Episode 88: The Girl Under The Mattress (Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews)
The police had been searching for Shannon for 24 days - a search that would cost taxpayers over $3.2 million.
The police were doing yet another routine search of a house they heard a tiny voice call out “stop it you’re scaring me.” Shivers went down their spine.
Where is that coming from? Inside the bed? They looked closer and realized the 9 year old was underneath the mattress…
They asked her “well where is the man that took you?” She pointed at the bed…
Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “Shannon: Betrayed From Birth” - by Rose Martin
Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTBtjxBSMbc
Documentary: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5hop9g
Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6n2smAiltw
Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPNTs9qdxwQ
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/two-mothers-two-lost-girls-one-class-system-20080308-ge9qwj.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-EqLEHvU1k
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