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