Following a shocking killing in the Staffordshire village of Norton Canes, investigators uncover a family tragedy shaped by economic hardship, declining mental health and the limited understanding of psychiatric illness during the 1930s…

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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:

West by Shimmer

Down To TheWire by Rhythm Scott

Fable by StephenKeech

Count Backwards From 10 by Glasseyes

Dystopia by Ian Kelosky

Determination by Lincoln Davis

Venturers Call by Lincoln Davis

Falling Skies by Louis Lion

Memories Of Future Events by Hill

The Way Back by Moments

Harboring by Salon Dijon

Allied by Wicked Cinema

No Escape by Wicked Cinema

Reconciliation by Wicked Cinema

REFERENCES:

BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE

Monday 28 December 1936 / Nottingham Evening Post

Monday 28 December 1936 / Gloucestershire Echo

Monday 28 December 1936 / Derby Daily Telegraph

Monday 28 December 1936 / Lincolnshire Echo

Tuesday 29 December 1936 / Birmingham Daily Gazette

Tuesday 29 December 1936 / Daily Express

Tuesday 29 December 1936 / Sunderland Daily Echo

Friday 01 January 1937 / Lichfield Mercury

Friday 01 January 1937 / Kentish Independent

Saturday 02 January 1937 / Liverpool Echo

Saturday 02 January 1937 / Nottingham Evening Post

Saturday 02 January 1937 / Coventry Evening Telegraph

Saturday 02 January 1937 / Edinburgh Evening News

Saturday 02 January 1937 / Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail

Saturday 02 January 1937 / Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette

Saturday 02 January 1937 / Halifax Evening Courier

Monday 04 January 1937 / Northern Whig

Thursday 07 January 1937 / Illustrated Police News

Saturday 27 February 1937 / Cannock Advertiser

NEWSPAPERS

Worcester Evening News • Page 7 / Monday, 28 December 1936

Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Monday, 28 December 1936

The Citizen • Page 1 / Monday, 28 December 1936

Lincolnshire Echo • Page 2 / Monday, 28 December 1936

The Gloucestershire Echo • Page 1 / Monday, 28 December 1936

Evening Post • Page 8 / Monday, 28 December 1936

Evening Despatch • Page 4 / Monday, 28 December 1936

Evening Post • Page 8 / Monday, 28 December 1936

The Gloucestershire Echo • Page 1 / Monday, 28 December 1936

Evening Telegraph • Page 1 / Monday, 28 December 1936

Evening Despatch • Page 4 / Monday, 28 December 1936

Lincolnshire Echo • Page 2 / Monday, 28 December 1936

The Bolton News • Page 3 / Tuesday, 29 December 1936

Birmingham Gazette • Page 5 / Tuesday, 29 December 1936

The Daily Telegraph • Page 7 / Tuesday, 29 December 1936

The Bolton News • Page 3 / Tuesday, 29 December 1936

The Daily Telegraph • Page 7 / Tuesday, 29 December 1936

The Lichfield Mercury • Page 8 / Friday, 1 January 1937

Daily Echo • Page 1 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Evening News and Star (Late Final ed.) • Page 1 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

The Citizen • Page 12 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Hull Daily Mail • Page 6 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Liverpool Echo • Page 5 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Liverpool Echo • Page 16 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Coventry Evening Telegraph • Page 10 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Coventry Evening Telegraph • Page 12 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Evening Post • Page 1 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Evening Sentinel • Page 1 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Grimsby Evening Telegraph • Page 6 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Coventry Evening Telegraph • Page 12 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Evening Sentinel • Page 1 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

The Citizen • Page 12 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Liverpool Echo • Page 5 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Daily Echo • Page 1 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Hull Daily Mail • Page 6 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Evening News and Star (Late Final ed.) • Page 1 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Liverpool Echo • Page 16 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Evening Sentinel • Page 1 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Coventry Evening Telegraph • Page 10 / Saturday, 2 January 1937

Greenock Telegraph • Page 3 / Monday, 4 January 1937

Herald • Page 6 / Monday, 4 January 1937

Greenock Telegraph • Page 3 / Monday, 4 January 1937