DESCRIPTION:
On the morning of May 15th, 1979, three boys were playing by the Wyken Basin when they noticed something floating in the water. Curious, they went to take a closer look. They approached the reeds on the water's edge and the object came into focus. It dawned on them that it was a body. Panicked by their discovery, the boys ran to the first adult they could find. They told him what they had seen in the water and in turn he hurriedly contacted the police…
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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:
Ripley by Falls
Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema
Introspection by Shimmer
Distances by Salon Dijon
Endless Night by Moments
Venturers Call by Lincoln Davis
Spooked by jshirts
Constant Surveillance by JCar
Hallowed Halls by Adrian Walther
Recognize by Grant Borland
Hold This Place by Alice In Winter
Don't Le Go by Alice in Winter
Asylum by Cody Martin
The Search by CJ-0
Bamburgh by Stephen Keech
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REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Birmingham Evening Mail - May 16, 1979
Birmingham Evening Mail - May 17, 1979
Birmingham Evening Mail - May 18, 1979
Birmingham Evening Mail - Jun 9, 1979
Birmingham Evening Mail - Aug 17, 1979
Birmingham Evening Mail - Mar 29, 1980
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Jul 28, 1979
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Jul 30, 1979
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Mar 24, 1980
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Mar 25, 1980
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Mar 26, 1980
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Mar 26, 1980
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Mar 27, 1980
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Mar 28, 1980
Daily Mirror - Mar 25, 1980
Daily Mirror - Mar 29, 1980
Sandwell Evening Mail - Mar 25, 1980
Leicester Mercury - May 16, 1979
NEWSBANK
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), October 26, 2001
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), October 26, 2001
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), October 30, 2001
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), October 31, 2001
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), May 25, 2002
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), September 13, 2005
Daily Star (England), September 13, 2005
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), October 29, 2005
Yorkshire Post (England), October 31, 2005
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), April 21, 2006
Yorkshire Post (England), June 23, 2006
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), May 16, 2008
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), November 6, 2001
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), January 2, 2002
Coventry Telegraph (England), May 21, 2002
North Yorkshire County Publications (England), May 21, 2002
West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications (England), May 21, 2002
ONLINE SOURCES
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8036236.woman-tells-of-stabbing-horror/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8035920.accused-had-knife-injury/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8035824.fight-to-save-knifed-woman/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8035793.i-was-set-up-for-stabbing-of-vice-girl/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8035573.double-life-term-for-knife-maniac/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8035574.time-and-time-again-dooley-plunged-the-knife-into-his-lifeless-victim/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8033725.vice-purge-a-success/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8027951.vice-girl-attacker-found-dead-in-cell/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8027736.killers-death-ends-life-of-fear-for-assault-victim/