Murder Mile UK True Crime
403 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 789 ratingsNominated for the BEST TRUE CRIME PODCAST award at the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile UK True Crime is a unique UK true-crime podcast, presented as a guided walk of 300+ of London and the West End’s untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases. Praised as one of the best British and UK True Crime podcasts
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#206 - The Soho Strangler - Part Ten 'Norman Stephenson the Serial Strangler'
April 13, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBThis is Part Ten of Ten of The Soho Strangler. At the crime-scene of ‘French Marie’s murder, the culprit had left his fingerprints. At the pub and a nearby market, he was seen with the victim, just hours before ethe murder, by at least twenty eye-witnesses, some of whom he had spoken to, even giving them details about his life. As the case stalled, once again, a strangler had vanished into thin air, and the murders would stop… …but only in Soho. 300 miles north of London, another murder a...
#205 - The Soho Strangler - Part Nine 'The Strangling of French Marie'
April 06, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBThis is Part Nine of Ten of The Soho Strangler. On Monday 16th August 1937, in the second floor lodging of a 48-year-old casual prostitute known as ‘French Marie’, a fourth French prostitute would strangled to death by an unknown assailant, and in a way which was as identical as the others. But unlike the others, her murderer would murder her was seen, not by one witness, but by at least twenty. Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the main...
#204 - The Soho Strangler - Part Eight 'Roger the Strangler's Slayer'
March 30, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBThis is Part Eight of Ten of The Soho Strangler. On Thursday 23rd January 1936 at 6:50pm, Red Max entered 35/36 Little Newport Street, the lodging of a petite French brunette known as ‘French Suzette’, who was the mistress of his rival, Roger Vernon. Within half an hour, there would be another killing in Soho. But was this the work of The Soho Strangler? Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Er...
#203 - The Soho Strangler - Part Seven 'Red Max the Strangler'
March 23, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 76 MBThis is Part Seven of Ten of The Soho Strangler. With three women dead, no witnesses to their murders and no clues to their killer’s identity, although the Police still insisted that this was not the work of a serial-killer but three different murders with remarkable similarities, the press had a suspect… a ‘Soho crime boss’ who was a known strangler, who had the money and power to corrupt an investigation. His nickname was Red Max, but he also went by the alias… of Mr Cohen. Murder Mile ...
#202 - The Soho Strangler - Part Six 'Dutch Leah: The Making of a Monster'
March 16, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBThis is Part Six of Ten of The Soho Strangler. By May 1936, three women had been strangled, by an unknown assailant, in their own homes in Soho. With the Police investigation drawing to a familiar terrifying conclusion, that – with no witnesses or suspects – once again, the murder of a Soho prostitute will go unsolved. With no suspect to pin the murder on, the press conjure up a name – The Soho Strangler, and a myth is born. But did this help or hinder the investigation? Murder Mile is r...
#201 - The Soho Strangler - Part Five 'Dutch Leah: A Forgotten Woman'
March 09, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBThis is Part Five of Ten of The Soho Strangler. May 1936. Three weeks after and two street south of the murder of Marie Cotton, and just two streets east of French Fifi, ‘Dutch Leah’ a third sex-worker would be found strangled in her Soho flat, on the second floor of 66 Old Compton Street. Again, there were no obvious signs of break-in, robbery or sexual assault. Again, the only entry point was a locked street door off a busy street. And again, the killer left no fingerprints, no clues ...
#200 - The Soho Strangler - Part Four 'The Mysterious Death by a Lodger'
March 02, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBThis is Part Four of Ten of The Soho Strangler. By the morning of Friday 17th April 1936, word had spread around Soho that 43-year-old Jeanne-Marie Cotton had been murdered; strangled in her own flat, using her own scarf, with no suspects or motive. It seemed like a random unprovoked attack on a defenceless woman for no reason. It was a case which would have been forgotten, until it was connected to an unnervingly similar murder two streets south and five months earlier upon another Frenc...
#199 - The Soho Strangler - Part Three 'The Mysterious Death of a Landlady'
February 23, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBThis is Part Three of Ten of The Soho Strangler. Five months later, the murder of Soho prostitute ‘French Fifi’ was forgotten. On Thursday 16th April 1936, the body of 43-year-old French national Jeanne-Marie Cotton was found dead in her flat. Initially mistaken for an accident or natural causes, a more in-depth-investigation would prove it to be murder, only no-one had noticed the shocking similarities between the mysterious death of Marie Cotton and French Fifi, just two streets south. ...
#198 - The Soho Strangler - Part Two 'The Murder of French Fifi'
February 16, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBThis is Part Two of Ten of The Soho Strangler. Having discovered the body of 41-year-old prostitute 'French Fifi' in her bedroom, the police surgeon had determined that that her death was "most probably a suicide" given all the evidence placed before him. But what it a suicide, or was this the first fledgling killing by The Soho Strangler. Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and J...
#197 - The Soho Strangler - Part One 'The Suicide of French Fifi'
February 09, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBThis is Part One of Ten of The Soho Strangler. On Monday 4th November 1935, at roughly noon, the body of 41—year-old Josephine Martin, a Soho prostitute known as ‘French Fifi’ was found by her maid in her own bed, having asphyxiated herself using her own stocking. Wracked with debts and depression, her death was noted as “possibly a suicide”… when in fact, it was the first killing by The Soho Strangler. Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with t...
The Soho Strangler... coming soon to Murder Mile
February 04, 2023 04:00 - 3 minutes - 4.33 MBAfter months (and even years) of research, I'm proud to announce the new series coming to Murder Mile, it's titled The Soho Strangler; a little known series of murders as infamous (in its day) as Jack the Ripper itself. And yet, barely eighteen months after the killing spree, it was almost entirely forgotten. Told for the very first time, The Soho Strangler is an investigation into Britain's long-forgotten serial killer using the original declassified court records and police investigation...
The Murder Mile Christmas Special
December 25, 2022 04:00 - 25 minutes - 30.1 MBAs thank you to everyone for listening to and supporting Murder Mile, here's a Chrstmas Special featuring some very familiar faces. If you're new to the show, most of this won't make any sense what-so-ever :-) Murder Mile ill return on Thursday 9th February 2023. Stay safe Mx Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#196 - In Too Deep - Part Two
December 22, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBThis is Part Two of Two of In Too Deep. On 12th March 1968, at 11:10am, a gang of incompetant robbers staged a home invasion of the Flat 35 at Falmouth House, the home of a wealthy stockbroker and his pregnant wife. Having badly under-estimated his wealth, they set about trying to sell the last item of his worth anything - his car. But what starts as a simple robbery, ends in a horrific double murder. Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the...
#195 - In Too Deep - Part One
December 15, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBThis is Part One of Two of In Too Deep. Back in 1968, Flat 35 on the fifth floor was an elegant and stylish two-bedroomed apartment owned by newly-weds; 53-year-old stockbroker Michael O’Carroll and 25-year-old model Janet Williams. Being a secure home, these flats have buzzers, intercoms, cameras, porters and service bells to ensure the residents safety. But on 12th March 1968 - as many homes have - Flat 35 was burgled. It had been planned as a simple get in-grab it-and get out caper, s...
#194 - The Gay Panic
December 08, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MB1962, the basement flat at 17 Pembroke Court in West Kensington was owned by George Brinham; a respected trade unionist and chairman of the Labour Party, who was hailed as a Prime Minister in the making. And yet, there is no blue plaque to George Brinham. Some might say this was down to his political affiliations, others might imply it was owing to his love life, but maybe it’s simply down to a scandal which on Saturday 17th November 1962, led to his murder. But why was George Brinham kille...
#193 - A Spoiled Brat
December 01, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBOn the 2nd of June 1935, Ms Riley, owner of a two-floor flat at 19 Gloucester Avenue in Regent’s Park asked her friend, 63-year-old Louise Gann to house-sit while she went on holiday. Feeling a little lonely in a spacious two-floor flat, for three weeks in June, Louise was accompanied by her 20-year old daughter Maxine and Maxine’s boyfriend, 28-year-old Alan Grierson. The morning of Saturday 22nd June 1935 had started much the same as any other. They’d had a cup of tea, a cooked breakfas...
#192 - I Love Him, But...
November 24, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBJust shy of midnight on Wednesday 26th August 1942, across a wooden bench on Lover’s Walk sat 44-year-old Gladys Wilson and her lover Second Lieutenant Ronauld Kurasz of the Polish Army. Both being married to others who the war had split apart, neither Glady nor Ronnie had planned to have affairs, as like so many others, they were just seeking a little affection during a turbulent time of loss and grief. After ten days of romance, being sat holding hands, they both knew their relationship ...
#191 - Lyn, Jan & Him
November 17, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBBack in 1962, Flat D on the ground floor of 60 Redcliffe Square was a one-roomed lodging which was once the home and workplace of Lyn Bain & Jan Blake - two ladies with too many secrets. Given the era, they disguised their illegal lesbian relationship as merely a tempestuous friendship, but it would be a single incident over a few drinks, a card game and a bit of telly, which would end it all. The evidence states that Thursday 14th September 1962 was a seemingly quiet night in Lyn & Jan. A...
#190 - The Stockholm Syndrome of Susan Lattaney
November 10, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBJune 1863. In the basement of 11 Old Compton Street in Soho, 21-year-old Susan Lattaney lived and worked as a prostitute. Having met and fell in love with glass decorator Henry Broughton - keen to fullfil her dreams of a great life together - she agreed to keep selling her body for sex, with Henry as her pimp. It was a small sacrifice she would make for herself and the man she loved... ...but in truth, she would be trapped by his lies, his cruelty and she would become a prisoner inside her...
#189 - Maggie's Fall
November 03, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBThis is The Campanile, a 284-foot tower on the south-west corner of Westminster Cathedral. Saturday 23rd February 1924 was an ordinary day for happily married mother-of-two Margaret Ann Davey; she made breakfast, she packed some sandwiches for lunch, and – at 11:30am – she climbed the steps to the top of The Campanile. Having purchased a ticket, the doorman had no suspicions that her mind was unbalanced, as she seemed happy and well. But at 2:10pm, having jumped from the top, and plummeted...
The Daily Inch #15 - 'An Orgasm Too Far'
October 28, 2022 03:00 - 8 minutes - 8.99 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'An Orgasm Too Far'. Murder Mile is researched, written ...
The Daily Inch #14 - 'The Man Who Loved to Make Sweet Moo-Sic'
October 27, 2022 03:00 - 7 minutes - 8.44 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'The Man Who Loved to Make Sweet Moo-Sic'. Murder Mile i...
The Daily Inch #13 - 'Getting a Bum Deal on a Second Hand Phone'
October 26, 2022 03:00 - 7 minutes - 8.45 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'Getting a Bum Deal on a Second Hand Phone'. Murder Mile...
The Daily Inch #12 - 'Zorba the Freak'
October 25, 2022 03:00 - 8 minutes - 9.95 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'Zorba the Freak'. Murder Mile is researched, written an...
The Daily Inch #11 - 'Rip the Wonder Dog'
October 24, 2022 03:00 - 7 minutes - 8.59 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'Rip the Wonder Dog'. Murder Mile is researched, written...
The Daily Inch #10 - 'Not Your Ordinary Village Bike'
October 21, 2022 03:00 - 7 minutes - 8.17 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'Not Your Ordinary Village Bike'. Murder Mile is researc...
The Daily Inch #9 - 'More Than One Way to Strangle a Cat'
October 20, 2022 03:00 - 8 minutes - 9.1 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is ''More Than One Way to Strangle a Cat''. Murder Mile is ...
The Daily Inch #8 - 'Stoned and Bummed Out!'
October 19, 2022 03:00 - 8 minutes - 9.41 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'Stoned and Bummed Out!'. Murder Mile is researched, wri...
The Daily Inch #7 - 'The Poo-Stained Peeper'
October 18, 2022 03:00 - 8 minutes - 8.89 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'The Poo-Stained Peeper'. Murder Mile is researched, wri...
The Daily Inch #6 - 'The Mice Cleared of Manslaughter'
October 17, 2022 03:00 - 7 minutes - 8.41 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'The Mice Cleared of Manslaughter'. Murder Mile is resea...
The Daily Inch #5 - 'With all the Rage of a Snail'
October 14, 2022 03:00 - 8 minutes - 9.04 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'With all the Rage of a Snail'. Murder Mile is researche...
The Daily Inch #4 - 'The Feable Excuse of the Vile Drunken Racist'
October 13, 2022 03:00 - 7 minutes - 7.89 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'The Feqable Excuse of the Vile Drunken Racist'. Murder ...
The Daily Inch #3 - 'The Dead Woman who was Disqualified from Driving'
October 12, 2022 03:00 - 8 minutes - 8.51 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'The Dead Woman who was Disqualified from Driving'. Mur...
The Daily Inch #2 - 'The Randy Rabbi who Spoke with the Angels'
October 11, 2022 03:00 - 9 minutes - 9.72 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'The Randy Rabbi who Spoke with the Angels'. Murder Mil...
The Daily Inch #1 - 'A Man's Deadly Desire for Cow Poo'
October 10, 2022 03:00 - 7 minutes - 7.63 MBWelcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 3rd of November 2022, but until then, there’s this. Today's episode is 'A Man's Deadly Desire for Cow Poo'. Murder Mile is re...
From Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper Stalks London’s War-Torn Streets
October 10, 2022 02:00 - 16 minutes - 20.8 MBHere’s a preview of Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper. Over a single week in February 1942, a depraved serial killer stalked London’s dark and WWII bomb-ravaged streets, hunting for victims in the city’s bars and clubs. But the victims of the so-called Blackout Ripper are now all but forgotten. Using new research from police files, court transcripts and exhaustive genealogical studies, season 2 of Hallie Rubenhold’s Bad Women reconstructs the lives of the women The Blackout Ripper brutally att...
Murder Mile's 5th Anniverary - Behind the Mic
October 06, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 36.2 MBAs a special treat to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Murder Mile UK True Crime podast, I wanted to share with a rather lovely conversation I had with a wonderful group of true-crime podcasters who you may know. We recorded this in a little hotel room with no audience and a few pints. I've posted links to the shows of those involved: The Troubles The Cult Vault True-Crime Enthusiast Lady Justice True-Crime UK True Crime Twisted Britain Thank you everyone for your words of encourag...
#188 - The Bearded Man - Part Two
October 06, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBThis is Part Two of Two of The Bearded Man. At 12:45am on Saturday 14th January 1956, Ruby a local sex-worker was dropped off at this spot by her husband and pimp called Ernest. In his own words, “it was the last time I saw her alive”, as when he returned to their flat at 32 Westbourne Terrace, Ruby had been hatchetted to death in their bed. As the police’s prime suspect, Ernest would lay the blame for her murder on a mysterious man he had neither seen, met and had only heard about from hi...
#187 - The Bearded Man - Part One
September 29, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBThis is Part One of Two of The Bearded Man. 12:45am on Saturday 14th January 1956, at the junction of Hertford Street and Park Lane in Mayfair, 34-year-old sex-worker Robina Bolton known as Ruby was last seen alive. The next morning she was found murdered in Flat 7 at 32 Westbourne Terrace, a flat she shared with her husband Ernest. Ernest would claim he last saw Ruby alive as she entered a taxi with an unidentified man. Seven hours later, he would stumble across the body of his wife havin...
#186 - Dead Rich
September 22, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBOn Tuesday 15th April 1913, at the bachelor flat of 26-year-old aviator Jack hall - having promised to marry both of of his lovers - Jack would be found dead in his bed having been shot in the chest, just hours before his marriage. But which of his lovers would kill him, and why? Was it out of anger, love, jealousy, or as part of a premeditated revenge? Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik...
#185 - Driven to Obsession
September 15, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBOn Saturday 5th December 1992, 33-year-old travel agent Gillian Bennett entered Marn Garage at 370 Uxbridge Road, W12. With her life and career going well, she purchased a nearly-new bright-red K-reg Fiat Uno. Given a sense of freedom with her own car, this should have been an exciting chapter in her reassuringly safe little life. And yet, finding a series of odd mechanical issues which required the dealership’s attention, it wasn’t only the car which caused her problems, as two weeks later...
#184 - A Woman's Sin
September 08, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBFriday 31st July 1863. Wealthy merchant Frederick Chappell owned a small flat in a townhouse on the Marylebone Road. On the second floor, he secretly ensconced 24-year-old Emily Mitchell. Once his maid, now his pregnant mistress, she lived the life of a lady… but she could never be treated as his wife, as she was not of the right class. With the baby, due to be born in secret, even though its conception was as much his fault as it was hers, living in a world dominated by men, the impending c...
#183 - Captain J A Ritchie and the End of the War
September 01, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBAt a little after 11:30pm on Friday 14th September 1945, Captain John Ritchie of the Canadian Army was attacked on Bourchier Street by two British soldiers clutching half a brick. But why? This is a case less about the man who died, or the men who did it, but how a war had shaped and then broke them? Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additiona...
#182 - The Quiet American
August 25, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBIn the summer of 1958, the occupant of Room 622 in the Strand Palace Hotel was Bernard Smith; a kind and decent man who was quiet and respectable. Running a successful furniture business in New York, he doted on his two sisters, his niece and he would do anything for them, and likewise for him. With his health declining, having discussed his retirement with his sisters, Bernard had sold up, left America and moved to the UK to be nearer his family – it is what families do, they support one a...
#181 - Sweet Dreams
August 18, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBIn the early hours of Saturday 25th July 2009 at roughly 4am, two such strangers would meet by chance right here. One was Nadim Gulamhuseinwala and the other was Thomas Connor; two men from very different cultures, but blessed with a gift at an early age, they were both given the opportunity to make the most of it. In their own ways, they would both get the success they deserved… … one got recognition through years of hard-work and study to his craft, the other received instant fame through...
#180 - Lena: Alone and Unloved
August 11, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBOn Wednesday 22nd July 1942, the body of a woman was pulled from the water right here. She had been missing for more than a week, but no-one had reported her missing. We know her only as Lena Cunningham. How she got here, why she died, and what she was running from is still a mystery, but her death and life was a tragedy which is all too common, but should never have happened. Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes writt...
#179 - Minnie
August 04, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBIn a small basement front room of 3 Rundell Road in Maida Hill once lived a little family; 26-year-old chambermaid Minnie Barry, her fiancé 24-year-old porter Frederick Sorensen and their 3 year old son Frederick. Times were hard, money was tight, and – as a truly diligent woman with a big heart and a focus to provide for her family – she got them through the toughest of times, but only just. But everybody has a breaking point. Everybody reaches their limit. And on Wednesday 28th June 1933,...
#178 - The Night Porter - Part Three
July 28, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 78.6 MBThis is Part Three of Three of The Night Porter. On the morning of Sunday 18th September 1972, in Room 11,68-year-old Emmy Werner was found dead in the bed of Room 11 in the Queen’s Hotel, Bayswater. Having locked her door from the inside – gaining entry - someone had beaten, suffocated and strangled her. It was a cruel and motiveless crime on a defenseless old lady, which remains unsolved to this day. But who had killed her, and why? Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Mi...
#177 - The Night Porter - Part Two
July 21, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBThis is Part Two of Three of The Night Porter. On the morning of Sunday 18th September 1972, in Room 11,68-year-old Emmy Werner was found dead in the bed of Room 11 in the Queen’s Hotel, Bayswater. Having locked her door from the inside – gaining entry - someone had beaten, suffocated and strangled her. It was a cruel and motiveless crime on a defenseless old lady, which remains unsolved to this day. But who had killed her, and why? Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Micha...
Introducing… Who Killed Daphne?
July 18, 2022 03:00 - 5 minutes - 6.59 MBWhen a car bomb kills Daphne Caruana Galizia on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta, the hunt for her killers exposes secrets with consequences that go far beyond its shores. In the aftermath of her death an international team of journalists comes together to continue her work. Along the way they start to uncover clues that might lead to her killers. From Wondery, comes a new story about power, corruption and one woman’s fight for the truth. Hosted by investigative reporter Stephen G...