Season 8 - Episode 40

DESCRIPTION: 

The brutal murder of a reclusive widow sparked one of the largest murder inquiries Liverpool had seen in years. After following numerous dead-end leads, the investigators turned their attention to a pair of petty thieves on the word of criminal informants. The case against them was purely circumstantial… (Part 1 of 2).

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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: 

Playing Games by Cody Martin 

Mystery by Third Age 

Sleep by Stephen Keech 

Bamburgh by Stephen Keech 

Reign It In by Midnight Noir 

Spooked by JShirts 

Distant Water by Chelsea McGough 

Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel 

Sabotage by Cody Martin 

Illusions by Cody Martin 

Defender Trials by Cody Martin 

Revenant by Clark + Walker 

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REFERENCES: 

COURT & LEGAL DOCUMENTS / ANCESTRY

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1952/may/08/powers-of-court-of-criminal-appeal

https://academic.oup.com/book/2555/chapter-abstract/142874368?redirectedFrom=fulltext

https://justis.vlex.com/#search/jurisdiction:IE,GB/R+v+George+Kelly+and+Charles+Connolly/vid/r-v-george-kelly-793419369

1950 Index of Wills - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/14069006:1904?tid=&pid=&queryId=9403c46366625c0122b745c9f1bbfc89&_phsrc=vdm55&_phstart=successSource 

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE

Liverpool Daily Post

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Liverpool Echo

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NEWSBANK

Liverpool Echo (England), August 5, 2004

Liverpool Echo (England), April 10, 2008

Liverpool Echo: Web Edition Articles (England), February 7, 2016

Liverpool Echo: Web Edition Articles (England), February 27, 2018

Liverpool Echo (England), May 15, 2018

Manchester Evening News: Web Edition Articles (England), March 9, 2019

Liverpool Echo: Web Edition Articles (England), November 10, 2021

Liverpool Echo: Web Edition Articles (England), October 30, 2022

BOOKS

Murderers or Martyrs by George Skelly

The Hangman’s Tale: Memoirs of a public executioner by Syd Dernley