When police discover freshly disturbed earth outside a house in Leeds, their investigation leads to a disturbing discovery and a suspect with an extraordinary account of what happened. But this is only the beginning of Douglas Wakefield’s story, one that would unfold across years of imprisonment, violence and time in solitary confinement…
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
Audio editing by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, additional writing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Dark Hour by Falls
Layers by Caleb Etheridge
Pursuit Of Wonder by Caleb Etheridge
Avoiding Mutiny by Cody Martin
Arcadia by Cody Martin
Charlie by Cody Martin
Etheria by Cody Martin
Every Life Matters by Cody Martin
Far From Home by Cody Martin
Realm Of Men by Cody Martin
Rhosphere by Cody Martin
Storms Coming by Cody Martin
Tainted By Darkness by Cody Martin
Tesseract by Cody Martin
Aurora by Featherland
Jun by Kevin Graham
Lights Out by Tru Genesis
Vanished by Wicked Cinema
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