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…
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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:
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
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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