As daylight faded and the moorland sky burned a deep orange, the quiet stretch of the A640 near Huddersfield appeared serene. A local resident, David Sykes, was out jogging along a remote country road between the Nont Sarahs pub and the B6114 junction. The route, typically bypassed in favour of the faster M62 motorway, was nearly deserted. On the verge of the road lay a grim discovery; evidence that someone had chosen this isolated spot not just for its peaceful scenery, but they thought it would be the ideal place to dispose of a body…
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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, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Firewall by Cody Martin
Dark Night by Cody Martin
Forbidden Wing by Cody Martin
Half Empty by Cody Martin
Kalahari by Cody Martin
Loaves & Fish by Cody Martin
Storms Coming by Cody Martin
Tesseract by Cody Martin
Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel
Gravity by Caleb Etheridge
Enigma by Hill
Unexpected Turn by Moments
Stasis Interrupted by Dresden the Flamingo
Rag Doll by Wicked Cinema
Rogue Asset by Wicked Cinema
The Curse by Wicked Cinema
The Unexplained by Wicked Cinema
Vanished by Wicked Cinema
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REFERENCES:
NEWSBANK
Yorkshire Post (England), August 27, 2009
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), August 28, 2009
Yorkshire Evening Post (England), August 28, 2009
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), August 29, 2009
Lincolnshire Echo (Lincoln, England), September 1, 2009
Dewsbury Reporter (England), September 4, 2009
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), October 13, 2009
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), October 21, 2009
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), August 25, 2009
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), August 27, 2009
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), April 15, 2010
Dewsbury Reporter (England), April 16, 2010
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), April 16, 2010
Yorkshire Evening Post (England), April 16, 2010
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), April 17, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), April 20, 2010
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), April 21, 2010
Yorkshire Evening Post (England), April 21, 2010
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), April 22, 2010
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), April 23, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), April 23, 2010
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), April 24, 2010
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), July 30, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), April 20, 2010
Dewsbury Reporter (England), April 23, 2010
Dewsbury Reporter (England), October 12, 2009
Sun, The (London, England), September 16, 2013
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-and-argus/170772420/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-and-argus/170772425/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-and-argus/170772432/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/huddersfield-daily-examiner/170772439/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-and-argus/170772452/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-and-argus/170772463/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-and-argus/170772474/
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ONLINE
https://celebrationcottages.co.uk/henpartyhouses/chateau-1803/
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/take-look-famous-nont-sarahs-14596950
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https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/mirfield-gay-sex-murderer-desmond-5001161
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/ask-examiner-whats-history-nont-12717593
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2033260138973890120
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/nont-sarahs-never-pub-again-12703174
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/ghostly-goings-spirits-nont-sarahs-6497037
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-63993061
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/horrifying-way-serial-killer-andrew-34614889
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-16638227