They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime26 Jul 2017

The Stone Frog & The Skeleton / Leigh Ann Sabine

On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Michelle James and an acquaintance were clearing out a communal garden in Beddau, Wales, after a neighbour, Leigh Sabine, had passed away. Before she had died, Leigh, who was always talkative and very outgoing, had told her friend Michelle there was a medical skeleton in the garden and laughed, suggesting it would be funny to scare one of their friends with it. This practical joke would lead to Michelle’s arrest, spur a murder investigation that would span the globe, and ultimately led back to a two-pound stone frog that lived on Leigh’s bedside cabinet...

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This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton.

Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjamin Fitton. Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.

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