the Ughill House Shootings

Trigger Warning this episode discusses suicide, and the deaths of children.

When Ian Wood climbed to the top of the tower of Amiens Cathedral he claimed he intended to end his own life, as part of a suicide pact with his girlfriend, but was this the truth, or a rouse to support his defence.

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Episode Sources
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1.^ Worrall family from Ughill Archived 5 February 2015 at the Wayback MachineGives details of name meaning.
2.^ Open Domesday Gives details of Healfdene‘s settlements.
3.^ Open Domesday Archived 5 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Gives details of Ughill in Domesday Book.
4.^ Rotherhamweb Archived 5 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine The Marriotts of Ughill.
5.^ "Historic Hallamshire", David Hey, Landmark Collectors Library, ISBN 1 84306 049 3, Gives general history of Ughill.
6.^ Historic England. "Ughill Manor (1132822)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
7.^ Historic England. "Ughill Manor Cruck Barn (1192583)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
8.^ Local Mouth Archived 5 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Gives details of Ughill Hall.
9.^ "Ian Wood alleged to have shot his mistress and her children". The Guardian. 24 September 1986.
10.^ "Solicitor 'agreed suicide pact'". The Independent. 22 July 1987.
11.^ Odell, Robin; Donnelley, Paul (4 February 2016). The Mammoth Book of More Bizarre Crimes. Hachette UK. pp. 212–213. ISBN 9781472118042.
12.^ "Solicitor gets life as jury rejects suicide pact claim". The Independent. 31 July 1987.
13.^ "The Forgotten Mines of Sheffield", Ray Battye, ALD Design & Print, ISBN 1 901 587 40 1, pages 70, Gives details of mining.
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Dundee Courier - Tuesday 23 September 1986
Daily Mirror - Friday 31 July 1987
Dundee Courier - Friday 24 July 1987
Dundee Courier - Wednesday 24 September 1986
Reading Evening Post - Thursday 20 November 1986
Irish Independent - Monday 29 September 1986
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 22 July 1987
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Dundee Courier - Thursday 30 July 1987
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Irish Independent - Thursday 23 July 1987
Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 22 July 1987
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Dundee Courier - Friday 26 September 1986
Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 20 November 1986
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Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 22 July 1987
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Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 29 July 1987
Irish Independent - Wednesday 24 September 1986
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 30 September 1986
Dundee Courier - Tuesday 30 September 1986
Dundee Courier - Saturday 27 September 1986
Sandwell Evening Mail - Tuesday 23 September 1986
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 27 September 1986
Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 27 September 1986
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 23 September 1986
Sandwell Evening Mail - Tuesday 28 October 1986
Sandwell Evening Mail - Tuesday 30 September 1986
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 25 September 1986
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 01 October 1986
Liverpool Echo - Friday 26 September 1986
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Friday 31 July 1987
Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 23 September 1986
Staffordshire Sentinel - Tuesday 30 September 1986
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 25 September 1986
Dundee Courier - Thursday 25 September 1986
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 28 July 1987
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 06 August 1988
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 23 July 1987
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 24 July 1987
Irish Independent - Wednesday 22 July 1987
Irish Independent - Friday 31 July 1987
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 31 July 1987
Irish Independent - Monday 29 September 1986
Dundee Courier - Thursday 30 July 1987
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 25 September 1986
Dundee Courier - Tuesday 23 September 1986
Dundee Courier - Tuesday 30 September 1986
Derby Daily Telegraph - Thursday 20 November 1986
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 22 July 1987
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 24 September 1986
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 23 July 1987
Derby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 23 September 1986
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 27 September 1986
Daily Mirror - Friday 23 January 1987