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Jun 2024
18m 55s

The Body In Drift Reservoir

They Walk Among Us
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Following the end of World War II, many projects that had been put on hold were resumed. Trewidden Vean and Nanquitho, areas between Penzance and Land’s End in Cornwall, were flooded to create Drift Reservoir. The 65-acre reservoir provides drinking water for West Penwith, and, over the years, has become increasingly popular with bird watchers. In 2018, record temperatures and a heat wave caused the water level to drop by almost three metres. The remnants of the Lost Valley were partially uncovered, but three years later, something much more sinister was brought to the surface of Drift Reservoir…. 

 

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.


Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.


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


Narration, audio editing assistance, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.


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Call Of Kingship by Cody Martin 

Etheria by Cody Martin 

Ripley by Falls 

Those Lost by Moments 

Onward by Chelsea McGough 

Dead Ends by Wicked Cinema 


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