A Secret Under The Soil / Barbara & Kenneth Coombes

A Secret Under The Soil / Barbara & Kenneth Coombes

In 2018, one week after the New Year's celebrations, a middle-aged woman enters Cheadle Heath police station in Stockport. She had travelled almost 5 miles on foot from her home in Reddish, Greater Manchester. She has a blank expression on her face. In a quiet and subdued voice, the woman calmly tells an officer that she has killed someone. The body is buried in her back garden…


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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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