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Jun 2021
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Episode 104 - Sian O’Callaghan & Becky G...

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About this episode
In the very early morning hours of March 19th, 2011, 22 year old Sian O’Callaghan decided to walk back to her apartment after a night out at a club in Swindon, England; a town with a reputation for its safe streets.  It’s the reason Sian thought nothing of it to make the short walk back to her apartment by herself that night, totally unaware a predator was lurking in the shadows.

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Music Credits:
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/

Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger

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It's Frightful
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Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12799196
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2257201/sian-ocallaghans-mum-wont-allow-herself-to-be-consumed-by-anger-for-sick-killer-christoper-halliwell/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oV3e9R7js
https://www.dorset.police.uk/media/54620/response-to-kidnap-blackmail-product-contamination-external.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/19/chris-halliwell-found-guilty-becky-godden-murder
Fulcher, Stephen. (2017). Catching a Serial Killer.
Edwards, Karen. (2019). A Killer’s Confession: And a Mothers Fight for Justice.
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