DESCRIPTION:
On a cold and crisp winter's morning, January 25, 1970, the body of a young boy is found in a watery ditch at a farm near Ponteland in Northumberland. Just two years earlier, two little boys had been strangled by another child, and although the culprit had been caught, investigators wondered if something eerily similar had happened to Allan Graham…
THIS EPISODE WAS PUBLISHED IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM ON OCTOBER 12th, 2022.
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, audio editing, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Azure by Alice In Winter
Reverencia by Alice In Winter
The Last by Wild Wonder
Sussex by Stephen Keech
Sleep by Stephen Keech
Endgame by Alice In Winter
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REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
Evening Chronicle - Jan 26, 1970
Evening Chronicle - Jan 28, 1970
Evening Chronicle - Jan 29, 1970
Evening Chronicle - Jan 30, 1970
Evening Chronicle - Jan 31, 1970
Evening Chronicle - Feb 2, 1970
Evening Chronicle - Feb 12, 1970
Evening Chronicle - Mar 26, 1970
Evening Chronicle - May 22, 1970
Evening Chronicle - Nov 24, 1970
Evening Chronicle - Jan 12, 1972
Evening Chronicle - Jan 20, 1972
Evening Chronicle - Mar 29, 1972
Evening Chronicle - Nov 2, 1972
Evening Chronicle - Dec 7, 1973
Evening Chronicle - Nov 9, 1989
The Journal - Jan 26, 1970
The Journal - Jan 27, 1970
The Journal - Jan 28, 1970
The Journal - Jan 29, 1970
The Journal - Jan 30, 1970
The Journal - Jan 31, 1970
The Journal - Feb 2, 1970
The Journal - Feb 3, 1970
The Journal - Feb 4, 1970
The Journal - Feb 9, 1970
The Journal - Feb 12, 1970
The Journal - Feb 16, 1970
The Journal - Feb 23, 1970
The Journal - Mar 25, 1970
The Journal - Apr 13, 1970
The Journal - May 22, 1970
The Journal - May 23, 1970
The Journal - Jan 25, 1971
The Journal - Jan 13, 1972
The Journal - Jan 22, 1972
The Journal - Nov 2, 1972
The Journal - May 13, 1981
Gateshead Post - Oct 9, 1997
NEWSBANK
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Evening Chronicle: Web Edition Articles (England), January 1, 2019
Evening Chronicle: Web Edition Articles (England), February 13, 2020
Evening Chronicle: Web Edition Articles (England), August 8, 2021
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), March 18, 2014
Evening Chronicle: Web Edition Articles (England), January 24, 2020
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), April 28, 2014
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Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), March 19, 2016
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Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), April 10, 2014
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DIGITAL ARTICLES
https://beta.northumbria.police.uk/latest-news/2020/january/detectives-continue-to-investigate-murder-of-newcastle-schoolboy-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-his-death/
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/killer-north-east-schoolboy-allan-1409850
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/allan-graham-murder-detectives-take-7039323
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/chronicle-unsolved-crimes-just-who-6791636