Lord Lucan | The Closed Circle | 3
British Scandal
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4.4 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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After the murder of Sandra Rivett the police start hunting for Lord Lucan. Little do they know it's not just Lucan working against them but Britain's aristocracy as well.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Prime Members. You can listen to British Scandal at free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:10.4 | Hello, Alice. Hello, Matt. How are you doing? Yeah, really good, thanks. Yeah. I'm feeling actually really upbeat, feeling very content. |
| 0:17.4 | Okay, I think that might be about to change. Oh God, why? Have you heard of a show called British Scandal? Ah, yes. Yes, we're making that today and |
| 0:26.6 | um, things don't always go well. |
| 0:30.9 | It's 11.30pm, Friday, the 7th of November, 1974, London. |
| 0:37.7 | Detective Chief Superintendent Roy Ranson steps out of his unmarked police car and approaches the doorstep of 46 lower Bell Grave Street. |
| 0:47.7 | Pulling the collar of his coat up around his neck to keep out the chill, he gazes up at the imposing five-storey townhouse. |
| 0:54.3 | No pass or buy would ever guess this is a murder scene. Ranson knocks on the door. |
| 1:03.2 | It creaks open, revealing a broken lock. He enters the dark porch and follows the glow of light coming from a small anti-ring nearby. |
| 1:12.8 | Beside it is a staircase that leads down to the basement. |
| 1:16.8 | Lying on the top step is a piece of lead piping wrapped in what looks like sticking plasters stained red. |
| 1:22.6 | Ranson seen plenty of corpses over the years, but nothing quite like what greets him at the bottom of the stairs. |
| 1:28.7 | Oh God. |
| 1:29.5 | The body of a young woman doubled over. |
| 1:32.1 | Her bottom half is stuffed into a male sack. Her hair and clothing are caked in blood, a pool of which has formed beneath her. |
| 1:39.6 | Ranson looks up towards a beam of light. It comes from a torch being held by one of two uniformed officers. |
| 1:46.4 | Who found her? I did. Just after 10pm when the call came in. |
| 1:50.7 | The broken front door. That was us. No sign of forced entry beforehand. |
| 1:55.8 | Ranson nods. He looks back at the body. |
| 1:59.4 | We got a name. Sandra Rivera. She was the living nanny. |
| 2:03.9 | Witnesses? Her boss? You're not going to believe this. |
| 2:08.3 | It's Veronica Luchen as in Lady Luchen. She managed to escape, but not before the attacker gave her a right battery. |
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