Elusive online journalist Scott King examines the chilling case of a
young vlogger found frozen to death in the legendary local 'vampire
tower', in another explosive episode of Six Stories....
In the wake of the 'Beast from the East' cold snap that ravaged the UK
in 2018, a grisly discovery was made in a ruin on the Northumbrian
coast. Twenty-four-year-old vlogger Elizabeth Barton had been barricaded
inside what locals refer to as 'The Vampire Tower', where she was later
found frozen to death.
Three young men, part of an alleged cult, were convicted of this
terrible crime, which they described as a 'prank gone wrong'.
However, in the small town of Ergarth, questions have been raised about
the nature of Elizabeth Barton's death and whether the three convicted
youths were even responsible.
King speaks to six witnesses - people who knew both the victim and the
three killers - to peer beneath the surface of the case. He uncovers
whispers of a shocking online craze that held the young of Ergarth in
its thrall and drove them to escalate a series of pranks in the name of
internet fame. He hears of an abattoir on the edge of town, which held
more than simple slaughter behind its walls, the tragic and chilling
legend of the 'Ergarth Vampire'.
Both a compulsive, taut and terrifying thriller and a bleak and
distressing look at modern society's desperation for attention, Beast
will unveil a darkness from which you may never return....
