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May 22, 2025 58 min

Episode 2: Terror & Tidewrack

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It was on the afternoon of Wednesday 12th December in 1945 while a retired cooper named Alexander King combed a familiar section of shoreline along the river Dee in Aberdeen, collecting driftwood for his fire, that he made a most gruesome discovery. . . .Episode chosen and researched by Victoria Find us on our socials Facebook page & Instagram. EPISODE REFERENCES Press & Journal articles: 1 TITLE: Forensic expert reveals one of Aberdeens most shocking crimes which may never be solved 2 TITLE: Betty Hadden: Who killed teenager in Torry in December 1945? BOOK 3 TITLE: Blood and Granite: True Crime from Aberdeen by Norman Adams 4 ART PRINT called Had Elizabeth Only Known by Edward Gorey REDDIT: 5 Unsolved Mysteries reddit. Post by user: unknown as deleted TITLE: The unsolved murder of Betty Hadden or: The Aberdeen Arm Mystery6 True crime discussion reddit. Post by user: Agpicklefeet TITLE: I'm an artist researching this early piece by Edward Gorey. "Had Elizabeth Only Known" 1946. Knowing Gorey was a fan of true crime- does anyone know of a case that resembles this scene?

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