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Jul 2017
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The Beast Of Birkenshaw / Peter Manuel

They Walk Among Us
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On May 12, 1958, 31-year-old Peter Manuel went to trial at Glasgow High Court for the murder of eight people. So desperate were people to get a seat on the public benches for the trial of the infamous Beast of Birkenshaw, they queued outside the court overnight... 


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This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton. 


Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.


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Delirium by Kai Engel

Blue Feather by Kevin MacLeod

Defeat by BoxCat Games

Prelude No 7 by Chris Zabriskie

The 49th Street Galleria by Chris Zabriskie

That Kid in Fourth Grade Who Really Liked the Denver Broncos by Chris Zabriskie


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