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The Walkers: The real Salt Path | Tortoise Investigates

Who is Anne? | Dangerous Memories Ep 5

The Walkers: The real Salt Path | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.65.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What motivated Anne in her work with the young women and did she believe what she was leading them to believe? In the search for answers, Grace turns to one of the only people who has heard Anne’s side of the story directly from her.


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Reporter: Grace Hughes-Hallett


Producer: Gary Marshall


Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper


Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella


Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail


Podcast artwork: Lola Williams


Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings


Executive producer: Ceri Thomas


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1:42.3

This episode contains references to child abuse and sexual assault.

1:48.1

I should probably explain how I'd come to the story.

1:54.5

I'd love to hear that, yeah.

1:55.6

Yes, please.

1:56.6

So this was 2016 and I received a telephone call from somebody I know asking whether I wanted

2:05.6

to talk to Anne Craig and at that point I had no idea who Anne Craig was.

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