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Radio Manchester,13 Dec 2022,27 mins

1. The Body in the Cellar

The Forgotten Dead

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John Baxendale uses candlelight to explore the cellar of his new home in Bolton on 14 December 1982. John stumbles across a 'tailor’s dummy'. There’s just one problem, a tailor’s dummy doesn’t have bones or a skull. John's discovery kickstarts a major police investigation. Featuring retired police detective, Rick Armstrong, Richard Neave, forensic artist, Manchester University, Louise Newell, Operations Manager, UK Missing Persons Unit and Colette Westerman. With archive audio from: North West Film Archive, BBC Radio Manchester and BBC North West Tonight.

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