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Sep 2023
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Cold Case Solved / The Murder Of Melanie...

They Walk Among Us
About this episode

A milkman was going about his early morning rounds in St. Stephen’s Court in Bath. June 9th, 1984, was a day he would never forget. As he journeyed along his usual route, he noticed something on the ground. He followed what appeared to be a trail of blood, which led him to the source — the body of a teenage girl. She wasn't moving. She had been brutally stabbed a short distance from her home…


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This episode was researched and written by Emily G. Thompson.


Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.


Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton


Narration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.


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MUSIC: 


Things Gone Wrong by Moments 

Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema 

Sussex by Stephen Keech 

West by Shimmer 

Introspection by Shimmer 

Distances by Salon Dijon 

Unexpected Turn by Moments 

Constant Surveillance by JCar 

Growing Pains by Featherland

Ripley by Falls 

Wild Beauty by Caleb Etheridge 

Pursuit of Wonder by Caleb Etheridge 

Bamburgh by Stephen Keech 

At The Stroke Of Midnight by Adrian Walther 

Falling by Adrian Walther 

Look to the Sky by Alice in Winter 

Don't Let Go by Alice in Winter 


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