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Adrift at Millrace Bend

4 min

Between 18:00 on Tuesday 11 August and 08:15 on Wednesday 12 August 2026, a collection of master tape reels vanished from the tape-preservation facility at Millrace Bend Lock Yard. The reels belong to the Carvell Regional Sound Archive and represent irreplaceable recordings from the 1970s folk revival circuit. You are asked to profile the offender's behaviour — not to name anyone. Use the scene summary, victim profile, witness statements, and evidence list to answer each question.

The scene

Millrace Bend Lock Yard, a Victorian river lock keeper's compound on the Carvell Navigation, currently operating as a heritage waterway depot and small tape-preservation facility

In the file

  • Parveen Osei, archive volunteer
  • Desmond Holt, narrowboat owner moored thirty metres upstream
  • Rosamund Falk, archive director
  • Callum Stride, Canal & River Trust lock keeper

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This case first aired on August 12, 2026. A fresh profile runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.