Season 8 - Episode 43

DESCRIPTION: 

By night, in the late nineties, The Bandbox club and Splitz bar had countless coatless young people lining up outside the doors to get inside. Often, the wait was cold in the biting North Sea air; partygoers shuffled slowly in the queue as bouncers decided who could get in, but this didn’t deter people from hanging around. By day, Felixstowe in Suffolk is more slow-paced — tourists and retirees enjoy fish & chips, ice cream and blue flag beaches. Life is peaceful. Be that as it may, a senseless murder in 1999 was one of the biggest and most complex cases officers in the port town ever had to investigate…

*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** 

This episode was written by Rosanna Fitton. Research by Benjamin Fitton.

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton

Narration, audio editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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MUSIC: 

Hold This Place by Alice In Winter 

End of the Road by Wicked Cinema 

Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema 

The Void by Cody Martin 

Introspection by Shimmer 

Painted Deserts by Shimmer 

Driven To The Edge by Salon Dijon 

Spooked by JShirts 

Cool by James Cole 

Invisible Line by Stephen Keech 

Ripley by Falls 

Dark Hour by Falls 

Distant Water by Chelsea McGough 

Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel 

Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel 

Final Moments by Cody Martin 

Etheria by Cody Martin 

Asylum by Cody Martin 

Don't Blink by Andrew Stanton 

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REFERENCES: 

POLICE

https://mipp.police.uk/operation/3637020112A02-PO2 - Murder of Victoria Hall 19/09/1999 reopened 

https://www.suffolk.police.uk/news/suffolk/news/news/2023/october/trimley-st-mary--arrest-made-in-connection-with-victoria-hall-murder-inquiry/ - Trimley St Mary – Arrest made in connection with Victoria Hall murder inquiry - Published: 16:15 07/12/2023

BBC NEWS

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-47774991

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-49756400

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-49771452

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-50903237

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-54191078

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58002514

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58015434

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-62307641

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-62932498

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58598890

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-66848829

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-67649142

THE GUARDIAN

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/29/suffolk-serial-killer-steve-wright-reportedly-arrested-1999-murder-teenager

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/07/man-re-arrested-on-suspicion-of-victoria-hall-in-suffolk

EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21394873.felixstowe-vicky-hall---15-years-teens-murder-family-still-left-seeking-answers/

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21566493.detectives-appeal-help-catch-killers-nine-unsolved-suffolk-murder-cases-including-vicky-hall-diane-jones/

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21275422.man-arrested-suspicion-murdering-victoria-hall/ 

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21275335.victoria-hall-murder-suspect-released-pending-enquiries-police/

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21275329.victoria-hall-murder-suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-reportedly-arrested/

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/crime/21272665.suspect-victoria-hall-murder-remains-investigation/

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/crime/21868478.good-progress-made-murder-victoria-hall/ -

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/crime/20663440.victoria-hall-murder-police-now-25-people-working-case/

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23797420.victoria-hall-murder-case-felixstowe-suffolk-24-years/

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23975701.victoria-hall-man-arrested-suspicion-trimley-murder/

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23977961.victoria-hall-murder-probe-suffolk-progressed/ 

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23976452.suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-named-victoria-hall-suspect/

SKY NEWS

https://news.sky.com/story/victoria-hall-death-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-1999-murder-of-teenager-12366656 

https://news.sky.com/story/suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-arrested-over-1999-murder-of-teenager-victoria-hall-13025507

EASTERN DAILY PRESS

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/20720058.police-reopen-vicky-hall-murder-investigation-new-lead-emerges-20-years/

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/20646672.hunt-victoria-halls-killer-takes-another-twist/

​​https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/20646679.victoria-hall-murder-suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-reportedly-arrested/

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23975701.victoria-hall-man-arrested-suspicion-trimley-murder/

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23976452.suffolk-strangler-steve-wright-named-victoria-hall-suspect/

DAILY MAIL

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-85026/Businessman-cleared-Victorias-murder.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-2009198/Video-Suffolk-Police-release-new-CCTV-footage-related-cold-case.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7834653/Parents-murdered-Victoria-Hall-17-new-hope-killer-case-reopened.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8744893/Detectives-say-significant-inroads-investigation-murder-Victoria-Hall-17.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9835725/Police-arrest-man-1999-murder-Victoria-Hall-vanished-walking-home-nightclub.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fb-9835923/Victoria-Hall-murder-timeline-events.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9840317/Suffolk-Strangler-Steve-Wright-suspect-arrested-unsolved-1999-murder.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9844861/EXCLUSIVE-Ex-wife-Suffolk-Strangler-Steve-Wright-says-glad-arrested.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9845507/Does-CCTV-image-damn-Suffolk-strangler-Detectives-probe-murderer-Steven-Wright.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11503691/Britains-cold-cases-gangland-boss-assassinated-garden-schoolgirl-killed.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12838605/Police-arrest-man-suspicion-murder-Victoria-Hall-17-naked-body-ditch-five-days-went-missing-way-home-nightclub-1999.html 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12840951/Who-Suffolk-Strangler-Steve-Wrights-five-victims-serial-killer-terrorised-Ipswich-six-week-rampage-2006.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12845533/Suffolk-Strangler-Steve-Wright-displayed-victims-bodies-got-thrill-police-seeing-work-crime-expert-says-arrested-unsolved-murder.html

FURTHER DIGITAL SOURCES

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22011257.bradshaw-cleared-vicky-hall-murder/

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22008525.accuseds-friend-takes-stand/

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22011283.vickys-killer-still-large/

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22008455.unluckly-says-man-murder-charge/

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22008342.forensic-experts-search-porsche/

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/21998282.murdered---vicky-hall/

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22011166.defences-closing-speech-vicky-case/

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22011029.vicky-hall-murder-case-opens/

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/21999217.man-acquitted-murder-back-business/

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/22008646.dignity-hall-family/

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Sunday Telegraph - 14 Nov 1999, Sun ·Page 14

Evening Standard - 11 Jan 2000, Tue ·Page 191

Evening Standard - 11 Jan 2000, Tue ·Page 283

Evening Standard - 11 Jan 2000, Tue ·Page 99

Evening Standard - 11 May 2000, Thu ·Page 282

The Guardian - 19 Dec 2000, Tue ·Page 5

The Guardian - 03 Nov 2001, Sat ·Page 12

The Guardian - 20 Nov 2001, Tue ·Page 11

The Independent - 29 Jul 2021, Thu ·Page 20

The Independent - 30 Jul 2021, Fri ·Page 16

Wales on Sunday - Sunday 14 November 1999 - Page 15

The Scotsman - Friday 12 May 2000 - Page 4

The Scotsman - Tuesday 19 December 2000 - Page 8

Daily Mirror - Tuesday 21 September 1999

Bury Free Press - Friday 26 November 1999

Bury Free Press - Friday 01 October 1999

Bury Free Press - Friday 29 October 1999

Liverpool Echo - Thursday 23 September 1999

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 22 September 1999

Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 21 September 1999

Daily Mirror - Wednesday 29 September 1999

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 21 September 1999

Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 28 September 1999

Daily Record - Monday 27 September 1999