A minister was hiding a terrifying secret. For years, Reverend Emyr Owen was one of the most respected men in the Welsh Presbyterian community, a charismatic preacher trusted to lead funerals, conduct marriages, and guide his congregation through life’s darkest moments. But behind the pulpit, Owen harboured a dark obsession. When anonymous letters threatening local families, including a four-year-old child, led police to his door, a detective’s gut feeling uncovered something far more disturbing than poison pen letters…
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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:
All Is Well by Moments
Tesseract by Cody Martin
The Fall by Cody Martin
Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel
Enigma by Hill
Memories Of Future Events by Hill
The Plot Thickens by Joshua Spacht
Grim History by Lost Ghosts
Transfiguration by Lost Ghosts
Darkness Approaches by Louis Lion
Reclaim by Michael Briguglio
Ancient Ground by Moments
Race Against Time by Moments
High Anxiety by Phillip Mount
Subterranean Tunnels by Salon Dijon
A Most Unusual Discovery by Wicked Cinema
End of the Road by Wicked Cinema
Leatherface by Wicked Cinema
Rogue Asset by Wicked Cinema
Ragdoll by Wicked Cinema
Childlike by Wild Wonder
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