Lost Boys: Belfast's Missing Children

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Lost Boys: Belfast's Missing Children

2023

1h 32m

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Crime

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During the winter of 1969, young boys started to disappear off the streets of Belfast, never to be seen again.

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Directed by: Des Henderson
Written by: Des Henderson
Produced by: Ed Stobart

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