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Murder at Bury Interchange / Shirley Leach / Ian O'Callaghan

Season 10, Ep. 35
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Darren Linton got off the number 469 bus at the Brewers Arms on Bell Lane and waved goodbye to his grandmother Shirley, who was still on board. They had arranged to meet up to go shopping that weekend, something they enjoyed doing together, especially if they came across a record store. Earlier that day, they had visited Darren’s mother, Beryl, who was in the hospital. On her journey home, Shirley had to get a connecting bus at the Interchange station in Bury, Greater Manchester. Sometime later, when that second bus pulled in at the station, there was no sign of Shirley… 


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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, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.


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