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The Railway Killers / John Duffy & David Mulcahy

Season 7, Ep. 11

The 1980s were plagued by a string of rapes and murders carried out near train stations in and around London. Fear spread to commuters throughout the country. DNA analysis had yet to become standard practice, and the perpetrators, sly and elusive, left investigators increasingly desperate to crack the case… 

 

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This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton.


Script editing, illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton


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


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Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel 

You Are Enough by Moments 

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