The Girl Who Loved Horses

Back in 1983, 14 year old Gillian Atkins had one love in her life - her horses, she was horse mad from a young age. Devoting her life to them, there were even rumblings of Gillian having a possible Olympic shot in her chosen field, so capable was she - until one April evening, that came to a crashing halt.As did Gillian's life.The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving  a child, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Playlist TracksThe Last Dinner Party - SinnerLush - Sweetness And LightThe True Crime Enthusiast's Fundraiser For Macmillan Cancer SupportReferences"Real Life Crimes..And How They Were Solved": Issue 19 pp 420-426Assorted newspaper articles available via Newspapers.com and British Newspaper ArchiveFollow/Contact/Support The True Crime Enthusiast PodcastFacebookFacebook Discussion GroupTwitterInstagramYoutubeWebsiteTTCE MerchandisePatreon PageRemembering Gillian. This episode is dedicated to her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, which started off life as a weekly written blog in 2016, and has now made the jump into a regular one man and his mic, matter of fact straight talking podcast. In it, the host Paul looks at and recounts in-depth true crime cases from the UK and Ireland - both solved or unsolved crimes, but more often than not the lesser known and obscure ones.Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TheTrueCrimeEnthusiast/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/tc_enthusiast) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/truecrimeenthusiast/) Wordpress Blog (https://truecrimeenthusiast.wordpress.com) and contact us ontruecrimeenthusiast@gmail.com.Also, you can support the show at Patreon for extra content and offers:The True Crime Enthusiast Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thetruecrimeenthusiast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.