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Dead Woman’s Ditch: Somerset’s Ancient Mystery, Murdered Women and Dark Folklore
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High on the Quantock Hills, Dead Woman’s Ditch carries a name older than the murders later tied to it. This episode follows the ancient earthwork, the story of Jane Walford, the 1988 discovery of Shirley Banks, and the shadow of John Cannan and Suzy Lamplugh.
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Research:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Woman%27s_Ditch
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1008254
https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=19191&uid=189513
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cannan
https://www.suzylamplugh.org/suzys-story
https://www.suzylamplugh.org/news/statement-on-john-cannans-death
Daily Mirror, “At Last They’ve Found Shirley,” Tuesday 5 April 1988
Somerset County Herald, “The Land of Quantock,” Saturday 12 March 1938
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