DESCRIPTION:
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 9 - EPISODE 26’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. Within 24 hours of moving into a house in Penge, Harriet Staunton was dead. A chance encounter in a post office meant that what could have been recorded as death by natural causes, was listed as a homicide. Harriet Staunton’s husband, his mistress, his brother, and his brother’s wife were accused of starving Harriet to death to prevent the truth from coming out. The prosecution had spent days presenting damning evidence against the defendants, and due to the laws at the time that prohibited the accused from testifying in their own defence, they could only hope that their counsel would save them from the hangman’s noose… (Part 2 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, audio editing assistance, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Holy Wait by Chelsea McGough
Layers by Caleb Etheridge
SirenSong by Chelsea McGough
Lord Of The Dead by CJ0
Altered Fate by Cody Martin
Hold This. Place by Alice In Winter
Dark Hour by Falls
Winter Train Home by Featherland
The Arctic by Gold Coast
Enigma by Hill
Venturers Call by Lincoln Davis
Unexpected Turn by Moments
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