Show Notes
A teenage motorcyclist finds the bloodied body of a young, married mother beside a dark stretch of road. It is Summer 1978, in the tiny Queensland town of Sarina. The woman's name is Margaret Kirstenfeldt. How did this popular, much-loved girl from country Jandowae end up here?
Credits: Presenter / Investigative Crime Journalist - Paula Doneman Producer / Writer - Sally Eeles Sound Design - Marc Wright TV reporter - Mackenzie Ravn Graphics - Jason Blandford
With thanks to: The team at 7 News Brisbane, Annette Caltabiano, Georgia Done, Letitia Wallace, Susan Bush, Alex Wright Media, The Daily Mercury and Mackay City Council Library.
Music Credits: Our theme is: The Clock is Ticking by Dark Orb Music
Music from https://filmmusic.io "Truth in the Stones" by Kevin MacLeod License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Desert Sky by Silent Partner is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons — Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 https://soundcloud.com/silentpartnermusic/desert-sky
Alison by Audionautix (Jason Shaw) https://audionautix.com/
The Engagement by Silent Partner Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://soundcloud.com/silentpartnermusic/the-engagement-silent-partner
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