Page 74 of Murder Most Haunted

Extract from They Do It With Strings podcast

‘The Tin House’: Finale

[Sound effect: echoing footsteps in a large, empty hall]

Noah: Welcome back, listeners, to the sixth and final instalment of They Do It With Strings, where we uncover the last piece of the haunting puzzle that has gripped the nation.

Our investigation into the White Lady of Atherton Moor has led us to the all-important journal of Dr Rawlings. Little did we know that deep inside those leatherbound covers, the clue to the ghost was hidden.

What seemed like a coincidence . . . a simple feather marking a page, was in fact the last desperate attempt of a haunted physician to rectify a grave and horrific wrongdoing.

For this was no ordinary feather. He chose a feather of the brightest yellow, the pride of the canary – famed for its saving of countless lives in the mines.

And this is where the doctor was trying to lead us. Back to the old Atherton tin mines, and a seam deemed unsafe and shut down just after Beth Hallow’s tragic death.

Why?

The answer is simple, dear listeners.

The seam was closed so that no one would ever find the final resting place of Beth Hallow’s baby. Scattered at the bottom of the entrance shaft, the bones of Beth Hallow’s child have been hidden from the world for generations.

Could this discovery, made by your own intrepid explorers, mean the end to the hauntings of the White Lady of Atherton Moor?

The only way to know for certain is to keep subscribing to They Do It With Strings. Remember – keep your curtains closed and your minds open.