On January 14th 1975, 17 year old Lesley Whittle was abducted from her bed in Shropshire, England. A ransom note demanding £50,000 was left in her family’s living room. 

This episode discusses the case that sent ripples of shock throughout the country and that uncovered a notorious criminal operating in the North of England. 

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Sources used in this episode:

https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/neilson-donald.htm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30800357

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/donald-neilson-the-black-panther/crimes

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ailing-black-panther-serial-killer-donald-neilson-wanted-die-inquest-hears-8026647.html

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/45-years-on-kidnap-murder-3741128

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2015/01/16/40-years-on-the-tragic-story-of-lesley-whittle-remembered/

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2015-01-14/shropshire-heiress-kidnapped-from-her-own-bed-40-years-ago-today