Murdertown

The official Murdertown podcast is returning for season 2 on Monday's with Benjamin Fitton (They Walk Among Us). Are you ready to delve into the dark side of your town? These are the true crime stories from 10 more towns across the UK. Ten stories of people who might appear just like us — but are capable of evil.

Get in touch to let us know which cases you'd like us to cover by using #Murdertown on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Visit Murdertown, it's closer than you think.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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The official Murdertown podcast is returning for season 2 this September with Benjamin Fitton (They Walk Among Us). Are you ready to delve into the dark side of your town? These are the true crime stories from 10 more towns across the UK. Ten stories of people who might appear just like us — but are capable of evil.

Get in touch to let us know which cases you'd like us to cover by using #Murdertown on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Visit Murdertown, it's closer than you think.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland, produced and edited by Chloe Frost, with additional editing by James Collopy and series produced by Sam Pearson.

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On a cool evening in April,1973, a cargo ship came into Shoreham Harbour, near Brighton, West Sussex. Sailors watched the murky water below as the ship got closer to port, and in the water, close to the side of the ship, they noticed something bobbing around on the surface. Hauling it out, they found a bloated body, still wearing a jacket and trousers. There were no feet attached, and sticking out from the collar of the jacket— a skull, stripped of all flesh and hair, no eyes, just bone. What they had uncovered that night was the dark side of Brighton, and a small town harbour full of crustaceans that had been feeding on human flesh. 

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

http://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/content/history/local-historians-history/david-rowland/hello-hello-hello/horrendous_murders_in_the_1970s_and_1980s

http://www.blackkalendar.nl/content.php?key=9155

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt1/pp138-149

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13503458.From_Hells_Angel_murder_to_the_botched_Dome_heist__renowned_barrister_tells_of_his_50_years_at_the_bar/

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eONxCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA409&lpg=PA409&dq=Albert+Dorn+and+Brian+Moore&source=bl&ots=7-zfAn1PWH&sig=AuDvDtbkiFyTUMhspevIS7sMOPU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6mPXp97ndAhVywMQHHUy5AEcQ6AEwA3oECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=Albert%20Dorn%20and%20Brian%20Moore&f=false

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1OFiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT174&lpg=PT174&dq=Albert+Dorn+and+Brian+Moore&source=bl&ots=By3VlYn194&sig=L6z0VEqpcpjP1Ig9V3IrXVG2kFI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6mPXp97ndAhVywMQHHUy5AEcQ6AEwBHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Albert%20Dorn%20and%20Brian%20Moore&f=false

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In 1955, the small Tyne-On-Wear village of Windy Nook was like many other towns trying to build themselves back up to former glory days. Mary and John Knowles had lived in their cottage since they first married. When John died of suspected Tuberculosis at 76, no one thought twice. Mary would find comfort in someone close to her, a man who could fill the void of John, but it would be short lived as he would also die shortly after. Over the following two years, the townsfolk of Windy Nook began suspecting that something wasn’t right. Something wasn’t adding up. 

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

https://web.archive.org/web/20120928102916/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/memories/darlington/3861932.Brassed_off_by_the_cold_and_back_again/

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19571209/012/0001

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19571202/053/0004

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002077/19571202/002/0001

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19571212/177/0024

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19571209/009/0003

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19571202/015/0003

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000651/19571212/012/0001

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002077/19580210/024/0004

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19580211/389/0017

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002077/19580303/034/0007

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19580324/049/0006

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In May 1996, ninety-four year old Dorothy Wood said goodnight to her care worker who had come by to get her ready for bed. Profoundly deaf and crippled by arthritis, Dorothy struggled to complete even the most simplest of household tasks, but she was adamant she would keep her independence. The following morning when family friends arrived to help her out of bed and get her breakfast, they found that someone had broken into the house and Dorothy had been murdered. It would not take long for police to hone in on a suspect, but would they have the right man?

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/who-killed-dorothy-wood-crime-14184036

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/235721.stm

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/experts-unique-earprint-evidence-overturned-as-courts-clear-man-of-murder-74963.html’

https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/murder-spinster-stays-mystery-5092265

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1452346/Expert-evidence-flaws-clear-earprint-killer.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/23/ukcrime1

https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/new-look-dorothys-murder-case-5063931

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1364060/Prisoners-to-appeal-as-unique-earprint-evidence-is-discredited.html

http://netk.net.au/UK/Dallagher.asp

https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/cleared-murder-after-seven-years-5092262 

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/judge-frees-earprint-murder-case-man-1-2540588

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-convicted-on-ear-prints-is-freed-185827.html

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Early one February morning in 2010, local Watford refuse worker Gary Bennett was woken up just before 5 am with a nudge from his mum. He put on his work gear and walked out the door. Later that morning two schoolboys found Gary’s savagely beaten body in a local park. But how had Gary gotten there? He had not ridden his bike as he usually did, It wasn’t even on his route to work. Over the next few months, Hertfordshire Police would hone in on one man, but would they ever get all the answers?

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/gary_bennett_murder_trial/

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/video/97230/?page=4

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/5025312.Breaking_news__Man_s_body_found_in_park 

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/5028744.Murder_victim_worked_for_Watford_Borough_Council/

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/5063462.Man_arrested_in_Gary_Bennett_murder_investigation/

http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/5068145.Man_charged_with_Gary_Bennett_murder/

https://www.forensicconnect.com/2010/10/12/blood-samples-produced-identical-dna-match-to-that-of-aldenham-country-park-murder-victim-gary-bennett/

http://www.thetottenhamindependent.co.uk/news/5071702.Murder_suspect_worked_alongside_alleged_victim/

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/5056357.Police_offer_reward_for_information_about_Gary_Bennett_s_murder/

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/8435967.murder-suspect-julian-felisi-spoke-about-large-quantities-of-cash-carried-by-alleged-aldenham-country-park-victim-gary-bennett/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/8700469.stm

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In 1951, headmistress of the Burton-On-Trent High School, Winifred Mulley had dismissed six hundred girls for the Summer. Winifred lived in a house on the grounds of the school. She was signing off on a new home she had just purchased in Burton and was preparing to leave for her Summer holiday. She wasn’t feeling very well and so rather than leave that day for her trip; she decided to postpone it and get some rest. The following day when the domestic helper Mrs. Plummer knocked on the door, Winifred didn’t answer. Her bedroom door was locked and a cup of tea with a spoon— which Winifred never used, was sitting on the kitchen table. When the door was finally opened, what Mrs. Plummer saw would haunt her forever. 

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Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

Selection of Historical Newspaper Articles 1951 - 1964:

The Daily Mirror

The Courier & Advertiser, Scotland

The Yorkshire Post

The Birmingham Gazette

The Coventry Evening Telegraph

The Manchester Guardian

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When Harry and Megan Tooze’s neighbours heard two gunshots coming from the couple’s farm in Llanharry, South Wales they didn’t think twice. Harry had always had trouble with rabbits and they assumed he was shooting them out of his cabbages again.

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19930728/014/0004

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19930803/032/0004

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19930826/050/0007

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19931209/085/0009

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/couple-shot-dead-at-remote-farm-1487607.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/man-who-killed-for-inheritance-jailed-for-life-man-given-life-for-murders-at-remote-farm-life-1614522.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/murder-conviction-quashed-1.43324

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/new-alibi-evidence-in-tooze-shooting-1618464.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/i-will-not-stop-until-jonathan-is-free-1618905.html

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19960426/392/0030

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tenacious-fiancee-triumphs-as-her-lover-is-cleared-of-farmhouse-shotgun-killing-1306788.html

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001874/19960905/567/0064

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2728525.stm

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On a quiet Sunday morning in 1974, father of five Michael Taylor was found naked in the street in Ossett, Yorkshire, covered in what was thought to be red paint. As Police Constable Ian Walker approached him, he realised it was not red paint at all— it was blood. When Michael Taylor began screaming that it was the blood of Satan, backup was called in and what unfolded would change the town forever. 

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They

Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES 

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11290611 

https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/1974-exorcist-killer-back-before-court-1-931236

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259735511/?terms=Michael%2BTaylor%2Bexorcism

https://www.newspapers.com/image/56205697/?terms=Michael%2BTaylor%2Bexorcism

https://www.newspapers.com/image/257858183/?terms=Michael%2BTaylor%2Bexorcism

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259714848/?terms=Michael%2BTaylor%2Bexorcism

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259719053/?terms=Michael%2BTaylor%2Bexorcism

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259720761/?terms=Michael%2BTaylor%2Bexorcism

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259734212/?terms=Michael%2BTaylor%2Bexorcism

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259735268/?terms=Michael%2BTaylor%2Bexorcism

https://www.newspapers.com/image/259824796/?terms=Michael%2BTaylor%2Bexorcism

Times [London, England] 24 Apr. 1975:

2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.

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Thirty year old Lynda Hunter woke up one Friday in August 1987 with morning sickness and was glad she and her husband Andrew had that day off. They had been married less than a year and she was thrilled about the baby who was six weeks along. Lynda and Andrew went to the pharmacy and then onto the doctor for some relief. When she got home later that morning she packed a bag for her nightshift which wasn’t until the following day and said she had decided to go to her parents— she would tell them about the baby. According to Andrew, she was in a bit of a mood. He asked for a lift into town but before he could gather his things she and Shep the dog were gone. When Lynda’s sister arrived at the couples cottage later that day for a visit she had arranged, there was still no sign of her, in fact Lynda had never gone to her parents at all— so where was she?

Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK, and then listen here as Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location.

Crime+Investigation's Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, written by Anna Priestland, produced by Sam Pearson and Chloe Frost, and edited by James Collopy.

SOURCES

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/527370/crimewatch-axed-tayside-fife-cases-featured-hit-bbc-show/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuiyOTaXvsc&index=2&list=PL5LzvOWSLAydUtcxVJkl5w3-UR3i1tMGi

https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/crimewatch-coming-end-two-shocking-local-cases-appear-show-one-yet-solved/

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/angus-mearns/694627/landmark-dog-lead-strangler-crimewatch-murder-trial-remembered-30-years-on-by-community/

https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/crimewatch-coming-end-two-shocking-local-cases-appear-show-one-yet-solved/

Smith, Murray. Trainspotting. London: British Film Institute, 2002. Stollery, Martin. Trainspotting. London: York, 2001.

https://philosophyinfilm.com/2014/04/18/trainspotting-and-the-dilemma-of-scottish-national-identity/

http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/bygone-news/july-1988

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11922460.Husband_loses_murder_appeal/

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/a-sex-mad-killer-in-the-salvation-army-960821

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