Disclaimer. This podcast contains elements that may be alarming to some listeners. The case discussed in this episode is real and represents the worst day in many people's lives. While I strive for accuracy, some details may vary depending on the sources used. Due to the nature of the content, listener discretion is advised.

You are now listening to British murders. A true crime. Due to the nature of the content, listener discretion is advised.

You are now listening to British Murders with Stuart Blues,

a podcast focusing exclusively on listener suggested British murder cases.

This is the ninth episode of season 17,

and as always, we open with two icebreaker segments,

the jingles of which are voiced by my daughter.

The first is this.

True facts that will blow your mind.

Did you know that everyone with blue eyes may descend from a single human ancestor?

The theory is that a mutation occurred between 6 and 10,000 years ago

that switched on the ability for the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes to dilute brown eyes to blue,

because before that, we all used to have brown eyes.

The show's final opening icebreaker segment is this.

Random quote of the week. I'm not a procrastinator. I'm just extremely productive at unimportant

things. That was said by Dmitri Martin. This case was requested by listener Melty Trip on Instagram. We're in the area of

Ancoats this week located in the Greater Manchester City of, well, Manchester. It's less than a

mile northeast of the very centre of Manchester, 32 miles east of Liverpool, and 163 miles northwest of London.

Here are five quick-fire facts about Ancoats.

Number one, Ancoats is often described as one of the world's first industrial suburbs.

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it became a powerhouse of cotton manufacturing, with huge mills

lining its streets, helping Manchester earn its nickname Cottonopolis.

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