Deterioration: A Mother’s Confession / Lorna & Eva Williamson

A father returns home to a devastating scene. His teenage daughter has been brutally killed, and his wife has vanished. Inside the house, there are clear signs of violence. Blood-stained objects suggest a frenzied attack… but what happened in the hours leading up to it?…

*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** 

This episode was written by Rosanna Fitton. Research by Benjamin Fitton. 

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: 

The Forgotten Kingdom by Moments 

Changing Tide by Moments 

Defender Trials by Cody Martin 

Sabotage by Cody Martin 

Stone Table by Cody Martin 

The Fall by Cody Martin 

Confession by Lone Canyon 

Hidden Beneath by Michael Briguglio 

Stopped Time by Moments 

After The Fall by Wicked Cinema 

Harvester by Wicked Cinema 

No Escape by Wicked Cinema 

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BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Coventry Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 14

Torbay Express and South Devon Echo - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 1

Daily Express - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 1

Liverpool Daily Post - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 1

Grimsby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 1

Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 1

Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 8

Bristol Evening Post - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 1

Halifax Evening Courier - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 5

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 7

Bradford Observer - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 3

Lincolnshire Echo - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 1

Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 11

Portsmouth Evening News - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 16

Northern Whig - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 1

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 02 September 1953 - Page 8

Staffordshire Sentinel - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Birmingham Daily Gazette - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 5

Daily Mirror - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 9

Leicester Evening Mail - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 6

Hull Daily Mail - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Grimsby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Grimsby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 6

Torbay Express and South Devon Echo - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Huddersfield Daily Examiner - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 8

Nottingham Evening Post - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 8

Lincolnshire Echo - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 16

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Manchester Evening News - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Daily News (London) - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Lancashire Evening Post - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 5

Northern Whig - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 5

Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 5

Shields Daily News - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 12

Bradford Observer - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 1

Nottingham Journal - Friday 04 September 1953 - Page 3

Birmingham Daily Gazette - Friday 04 September 1953 - Page 3

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 5

Nottingham Journal - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 5

Leicester Daily Mercury - Thursday 03 September 1953 - Page 13

Daily Mirror - Friday 04 September 1953 - Page 4

Western Mail - Friday 04 September 1953 - Page 1

Northern Whig - Friday 04 September 1953 - Page 1

Bradford Observer - Friday 04 September 1953 - Page 5

Hull and East Yorkshire Times - Saturday 05 September 1953 - Page 10

Hull Times - Saturday 05 September 1953 - Page 10

Lincolnshire Echo - Saturday 12 September 1953 - Page 6

Grimsby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 12 September 1953 - Page 1

Yorkshire Evening Post - Saturday 12 September 1953 - Page 3

Grimsby Daily Telegraph - Monday 21 September 1953 - Page 6

Yorkshire Evening Post - Monday 21 September 1953 - Page 3

Grimsby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 24 September 1953 - Page 1

Manchester Evening News - Thursday 24 September 1953 - Page 14

Liverpool Echo - Thursday 24 September 1953 - Page 12

Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday 24 September 1953 - Page 5

Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 24 September 1953 - Page 1

Daily Mirror - Friday 25 September 1953 - Page 3

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 25 September 1953 - Page 3

Daily News (London) - Friday 25 September 1953 - Page 5

Hull Times - Saturday 26 September 1953 - Page 10

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph - Monday 26 October 1953 - Page 1

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 28 October 1953 - Page 5

Grimsby Daily Telegraph - Monday 02 November 1953 - Page 6

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 03 November 1953 - Page 5

Liverpool Daily Post - Tuesday 03 November 1953 - Page 6

Bradford Observer - Tuesday 03 November 1953 - Page 2

Hull Times - Saturday 07 November 1953 - Page 8

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph - Thursday 17 July 1958 - Page 5

Grimsby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 15 January 1974 - Page 2

Grimsby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 09 March 1978 - Page 2

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph - Thursday 09 March 1978 - Page 2

NEWSPAPERS

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Southern Daily Echo • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Swindon Advertiser • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Norwich Evening News • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

The Guardian • Page 10 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Standard • Page 8 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Coventry Evening Telegraph • Page 14 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Liverpool Echo • Page 11 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Post • Page 34 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Huddersfield Daily Examiner • Page 6 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Post • Page 25 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Hull Daily Mail • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

The Guardian • Page 10 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Hull Daily Mail • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Lincolnshire Echo • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening News and Star • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Worcester News • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Norwich Evening News • Page 6 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Leicester Evening Mail • Page 6 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Liverpool Echo • Page 3 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Post • Page 8 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Leicester Mercury • Page 4 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Sentinel • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Sentinel • Page 4 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 41 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 61 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 101 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 6 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Huddersfield Daily Examiner • Page 8 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

The Guardian • Page 2 / Friday, 4 September 1953

The Daily Telegraph • Page 7 / Friday, 4 September 1953

Lincolnshire Echo • Page 3 / Friday, 4 September 1953

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 6 / Monday, 21 September 1953

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph • Page 5 / Thursday, 17 July 1958

Dorset Echo • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

The Mail (Millom and South Copeland ed.) • Page 3 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Norwich Evening News • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

The Guardian • Page 10 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Standard • Page 8 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Coventry Evening Telegraph • Page 14 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Leicester Evening Mail • Page 8 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Liverpool Echo • Page 11 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953


The Daily Telegraph • Page 7 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Herald Express • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Leicester Mercury • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 17 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 33 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 49 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Post • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Post • Page 25 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Evening Post • Page 34 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Hull Daily Mail • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Hull Daily Mail • Page 3 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Lincolnshire Echo • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Huddersfield Daily Examiner • Page 6 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Liverpool Daily Post • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Worcester News • Page 1 / Wednesday, 2 September 1953

Hull Daily Mail • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Norwich Evening News • Page 6 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Liverpool Echo • Page 3 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

The Daily Telegraph • Page 9 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Leicester Mercury • Page 4 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Sentinel • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 41 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Hull Daily Mail • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Lincolnshire Echo • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Worcester News • Page 1 / Thursday, 3 September 1953

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 5 / Friday, 4 September 1953

The Guardian • Page 2 / Friday, 4 September 1953

Lincolnshire Echo • Page 6 / Saturday, 12 September 1953

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Saturday, 12 September 1953

Liverpool Echo • Page 12 / Thursday, 24 September 1953

Evening Sentinel • Page 5 / Thursday, 24 September 1953

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Thursday, 24 September 1953

Manchester Evening News • Page 14 / Thursday, 24 September 1953

Daily Mirror • Page 3 / Friday, 25 September 1953

The Daily Telegraph • Page 11 / Friday, 25 September 1953

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Monday, 26 October 1953

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph • Page 5 / Wednesday, 28 October 1953

Evening Sentinel • Page 5 / Monday, 2 November 1953

Lincolnshire Echo • Page 6 / Monday, 2 November 1953

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 6 / Monday, 2 November 1953

Worcester News • Page 4 / Tuesday, 3 November 1953

Eastern Daily Press • Page 1 / Tuesday, 3 November 1953

The Guardian • Page 2 / Tuesday, 3 November 1953

The Daily Telegraph • Page 7 / Tuesday, 3 November 1953

Liverpool Daily Post • Page 6 / Tuesday, 3 November 1953

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph • Page 5 / Tuesday, 3 November 1953

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph • Page 5 / Thursday, 17 July 1958

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 2 / Tuesday, 15 January 1974

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 2 / Friday, 3 March 1978

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph • Page 2 / Friday, 3 March 1978

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 2 / Saturday, 4 March 1978

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph • Page 2 / Saturday, 4 March 1978

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph • Page 2 / Thursday, 9 March 1978

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 2 / Thursday, 9 March 1978