When Clive and Elsie Ralph return home, they discover blood throughout their house, but no sign of their three young children or the man entrusted with looking after them. The investigation that follows uncovers shocking revelations about relationships, missed warning signs, and the events leading up to one of Britain's most shocking child murder cases…
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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, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Azure by Alice in Winter
Nuclear Conception by Alice in Winter
Hold This Place by Alice In Winter
Pursuit Of Wonder by Caleb Etheridge
Ceridig’s Heart by CJ0
Asylum by Cody Martin
Beat The System by Cody Martin
Cain by Cody Martin
Bane by Cody Martin
Avoiding Mutiny by Cody Martin
Blade Edge by Cody Martin
Charlie by Cody Martin
Come Back by Cody Martin
Crucible by Cody Martin
Gravity by Cody Martin
Gravity by Caleb Etheridge
Mind Over Matter by Chelsea McGough
The Rite by Wicked Cinema
Vanished by Wicked Cinema
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