bath. June 9th, 1984, was a day he would never forget. As he journeyed along his usual route, he noticed something on the ground. He followed what appeared to be a trail of blood, which led him to the source — the body of a teenage girl. She wasn't moving. She had been brutally stabbed a short distance from her home…

*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** 

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: 

Things Gone Wrong by Moments 

Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema 

Sussex by Stephen Keech 

West by Shimmer 

Introspection by Shimmer 

Distances by Salon Dijon 

Unexpected Turn by Moments 

Constant Surveillance by JCar 

Growing Pains by Featherland

Ripley by Falls 

Wild Beauty by Caleb Etheridge 

Pursuit of Wonder by Caleb Etheridge 

Bamburgh by Stephen Keech 

At The Stroke Of Midnight by Adrian Walther 

Falling by Adrian Walther 

Look to the Sky by Alice in Winter 

Don't Let Go by Alice in Winter 

SOCIAL MEDIA: 

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REFERENCES: 

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Sunday Mercury, 10 June, 1984 

Sunday Mirror, 10 June, 1984 

Evening Post, 11 June, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 11 June, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 13 June, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 14 June, 1984  

Evening Post, 14 June, 1984 

Evening Post, 15 June, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 15 June, 1984 

Evening Post, 16 June, 1984  

Evening Post, 19 June, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 19 June, 1984 

Evening Post, 20 June, 1984 

Evening Post, 23 June, 1984  

Evening Post, 26 June, 1984 

Evening Post, 27 June, 1984 

Evening Post, 28 June, 1984 

Evening Post, 30 June, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 5 July, 1984  

Evening Post, 19 July, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 20 July, 1984 

Evening Post, 25 July, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 27 July, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 28 July, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 16 August, 1984  

Evening Post, 17 September, 1984 

Evening Post, 19 September, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 17 October, 1984  

Evening Post, 30 October, 1984  

Western Daily Press, 13 December, 1984  

Evening Post, 14 December, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 15 December, 1984 

Western Daily Press, 22 December, 1984  

Evening Post, 8 January, 1985 

Evening Post, 7 June, 1985  

Evening Post, 5 January, 1987  

Western Daily Press, 6 Janaury, 1987 

Evening Post, 15 February, 1988  

Western Daily Press, 19 February, 1988  

Evening Post, 1 October, 1991  

Evening Post, 20 October, 1992  

Western Daily Press, 8 June, 1995  

Western Daily Press, 9 June, 1995 

NEWSBANK

Western Daily Press (Bristol, England), December 11, 2003

Bath Chronicle (England), September 3, 2009

Bath Chronicle (England), June 12, 2014

Guardian, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), July 6, 2015

Bath Chronicle (England), July 9, 2015

Bristol Evening Post (England), July 29, 2015

International Business Times: United Kingdom Edition (UK), August 28, 2015

Bristol Evening Post: Web Edition Articles (England), May 8, 2016

Birmingham Mail: Web Edition Articles (England), May 9, 2016

Bristol Evening Post: Web Edition Articles (England), May 9, 2016 

ONLINE SOURCES

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2016-05-09/read-full-victim-impact-statements-from-melanie-roads-family

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-dna-fluke-trapped-melanie-7934990

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-36245888

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/09/bristol-man-pleads-guilty-to-1984-of-melanie-road