Episode 79 - Donna & Dan Fryman

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

On a chilly January evening in 2004 all that Donna and Dan Fryman had built together, came crashing down. Life as they knew it would never be the same.
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The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
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Research & Writing:
Christine Penhale
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