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Radio 5 Live,22 Jan 2026,19 mins,
MYW: The Forest of Dean’s Bear Mystery
Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain StirlingAvailable for over a year
Who killed the bears in the Forest of Dean? We travel back to 1889 to the village of Ruardean to look at a unique case that is still controversial today. Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Email us at lauraandiain@bbc.co.uk To see pictures of the eggs seized by Rural Crime Officers in Gloucestershire, click here: https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/news/gloucestershire/2024/december/thousands-of-eggs-seized-by-rural-crime-officers-in-gloucestershire/
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