Staff decided to make a routine check on the bedrooms closest to where the prowler had been seen, and it was then they were confronted with something truly terrifying. Two of the residents were dead, evidently murdered, confirming the investigators' fears: a serial killer was targeting the elderly… (Part 1 of 2).
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Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, additional audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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Tallis Tales by Moments
Creeper by Hill
Misery Loves Company by CJ0
Final Moments by Cody Martin
The Fall by Cody Martin
Floyd’s Tomb by Kevin Graham
Bingdu by Kevin Graham
Jun by Kevin Graham
Stratos by Lone Canyon
Mighty Hand by Stephen Keech
Distances by Salon Dijon
End Of An Era by Salon Dijon
Point Of No Return by Salon Dijon
The Matter At Hand by Salon Dijon
The Need For Speed by Tiger Gang
The Void by Cody Martin
Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema
The Birth Of A Planet by Falls
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A History of British Serial Killing by Martin Fido
A History of British Serial Killing by David Wilson
Inside Broadmoor by Jonathan Levi and French
Kenneth Erskine: The Stockwell Strangler by Andrew Alexander
Real Life Crimes… And How They Were Solved Vol. 53