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Nominated for the BEST TRUE-CRIME PODCAST award at the British Podcast Awards 2018, Murder Mile is a weekly true-crime podcast and audio guided walk featuring 300+ of London’s untold, unsolved and (often) forgotten murder cases, all within one square mile

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#138 - Daniel Gonzales - Th...

07.22.2021

This is Part Four of Four of Daniel Gonzales: The Lost Boy. Whether in the grip of a drug-induced psychosis, a psychopathic fantasy or paranoid schizophrenia, Daniel Gonzales had left two injured and four dead in a two-day killing-spree. But ...

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07.22.2021 #138 - Daniel Gonzales - The Lost Boy (Part Four) This is Part Four of Four of Daniel Gonzales: The Lost Boy. Whether in the grip of a drug-induced psychosis, a psychopathic fantasy or paranoid schizophrenia, Daniel Gonzales had left two injured and four dead in a two-day killing-spree. But ...
07.15.2021 #137 - Daniel Gonzales - The Lost Boy (Part Three) This is Part Three of Four of Daniel Gonzales: The Lost Boy. With very little violence in his past, mental health professionals would agree that the two-day killing spree of Daniel Gonzales had occurred without warning. But in the days ...
07.08.2021 #136 - Daniel Gonzales - The Lost Boy (Part Two) This is Part Two of Four of Daniel Gonzales: The Lost Boy. Fixated on becoming a serial-killer, the jury were asked whether Daniel Gonzales was “bad or mad”, as although he was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, one question remained: ...
07.01.2021 #135 - Daniel Gonzales - The Lost Boy (Part One) Today’s episode is the first in a four-part series on Daniel Gonzales. Dubbed the ‘Freddy Krueger killer’, his two-day killing-spree across London and the South-East of England left two injured and four dead. But why did he kill? Was he ...
06.24.2021 Meander Mile #7 Frith Street This is NOT a regular episode of Murder Mile. While I'm away researching, here's a little episode to keep you entertained, it's a little walk down Frith Street in Soho, a street we've visited many times before on Murder Mile. ...
06.17.2021 Meander Mile #6 Dean Street This is NOT a regular episode of Murder Mile. While I'm away researching, here's a little episode to keep you entertained, it's a little walk down Dean Street in Soho, a street we've visited many times before on Murder Mile. ...
06.10.2021 Meander Mile #5 Wardour Street This is NOT a regular episode of Murder Mile. While I'm away researching, here's a little episode to keep you entertained, it's a little walk down Wardour Street, a street we've visited many times before on Murder Mile. If you'd ...
06.03.2021 #134 - Penny Bell and the Thirty-Year Silence Today’s episode is about Penny Bell; a successful businesswoman brutally-stabbed to death in a public place. And although her last moments alive left an exhaustive trail of witnesses and clues, thirty-years on, her murder remains unsolved. Murder Mile is researched, ...
05.27.2021 #133 - The Termination of El-Al Flight 016 Today’s episode is about one of the most disturbing acts of terrorism to be perpetrated in London’s West End. So shocking and violent, it was unlike anything we had seen before. But outside of the victim’s loved ones, this tragedy ...
05.20.2021 #132 - The Trader and the Devil's Child - Part Two Today’s episode is the conclusion of a two-part series about the murder of Chelsea stockbroker John Monckton by convicted criminals Elliot White and Damian Hanson. But what drove these two men to rob, to kill, and who else is to ...
05.13.2021 #131 - The Trader and the Devil's Child - Part One Today’s episode is part one of a two-part series about the brutal murder of John Monckton; a devoted father and loyal husband who provided a safe and loving home for his family. But what began as a simple burglary, left ...
05.06.2021 #130 - The Falling Man Today’s episode is about the investigation into the death of Joseph Wootton. Was it an accident, or was it a murder? As although his peculiar death was resolved in a court of law and the culprit caught, the question which ...
04.29.2021 #129 - Carlos the Jackal (or Jackass?) Today’s episode is about Carlos the Jackal; the infamous terrorist, hijacker, kidnapper, bomber and assassin, whose name was (supposedly) the stuff of legend. But were any of his atrocities so skilful that they deserved such a feared reputation, or was ...
04.22.2021 #128 - The Badoo Killer - Part Two Today’s episode is the final part about the murder of Peter Fasoli, a lonely man who let a stranger into his life, only to be tortured, suffocated and left to die inside his burning bungalow. His killer had fled, believing ...
04.15.2021 #127 - The Badoo Killer - Part One Today’s episode is about Peter Fasoli, a lonely man who lived alone and went looking for love online. His needs were simple and his story is far from unique, but having met a young man on a dating app, the ...
04.08.2021 #126 - The Coal Hole Concealment (Maria Poulton) Today’s episode is about Maria Poulton, a humble cook in a notorious West End tavern called The Coal Hole. Branded as ‘pure evil’, her shocking crime scandalised this infamous den of depravity, only this tragic little murder wasn’t committed through ...
04.01.2021 #125 - Signed in Blood (The Deadly Dilemma of Amarjit Chohan) - Part Two Today’s episode is the concluding part about the kidnapping of Amarjit Chohan, the modest millionaire who was drugged and tortured to sign-away his fortune, but having resisted for the sake of his family’s future, his kidnappers knew there was only ...
03.25.2021 #124 - Signed in Blood (The Deadly Dilemma of Amarjit Chohan) - Part One This is part one of a two-part episode. Today’s episode is about Amarjit Chohan; a loving father, a devoted husband and a loyal businessman. Being successful both at home and at work, although he lived for business, he loved his ...
03.18.2021 #123 - The Elephant Men of Northwick Park Today’s episode is about a drug called TGN1412. Successfully tested on animals, eight healthy human test-subjects were selected for a routine trial, with all of the necessary safety measures in place. But within just a few hours of the drug ...
03.11.2021 #122 - The Disposal of Harry Hartley Today’s episode is about Charles Mills & Emma Hartley; a young fresh-faced couple at the end of the Victorian era, who - like so many innocents - were forced into an early adulthood. And being inexperienced in the complexities of ...
03.04.2021 #121 - The Yellow Ribbons of Hanwell - Part Two (Arnis Zalkalns) This is Part Two of a two-part series into the murder of Alice Gross. Today’s episode is about the hunt for the murderer of Alice Gross. With rape as a motive but no clear link to any suspect, the attack ...
02.25.2021 #120 - The Yellow Ribbons of Hanwell - Part One (Alice Gross) On Thursday 28th August 2014, 14-year-old Alice Gross went for a nice long walk down the Hanwell Flight of the Grand Union Canal. It was a sunny day, on a relatively busy towpath, on a route she knew well having ...
02.04.2021 Season Five of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast And so it begins... again. Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast will return for its fifth Season on Thursday 25th February, or (if you’re a $10 or more Patreon supporter) on Monday 22nd February. Thank you for listening and see ...
12.25.2020 A Christmas Thank You from Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast This is a special Christmas thank you from myself (Michael) to all the Murder Mile listeners to wish you a very Merry Christmas, a happy holiday and a joyous New Year, featuring some listener questions, a very special message from ...
12.25.2020 The Four Faces of The Camden Ripper - Omnibus Edition This is the omnibus edition of The Four Faces of The Camden Ripper, that's all four episodes together with the waffle (Extra Mile) taken out, as many listeners asked for it with the multi-part series. It contains no extra details ...
12.24.2020 #119 - The Four Faces of The Camden Ripper - Part Four (Tony the Maniac) This is Part Four of a four-part series into The Camden Ripper. The truth about may never be known, as it’s hard to understand who he is, as he appeared to be a different person to different people at different ...
12.17.2020 #118 - The Four Faces of The Camden Ripper - Part Three (Tony the Sadist) This is Part Three of a four-part series into The Camden Ripper. The truth about may never be known, as it’s hard to understand who he is, as he appeared to be a different person to different people at different ...
12.10.2020 #117 - The Four Faces of The Camden Ripper - Part Two (Tony The Addict) This is Part Two of a four-part series into The Camden Ripper. The truth about may never be known, as it’s hard to understand who he is, as he appeared to be a different person to different people at different ...
12.03.2020 #116 - The Four Faces of The Camden Ripper - Part One (Tony The Alcoholic) This is Part One of a four-part series into The Camden Ripper. The truth about may never be known, as it’s hard to understand who he is, as he appeared to be a different person to different people at different ...
11.26.2020 #115 - The Lethal Evidence of Sir Bernard Spilsbury Sir Bernard Spilsbury was an acclaimed pathologist and the father of forensic science whose most celebrated case made his name and changed the face of murder investigations forever. But how solid was his evidence, and did it lead to an ...
11.19.2020 #114 - The Incompetence of John Carragher On Friday 29th March 1968 at roughly 4:20pm, 56-year-old wages clerk Frederick Monk was bludgeoned to death by an unknown assailant inside of a locked office. The attack was brutal, but nothing was stolen. So, was this a robbery, a ...
11.12.2020 #113 - The Last 37 Seconds of Desmond O'Beirne On Saturday 3rd June 2017 at 12:24am, in London's bustling Trafalgar Square, as 50-year-old Desmond O’Beirne was heading home after a night out in the West End, he made a very innocent and simple request from a total stranger... 37 ...
11.05.2020 #112 – Savvas Demetriades and the Code of Silence On Monday 25th October 1943, at roughly 3:30pm, a businessman called Savvas Demetriades was murdered in broad daylight on a public pavement outside of the Helvetia pub at 23 Old Compton Street. The Police's investigation should have collapsed owing to ...
10.29.2020 #111 - The Scattered Remains of Hannah Brown (James Greenacre & Sarah Gale) On Wednesday 28th December 1836 at roughly 2pm, off Pineapple Place in Maida Vale, the dismembered torso of an unidentified lady was discovered hidden behind a paving stone. With no arms, no legs and no head, her identity was impossible ...
10.22.2020 #110 - A Memorial to The Fallen (Jack William Avery & Frank Stephen Cobbett) On Friday 5th July 1940 at 13:45pm, War Reservist Constable Jack William Avery left his post at the 'Old Police House' in Hyde Park having been alerted to a man "acting suspisiously" near the gun-emplacements. Confronting the man, PC Avery ...
10.15.2020 How To Get Away With Murder - Part Four (Clean-Up & Escape) WARNING: This is NOT a regular episode of Murder Mile. While I am researching the rest of this years’ series, I’m a releasing a hypothetical discussion on the possibility or the impossibility of committing the perfect murder. It’s a four-part ...
10.08.2020 How To Get Away With Murder - Part Three (Murder & Method) WARNING: This is NOT a regular episode of Murder Mile. While I am researching the rest of this years’ series, I’m a releasing a hypothetical discussion on the possibility or the impossibility of committing the perfect murder. It’s a four-part ...
10.01.2020 How To Get Away With Murder - Part Two (Target & Surveillance) WARNING: This is NOT a regular episode of Murder Mile. It’s a four-part series called ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ and this is Part Two – Target & Surveillance. Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J ...
09.24.2020 How To Get Away With Murder - Part One (Motivation & Realism) WARNING: This is NOT a regular episode of Murder Mile. While I am researching the rest of this years’ series, I’m a releasing a hypothetical discussion on the possibility or the impossibility of committing the perfect murder. It’s a four-part ...
09.17.2020 Extra Mile: Thames Towpath Murders Special IMPORTANT: This is NOT a regular episode of Murder Mile This is an EXTRA episode of Extra Mile to cover all of the details we were unable to cover in this three-part series of.The Thames Towpath Murders. It is not ...
09.17.2020 #109 - The Thames Towpath Murders - Part Three (The Suspect) This is Part Three of Three of the Thames Towpath Murders. Across May & June 1953, a violent serial rapist who would attack lone women in isolated spots in and around Teddington, and yet, going against his own method, that ...
09.10.2020 #108 - The Thames Towpath Murders - Part Two (The Investigation) This is Part Two of Three of The Thames Towpath Murders. On the morning of Monday 1st June 1953, at 09:05am, the body of Barbara Songhurst was pulled out of the River Thames at Radnor Gardens and brought ashore at ...
09.03.2020 #107 - The Thames Towpath Murders - Part One (The Girls) This is Part One of Three of the Thames Towpath Murders. On the night of Sunday 31st May 1953, Barbara Songhurst and Christine Reed, two innocent and inseparable best-friends were brutally raped and murdered on a peaceful towpath and their ...
08.27.2020 #106 - The Last Love of the Chiswick Cat Ladies On the morning of Friday 27th August 1971, in the basement flat at 15 Linden Gardens in Chiswick, W4; with her family life in tatters, her emotions frought and everything she had ever loved destroyed, being at a loss at ...
08.20.2020 #105 - Meux and the Man-Made Tidal Wave On Monday 17th October 1814, at 5:30pm, an iron hoop on a vat of Porter beer at the Horseshoe Brewery would slip, it didn't seem like an emergency, but it would unleash a deadly tidal wave which would change Great ...
08.13.2020 #104 - The 'Elementary' Murder of William Raven On Thursday 15th October 1942, in flat 34 of Chalfont Court at 236 Baker Street, the body of William Raven was discovered. He was an elegant sociable divorcee and co-owner of a gentleman’s outfitters with no enemies, who was found ...
08.06.2020 #103 - The Beating of Baby Richard On Tuesday 4th October 1853, in a squalid first-floor lodging at 6 Little Dean Street, the beating of baby Richard began… and ten days later, he would be dead. Described as a ‘bastard’ child, his widowed mother struggled against insurmountable ...
07.30.2020 #102 - The Five Alibis of James Forbes McCallum On Friday 20th December 1940, James Forbes McCallum robbed the Coach & Horses public house in Covent Garden; he was a desperate man whose first and only robbery was ill-judged, unplanned and such a catastrophic failure that it ended in ...
07.23.2020 #101 - The Fatal Seizure of John Esmond Murphy On Saturday 7th November 1908, at 11:40am, John Esmond Murphy walked into the bank of Cartmell & Schlittle at 84 Shaftesbury Avenue. Overwhelming evidence pointed to the fact that he bungled a heist, pulled a gun, shot and stabbed the ...
07.16.2020 #100 - The Martyr and the Massacre On Wednesday 13th March 1940 at 4:30pm, in the Tudor Room of Caxton Hall, Udham Singh would murder Sir Michael O'Dwyer, a man he had never met before, but fuelled by hatred over twenty-one years, Udham’s reason to kill would ...

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