A savage killing. A suspicious affair. A mystery that haunted Carol Morgan’s loved ones for over forty years. When Carol was murdered inside her Leighton Buzzard corner shop, detectives believed someone close to her held the key to the case. But with the killer unidentified and vital witnesses remaining silent, justice appeared out of reach until an extraordinary breakthrough changed everything…
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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:
Night Watch by Third Age
Cain by Cody Martin
Charlie by Cody Martin
Crucible by Cody Martin
Defender Trials by Cody Martin
Intercept by Cody Martin
Realm Of Men by Cody Martin
Relativity by Cody Martin
Tech Nostalgia by Cody Martin
Sabotage by Cody Martin
The Haunting by Craig Allen Fravel
Enigma by Dakota Mack
Fable by Stephen Keech
Silence by Featherland
Hitman by Hill
Stygian by Hill
White Water by Jed Stark
Determination by Lincoln Davis
Confession by Lone Canyon
Grim History by Lost Ghosts
Endless Night by Moments
Distances by Salon Dijon
Mystery by Third Age
We Fought Valiantly by Hill
REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS / CPS / BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sentencing-of-Allen-Morgan-by-Mr-Justice-Martin-Spencer-at-Luton-Crown-Court-on-29-July-2024.pdf
https://www.cps.gov.uk/thames-and-chiltern/news/updated-husband-jailed-conspiring-kill-shopkeeper-carol-morgan
https://mipp.police.uk/operation/35SA020112H47-PO4
https://www.beds.police.uk/news/bedfordshire/news/2025/02-february/linslade-cold-case-murder-to-feature-in-itv-documentary-the-real-unforgotten/
https://www.beds.police.uk/news/bedfordshire/news/2024/10-october/appeal-for-carol-morgans-killer-relaunched-on-crimewatch-live/
BBC NEWS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66316692
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66338935
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66648290
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl405011d6yo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g8v78d3gvo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckv72dxk01po
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68875720
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68892762
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68899169
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4n1r3dwg7po
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqqnx069v41o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72ppxl5nnyo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg3llpvge15o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pyp8ypnl7o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11y955yveo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11rpm22r9o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqqqg759g5vo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz77x3e8eeyo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c3gg4y83jz5o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck7l73rjvl1o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyj4kj1kdnvo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/crgrvj5jlelt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g0ym26q1eo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6rq4ee743o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy9dyze4k7o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clynyg466yzo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ep0431j6no
ITV NEWS
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-07-26/two-pensioners-charged-in-1981-shopkeeper-murder-investigation
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-07-28/couple-appear-in-court-over-1981-cold-case-murder-of-mans-first-wife https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-08-28/pensioners-appear-in-court-over-1981-cold-case-murder-of-mans-first-wife https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-17/husband-and-mistress-paid-unknown-killer-to-murder-first-wife
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-06-19/ive-been-waiting-40-years-how-key-witness-cracked-1981-murder-case
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-06-19/husband-guilty-of-conspiring-to-murder-shopkeeper-wife-in-1981
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-07-29/husband-who-hired-hitman-jailed-for-1981-murder-of-ex-wife
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-07-29/unearthed-clip-reveals-husband-lying-to-reporters-over-wifes-1981-murder
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-08-29/husband-who-plotted-wifes-murder-launches-appeal-against-conviction
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-02-18/how-key-witness-led-to-conviction-in-brutal-cold-case-murder-of-carol-morgan
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-02-16/cold-case-hitman-murder-to-feature-in-itvx-documentary
SKY NEWS
https://news.sky.com/story/married-couple-on-trial-accused-of-arranging-murder-over-40-years-ago-of-husbands-then-wife-13117206
https://news.sky.com/story/carol-morgan-murder-man-74-found-guilty-of-plotting-killing-of-wife-in-1981-to-start-new-life-with-lover-13155701
https://news.sky.com/video/allen-morgan-jailed-for-minimum-of-22-years-for-wifes-murder-plot-13186760
https://news.sky.com/story/carol-morgan-murder-allen-morgan-jailed-for-plotting-to-murder-former-wife-more-than-40-years-ago-13186695
https://news.sky.com/video/police-talk-about-cold-case-investigation-into-man-who-planned-murder-of-his-wife-in-1981-13186799
https://news.sky.com/video/man-jailed-for-plotting-former-wifes-murder-13187021
https://news.sky.com/story/detectives-relaunch-appeal-to-trace-contract-killer-in-murder-of-carol-morgan-13233443
INDEPENDENT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/carol-morgan-bedfordshire-east-sussex-brighton-b2382393.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/carol-morgan-bedfordshire-police-crown-prosecution-service-bedfordshire-luton-crown-court-b2565494.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/carol-morgan-allen-morgan-death-b2565462.html
MIRROR
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/oap-lover-hatched-plot-murder-32608053
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hitman-hired-pensioner-lover-given-32620908 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-cheating-husband-convicted-plotting-33064804 -
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/inside-blood-spattered-crime-scene-33065402
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/top-cop-vows-grill-twisted-33066352
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-twisted-cheating-husband-who-33080513
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cheating-husband-74-who-hired-33349181
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cheating-husband-74-who-hired-33349181
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cheating-husband-who-hired-hitman-33665830
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/true-story-itvs-real-unforgotten-34669584 -
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/carol-morgans-monster-husbands-chilling-34704683
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/hunt-carol-morgans-hitman-continues-34698473
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/carol-morgans-brutal-murder-explored-34663412
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/allen-morgan-now-what-happened-34664524
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/what-happened-allen-morgans-second-34698767
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/carol-morgans-brutal-murder-unravelled-34703685
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/how-6-pivotal-words-changed-34749119
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/real-unforgotten-chilling-way-allen-34748434
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/worst-murder-police-ever-seen-36030232
DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-12340669/Former-husband-73-elderly-woman-74-charged-conspiracy-murder-shopkeeper-dead-store-1981.html
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13319453/Cheating-husband-married-lover-paid-shopkeeper-murdered-brutal-1981-attack-trial-hears.html
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13323851/Hitman-allegedly-hired-cheating-husband-mistress-wife-trial.html
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13328871/Shopkeeper-murdered-hitman-1981-revealed-cheating-husbands-affair-relative-just-weeks-hacked-death-court-hears.html
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13547277/pensioner-faces-dying-prison-arranging-wifes-murder.html
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13550535/Four-decades-freedom-husband-plotted-wifes-murder-middle-class-golf-filled-life-pensioner-brought-justice-40-years-wife-hacked-death-hitman-married-mistress.html
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13684249/Husband-74-hired-hitman-murder-shopkeeper-wife-1981-mistress-jailed-life.html
https://www.dailymail.com/tv/article-14367121/girl-cracked-brutal-murder-43-years-attack-Carol-Morgan.html
https://www.dailymail.com/video/video/video-3241679/Man-jailed-plotting-kill-wife-1981-start-new-life-lover.html
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Friday 14 August 1981 / Derby Daily Telegraph
Friday 14 August 1981 / Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
Friday 14 August 1981 / Liverpool Echo
Friday 14 August 1981 / Coventry Evening Telegraph
Saturday 15 August 1981 / Daily Mirror
Saturday 15 August 1981 / Manchester Evening News
Saturday 15 August 1981 / Daily Express
Monday 17 August 1981 / Daily Mirror
Wednesday 19 August 1981 / Daily Express
Sunday 23 August 1981 / Bedfordshire on Sunday
Wednesday 02 September 1981 / Wolverhampton Express and Star
Tuesday 22 September 1981 / Daily Mirror
Tuesday 22 September 1981 / Western Daily Press
Tuesday 22 September 1981 / Daily Express
Tuesday 22 September 1981 / Wolverhampton Express and Star
Sunday 04 October 1981 / Sunday Mirror
Tuesday 17 November 1981 / Coventry Evening Telegraph
Friday 18 December 1981 / Coventry Evening Telegraph
Sunday 15 August 1982 / Sunday Express
Wednesday 27 April 1983 / Leicester Daily Mercury
Wednesday 27 April 1983 / Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Wednesday 27 April 1983 / Sandwell Evening Mail
Wednesday 27 April 1983 / Liverpool Echo
Wednesday 27 April 1983 / Daily Mirror
Wednesday 27 April 1983 / Belfast News-Letter
Tuesday 10 February 1987 / Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette
Saturday 04 July 1987 / Dundee Weekly News
Sunday 26 May 1996 / Bedfordshire on Sunday
Sunday 12 January 1997 / Luton on Sunday
Sunday 12 January 1997 / Bedfordshire on Sunday
Thursday 07 May 1998 / Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette