Hello and welcome to episode 374 of the UK True Crime Podcast, I'm Adam.

Thank you so much for joining me for today's story which comes from South Wales and was written by my good friend Chris Wood. If you haven't

done so yet please do buy his excellent second book death in the theatre,

though link is in the show notes. There are no ads this week so let's zip The Top of the UK music charts was the Rednecks with Cotton Eyed Joe. Remember that one?

It must have been someone's first answer at a wedding once, right?

Maybe.

And in the US it was Brian Adams with Have You Ever Loved A Woman?

And in Australia, their top album this year was the late great Koolio with Gangsters Paradise.

A real mix of styles this week.

In the news this month, the legendary Gary Larson produced the last ever Farside Cartoon.

Newt Gingrich became speaker of the US House of Representatives.

Eric Cantonar, never heard of him, assaulted a spectator after being sent off

while playing for Manchu United against Crystal Palace.

Comedian and game show host Ari Grayson died,

as did Satyrist writer and comedian Peter Cook.

The top grossing film in the UK this month was Legends of the Fall.

Nope, me neither.

So did you guess the month in year? It was January 1995 oh well there's always next week today's

today's story comes on my favorite city's Cardiff

St melons on Cardiff's outskirts was developed in the 1980s with a housing estate housing around 4,000 people.

In January 1995, 15 year old Claire Hood lived in this part of Cardiff.

Her parents are separated, so she lived in an end of terrace property in St. Melons with her

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