Nuneaton: The Murder of Terry Maidens
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It was an ordinary evening in the January of 1994 when a knock came on the door of Catherine and Terry Maidens’ family home in Whitestone, Nuneaton. Through the window, Catherine Maidens could see there was a man wearing a motorcycle helmet, just like a pizza delivery guy, only the Maiden’s hadn’t ordered any pizza.  Following each episode of Katherine Kelly's true crime TV series Murdertown, Benjamin Fitton from They Walk Among Us unpicks a new case from each location. Watch Murdertown exclusively on Crime+Investigation in the UK every Monday at 9pm and then straight after listen to a brand new story right here with the Murdertown podcast. You can get in touch using #Murdertown on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. The Murdertown podcast is hosted by Benjamin Fitton, researched and written by Anna Priestland and produced and edited by Chloe Frost. SOURCES HISTORICAL CASE ARTICLES: Published: Thursday 27 January 1994  Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19940127/116/0014 Published: Thursday 27 January 1994  Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940127/001/0001 Published: Friday 28 January 1994  Newspaper: Newcastle Journal  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19940128/052/0007 Published: Saturday 29 January 1994  Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940129/001/0001 Published: Monday 31 January 1994  Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19940131/021/0002 Published: Monday 31 January 1994  Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940131/063/0011 Published: Monday 31 January 1994  Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19940131/009/0001 Published: Tuesday 01 February 1994  Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19940201/122/0009 Published: Tuesday 01 February 1994  Newspaper: Newcastle Journal  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19940201/064/0007 Published: Wednesday 02 February 1994  Newspaper: Newcastle Journal  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19940202/063/0007 Published: Wednesday 02 February 1994  Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19940202/001/0001 Published: Friday 17 February 1995  Newspaper: Irish Independent  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19950217/080/0007 Published: Monday 21 February 1994  Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940221/045/0006 Published: Tuesday 21 February 1995  Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000458/19950221/422/0006 Published: Tuesday 22 February 1994  Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002488/19940222/047/0005 Published: Friday 28 January 1994  Newspaper: The Guardian UK Page 7 Published: Monday 31st January 1994  Newspaper: The Guardian UK Page 7 Published: Tuesday 1st February 1994  Newspaper: The Guardian UK Page 3 ONLINE ARTICLES: THE INDEPENDENT: Undated ‘Professional hitman may have killed wrong man: Victim shot in front of four-year-old son’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/professional-hitman-may-have-killed-wrong-man-victim-shot-in-front-of-four-year-old-son-1403017.html THE HERALD SCOTLAND: 28th January 1994 ‘Man shot dead in his home’ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12700226.man-shot-dead-in-his-home/  29th January 1994 ...
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