In the early 80s, July 19th, 1982, to be exact, four-year-old Rhodene Cunningham and her grandmother Mavis made their way to Kingsgate Estate in Dalston after spending the weekend together. Rhodene’s father, Keith, was in Spain visiting his brother, international and Real Madrid footballer Laurie Cunningham. Rhodene was looking forward to being reunited with her mother, Norma Richards, and her older sisters, nine-year-old Samantha, and seven-year-old Syretta. But, when she arrived at her maisonette with her grandmother, they found that the front door was already ajar...

*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***

This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton

Narration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

Listen to our companion podcast ‘They Walk Among America' here: https://play.acast.com/s/they-walk-among-america

Become a ‘Patreon Producer’ and get exclusive access to Season 1, early ad-free access to episodes, and your name in the podcast credits. Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/TheyWalkAmongUs

More information and episode references can be found on our website https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com

MUSIC:

Salvation by Moments

Things Gone Wrong by Moments

Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema

They Walk Among Us is part of the Acast Creator Network - https://www.acast.com/theywalkamongus

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWAU_Podcast

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theywalkamonguspodcast

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theywalkamonguspodcast

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get the future of podcasts.