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The Blackpool Poisoner / Sarah Ann Ricketts / Louisa Merrifield - Part 2
Season 10, Ep. 29
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Amid the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a frail elderly woman, suspicion falls on her housekeeper. As Sarah Ann Ricketts’ final days are dissected in court, questions still linger. Did she pass away naturally in her sleep, or was she callously murdered with rat poison?... (Part 2 of 3).
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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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MUSIC:
The Diary by CJ0
Nuclear Conception by Alice in Winter
Darker Days by Alternate Endings
Handmaids Escape by CJ Oliver
Grim History by Lost Ghosts
Memories Of Future Events by Hill
Ancient Ground by Moments
Harboring by Salon Dijon
Stolen Moments by Salon Dijon
Infiltration by Wicked Cinema
No Escape by Wicked Cinema
Ragdoll by Wicked Cinema
Shifter by Wicked Cinema
The Rite by Wicked Cinema
Throughout History by Wicked Cinema
Vanished by Wicked Cinema
The Last by Wild Wonder
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