Elisha’s Story
Murder on Deadman’s Hill
On August 22 1961, Valerie Storie and Matthew Gregsten hopped in their 1956 Morris Minor and headed to a picturesque village in the Thames river valley. As the night fell around them, the loved-up couple felt the weight of the world fall away.
Suddenly a sharp rap at the window clanged through the darkness. A knock that would change their lives forever.
Source material for the case
They Walk Among Us podcast – Season 4, episodes 9 and 10
Casefile podcast – Case 172: Michael Gregsten and Valerie Storie
Once I Had a Secret Love: The End of an Affair – Article by Valerie Storie
World: Murder at Deadman’s Hill
BBC interview of Edwin Cooke, August 25th 1961
James Hanratty: One Of The Most Talked-About Murder Cases In British Legal History
50-year fight to clear James Hanratty’s name
The Bedfordshire ‘A6 Murderer’ who was one of the final people to be hanged in the UK
Article by V. Storie
Valerie Storie
Michael Gregsten
Janet Gregsten
Identikit
James Hanratty
Peter Louis Alphon
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