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Nominated for the BEST TRUE CRIME PODCAST award at the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile 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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#202 - The Soho Strangler -...

03.16.2023

This 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 – ...

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03.16.2023 #202 - The Soho Strangler - Part Six 'Dutch Leah: The Making of a Monster' This 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 – ...
03.09.2023 #201 - The Soho Strangler - Part Five 'Dutch Leah: A Forgotten Woman' This 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 ...
03.02.2023 #200 - The Soho Strangler - Part Four 'The Mysterious Death by a Lodger' This 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 ...
02.23.2023 #199 - The Soho Strangler - Part Three 'The Mysterious Death of a Landlady' This 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 ...
02.16.2023 #198 - The Soho Strangler - Part Two 'The Murder of French Fifi' This 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 ...
02.09.2023 #197 - The Soho Strangler - Part One 'The Suicide of French Fifi' This 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, ...
02.04.2023 The Soho Strangler... coming soon to Murder Mile After 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 ...
12.25.2022 The Murder Mile Christmas Special As 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 ...
12.22.2022 #196 - In Too Deep - Part Two This 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 ...
12.15.2022 #195 - In Too Deep - Part One This 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 ...
12.08.2022 #194 - The Gay Panic 1962, 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 ...
12.01.2022 #193 - A Spoiled Brat On 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 ...
11.24.2022 #192 - I Love Him, But... Just 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 ...
11.17.2022 #191 - Lyn, Jan & Him Back 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, ...
11.10.2022 #190 - The Stockholm Syndrome of Susan Lattaney June 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 ...
11.03.2022 #189 - Maggie's Fall This 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 – ...
10.28.2022 The Daily Inch #15 - 'An Orgasm Too Far' Welcome 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 ...
10.27.2022 The Daily Inch #14 - 'The Man Who Loved to Make Sweet Moo-Sic' Welcome 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 ...
10.26.2022 The Daily Inch #13 - 'Getting a Bum Deal on a Second Hand Phone' Welcome 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 ...
10.25.2022 The Daily Inch #12 - 'Zorba the Freak' Welcome 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 ...
10.24.2022 The Daily Inch #11 - 'Rip the Wonder Dog' Welcome 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 ...
10.21.2022 The Daily Inch #10 - 'Not Your Ordinary Village Bike' Welcome 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 ...
10.20.2022 The Daily Inch #9 - 'More Than One Way to Strangle a Cat' Welcome 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 ...
10.19.2022 The Daily Inch #8 - 'Stoned and Bummed Out!' Welcome 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 ...
10.18.2022 The Daily Inch #7 - 'The Poo-Stained Peeper' Welcome 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 ...
10.17.2022 The Daily Inch #6 - 'The Mice Cleared of Manslaughter' Welcome 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 ...
10.14.2022 The Daily Inch #5 - 'With all the Rage of a Snail' Welcome 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 ...
10.13.2022 The Daily Inch #4 - 'The Feable Excuse of the Vile Drunken Racist' Welcome 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 ...
10.12.2022 The Daily Inch #3 - 'The Dead Woman who was Disqualified from Driving' Welcome 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 ...
10.11.2022 The Daily Inch #2 - 'The Randy Rabbi who Spoke with the Angels' Welcome 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 ...
10.10.2022 The Daily Inch #1 - 'A Man's Deadly Desire for Cow Poo' Welcome 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 ...
10.10.2022 From Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper Stalks London’s War-Torn Streets Here’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 ...
10.06.2022 Murder Mile's 5th Anniverary - Behind the Mic As 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 ...
10.06.2022 #188 - The Bearded Man - Part Two This 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 ...
09.29.2022 #187 - The Bearded Man - Part One This 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 ...
09.22.2022 #186 - Dead Rich On 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 ...
09.15.2022 #185 - Driven to Obsession On 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 ...
09.08.2022 #184 - A Woman's Sin Friday 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 ...
09.01.2022 #183 - Captain J A Ritchie and the End of the War At 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 ...
08.25.2022 #182 - The Quiet American In 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 ...
08.18.2022 #181 - Sweet Dreams In 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 ...
08.11.2022 #180 - Lena: Alone and Unloved On 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 ...
08.04.2022 #179 - Minnie In 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 ...
07.28.2022 #178 - The Night Porter - Part Three This 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 ...
07.21.2022 #177 - The Night Porter - Part Two This 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 ...
07.14.2022 #176 - The Night Porter - Part One This is Part One of Three of The Night Porter. On the morning of Sunday 17th 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 ...
07.07.2022 New Blue 2... with True Crime Investigators UK - Part 3 of 3 While I am away researching further episodes of Murder Mile, here's something to keep you entertained. Last time in New Blue, I interviewed Paul about the day-to-day duties of a serving Met Police Constable. This time, I had a friendly ...
06.30.2022 New Blue 2... with True Crime Investigators UK - Part 2 of 3 While I am away researching further episodes of Murder Mile, here's something to keep you entertained. Last time in New Blue, I interviewed Paul about the day-to-day duties of a serving Met Police Constable. This time, I had a friendly ...
06.23.2022 New Blue 2... with True Crime Investigators UK - Part 1 of 3 While I am away researching further episodes of Murder Mile, here's something to keep you entertained. Last time in New Blue, I interviewed Paul about the day-to-day duties of a serving Met Police Constable. This time, I had a freindly ...
06.16.2022 #175 - London After Midnight On the night of Tuesday 23rd October 1928, a constable’s torchlight spotted two bodies splayed on the grass. Drenched in blood, their throats slit, he believed their deaths were a double suicide. And although proven untrue, the killer’s motive would ...

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