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 bodies were dumped in the River Thames. But who would want these two young girls dead, and why?<ul><li>Date: Sunday 31st May 1953</li><li>Location: Teddington Lock, a towpath off the River Thames, Twickenham, TW1, </li><li>Victims: 2 (Barbara Songhurst and Christine Rose Reed)</li><li>Culprits: 1 (Alfred Charles Whiteway)</li></ul> Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Murder Mile Walks</a> with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of <a href="https://www.cultwithnoname.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cult With No Name</a> with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/category/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> and a <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/legal-disclaimer.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">legal disclaimer</a>. FOLLOW US HERE:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mmiletours" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a><a href="https://twitter.com/mmiletours" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/emmjaybeedee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/168114777110977/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Murder Mile Discussion Group</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJSDz8TiubCDXhCsx-Sljw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Youtube</a> SUPPORT THE PODCAST:Support us via <a href="https://www.patreon.com/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PATREON</a>.Buy Merch in <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/shop.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THE SHOP</a>Free Goodies <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/shop.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERE</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile">http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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 bodies were dumped in the River Thames. But who would want these two young girls dead, and why?Date: Sunday 31st May 1953Location: Teddington Lock, a towpath off the River Thames, Twickenham, TW1, Victims: 2 (Barbara Songhurst and Christine Rose Reed)Culprits: 1 (Alfred Charles Whiteway) Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer. FOLLOW US HERE: Facebook Twitter Instagram Murder Mile Discussion Group Youtube SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Support us via PATREON. Buy Merch in THE SHOP Free Goodies HERE Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 bodies were dumped in the River Thames. But who would want these two young girls dead, and why?<ul><li>Date: Sunday 31st May 1953</li><li>Location: Teddington Lock, a towpath off the River Thames, Twickenham, TW1, </li><li>Victims: 2 (Barbara Songhurst and Christine Rose Reed)</li><li>Culprits: 1 (Alfred Charles Whiteway)</li></ul> Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Murder Mile Walks</a> with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of <a href="https://www.cultwithnoname.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cult With No Name</a> with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music.&nbsp;A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/category/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> and a <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/legal-disclaimer.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">legal disclaimer</a>. FOLLOW US HERE:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mmiletours" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a><a href="https://twitter.com/mmiletours" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/emmjaybeedee" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/168114777110977/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Murder Mile Discussion Group</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJSDz8TiubCDXhCsx-Sljw" rel="noopener noreferrer">Youtube</a> SUPPORT THE PODCAST:Support us via <a href="https://www.patreon.com/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer">PATREON</a>.Buy Merch in <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/shop.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">THE SHOP</a>Free Goodies <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/shop.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">HERE</a>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

#107 - The Thames Towpath Murders - Part One (The Girls, Barbara Songhurst and Christine Rose Reed)

FIVE TIME AWARD NOMINATED at the True Crime Awards 2025, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards as Best True Crime Podcast. Murder Mile UK True Crime is a unique London-based true-crime podcast, focused on Soho, the West End and West London, presented as a guided walk of 300+ untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases. If you’re looking for intensely researched and in-depth multipart series, Murder Mile has covered spree killer Gordon Cummings aka 'The Blackout Ripper', John George Haigh 'The Acid Bath Murderer', John Reginald Christie of '10 Rillington Place', Anthony Hardy 'The Camden Ripper', Dennis Nilsen 'The Muswell HIll Killer', The Thames Towpath Murderer, Daniel Gonzales 'The Freddy Krueger killer', The Soho Strangler regarded as the second Jack the Ripper, Michael Jamieson The Shoe Box Killer, M4 Rapist John Steed, London cannibal Peter Bryan, and ‘the Devil’s Disciple’ Patrick MacKay, and coming soon, the Hammersmith Nudes alias ‘Jack the Stripper’.&nbsp; As well an unearthing new angle and evidence on infamous British murder cases; such as Gunther Podola, Emmy Werner, David Frooms, Alice Gross, Andrezej Kunowski, Katerina Koneva, Emily Beilby Kaye, The Denmark Place Fire, The Bombing of the Admiral Duncan, Alfredo Zomparelli, Karl Gustav Hulton, and previously unsolved cases like 'The Night Porter', Gladys Hanrahan, ‘Fat Fred’, The Old Lady Killer, the Bayswater arsonist, the gay panic, and a wealth of cases you won’t have heard before, and won’t hear anywhere else, as well as specialists pathologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury. Covering just 20 square miles of West London, Murder Mile gives into thrilling and heart-wrenching cases involving serial killers, assassinations, massacres, hitmen, torturers, drug dealers, cults, child killers, extortion, prostitution, gangland slayings, abortionists, poisoners, slavery, and personal tragedy. Having garnered more than 3000+ five-star reviews, Murder Mile has been praised in the press as Podcast Magazine's Hot 50, The Telegraph's Top 5, 4th Best True-Crime Podcast by This Week, iTunes Top 25 Podcast, Crime &amp; Investigation Channel's Top 20 True-Crime Podcasts, also seen on BBC Radio, Sky News, The Guardian and TalkRadio's Podcast of the Week. Murder Mile has been the primary research on true crime podcasts Casefile, Morbid, My Favorite Murder, and Michael was also a consultant on highly acclaimed podcast series Bad Woman: The Blackout Ripper hosted by historian Hallie Rubenhold, author of 'The Five'. Murder Mile UK True Crime has had 15 million+ downloads and continues to grow year on year, as it maintains (and improves on) its quality in research, storytelling and sound design. It continually strives to be original, different and always bring the audience a podcast series they can’t hear anywhere else. Murder Mile is unique and its fans appreciate that.&nbsp;Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA <ul><li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mmileuktruecrim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/168114777110977" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FaceBook</a></li><li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.threads.com/@mmileuktruecrime" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Threads</a></li></ul>Support the show via <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile">http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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FIVE TIME AWARD NOMINATED at the True Crime Awards 2025, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards as Best True Crime Podcast. Murder Mile UK True Crime is a unique London-based true-crime podcast, focused on Soho, the West End and West London, presented as a guided walk of 300+ untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases. If you’re looking for intensely researched and in-depth multipart series, Murder Mile has covered spree killer Gordon Cummings aka 'The Blackout Ripper', John George Haigh 'The Acid Bath Murderer', John Reginald Christie of '10 Rillington Place', Anthony Hardy 'The Camden Ripper', Dennis Nilsen 'The Muswell HIll Killer', The Thames Towpath Murderer, Daniel Gonzales 'The Freddy Krueger killer', The Soho Strangler regarded as the second Jack the Ripper, Michael Jamieson The Shoe Box Killer, M4 Rapist John Steed, London cannibal Peter Bryan, and ‘the Devil’s Disciple’ Patrick MacKay, and coming soon, the Hammersmith Nudes alias ‘Jack the Stripper’.  As well an unearthing new angle and evidence on infamous British murder cases; such as Gunther Podola, Emmy Werner, David Frooms, Alice Gross, Andrezej Kunowski, Katerina Koneva, Emily Beilby Kaye, The Denmark Place Fire, The Bombing of the Admiral Duncan, Alfredo Zomparelli, Karl Gustav Hulton, and previously unsolved cases like 'The Night Porter', Gladys Hanrahan, ‘Fat Fred’, The Old Lady Killer, the Bayswater arsonist, the gay panic, and a wealth of cases you won’t have heard before, and won’t hear anywhere else, as well as specialists pathologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury. Covering just 20 square miles of West London, Murder Mile gives into thrilling and heart-wrenching cases involving serial killers, assassinations, massacres, hitmen, torturers, drug dealers, cults, child killers, extortion, prostitution, gangland slayings, abortionists, poisoners, slavery, and personal tragedy. Having garnered more than 3000+ five-star reviews, Murder Mile has been praised in the press as Podcast Magazine's Hot 50, The Telegraph's Top 5, 4th Best True-Crime Podcast by This Week, iTunes Top 25 Podcast, Crime & Investigation Channel's Top 20 True-Crime Podcasts, also seen on BBC Radio, Sky News, The Guardian and TalkRadio's Podcast of the Week. Murder Mile has been the primary research on true crime podcasts Casefile, Morbid, My Favorite Murder, and Michael was also a consultant on highly acclaimed podcast series Bad Woman: The Blackout Ripper hosted by historian Hallie Rubenhold, author of 'The Five'. Murder Mile UK True Crime has had 15 million+ downloads and continues to grow year on year, as it maintains (and improves on) its quality in research, storytelling and sound design. It continually strives to be original, different and always bring the audience a podcast series they can’t hear anywhere else. Murder Mile is unique and its fans appreciate that.   Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      ThreadsSupport the show via Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FIVE TIME AWARD NOMINATED at the True Crime Awards 2025, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards as Best True Crime Podcast. Murder Mile UK True Crime is a unique London-based true-crime podcast, focused on Soho, the West End and West London, presented as a guided walk of 300+ untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases. If you’re looking for intensely researched and in-depth multipart series, Murder Mile has covered spree killer Gordon Cummings aka 'The Blackout Ripper', John George Haigh 'The Acid Bath Murderer', John Reginald Christie of '10 Rillington Place', Anthony Hardy 'The Camden Ripper', Dennis Nilsen 'The Muswell HIll Killer', The Thames Towpath Murderer, Daniel Gonzales 'The Freddy Krueger killer', The Soho Strangler regarded as the second Jack the Ripper, Michael Jamieson The Shoe Box Killer, M4 Rapist John Steed, London cannibal Peter Bryan, and ‘the Devil’s Disciple’ Patrick MacKay, and coming soon, the Hammersmith Nudes alias ‘Jack the Stripper’.&nbsp; As well an unearthing new angle and evidence on infamous British murder cases; such as Gunther Podola, Emmy Werner, David Frooms, Alice Gross, Andrezej Kunowski, Katerina Koneva, Emily Beilby Kaye, The Denmark Place Fire, The Bombing of the Admiral Duncan, Alfredo Zomparelli, Karl Gustav Hulton, and previously unsolved cases like 'The Night Porter', Gladys Hanrahan, ‘Fat Fred’, The Old Lady Killer, the Bayswater arsonist, the gay panic, and a wealth of cases you won’t have heard before, and won’t hear anywhere else, as well as specialists pathologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury. Covering just 20 square miles of West London, Murder Mile gives into thrilling and heart-wrenching cases involving serial killers, assassinations, massacres, hitmen, torturers, drug dealers, cults, child killers, extortion, prostitution, gangland slayings, abortionists, poisoners, slavery, and personal tragedy. Having garnered more than 3000+ five-star reviews, Murder Mile has been praised in the press as Podcast Magazine's Hot 50, The Telegraph's Top 5, 4th Best True-Crime Podcast by This Week, iTunes Top 25 Podcast, Crime &amp; Investigation Channel's Top 20 True-Crime Podcasts, also seen on BBC Radio, Sky News, The Guardian and TalkRadio's Podcast of the Week. Murder Mile has been the primary research on true crime podcasts Casefile, Morbid, My Favorite Murder, and Michael was also a consultant on highly acclaimed podcast series Bad Woman: The Blackout Ripper hosted by historian Hallie Rubenhold, author of 'The Five'. Murder Mile UK True Crime has had 15 million+ downloads and continues to grow year on year, as it maintains (and improves on) its quality in research, storytelling and sound design. It continually strives to be original, different and always bring the audience a podcast series they can’t hear anywhere else. Murder Mile is unique and its fans appreciate that.&nbsp;Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA <ul><li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mmileuktruecrim" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></li><li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/168114777110977" rel="noopener noreferrer">FaceBook</a></li><li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.threads.com/@mmileuktruecrime" rel="noopener noreferrer">Threads</a></li></ul>Support the show via <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patreon</a>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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