Dead Woman’s Ditch: Somerset’s Ancient Mystery, Murdered Women and Dark Folklore

High on the Quantock Hills, Dead Woman’s Ditch carries a name older than the murders later tied to it. This episode follows the ancient earthwork, the story of Jane Walford, the 1988 discovery of Shirley Banks, and the shadow of John Cannan and Suzy Lamplugh.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Woman%27s_Ditchhttps://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1008254https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=19191&uid=189513https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cannanhttps://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2024-11-07/bristol-murderer-and-sex-offender-dies-in-jail-aged-70https://www.suzylamplugh.org/suzys-storyhttps://www.suzylamplugh.org/news/statement-on-john-cannans-deathDaily Mirror, “At Last They’ve Found Shirley,” Tuesday 5 April 1988Somerset County Herald, “The Land of Quantock,” Saturday 12 March 1938Sarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.