Best 4th Amp Long Podcasts (2025)

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#317 - The un-Holy Trinity - Part One (Bernard Oliver, Muswell Hill, N10) 1:06:00

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This is Part One of Two of The un-Holy Trinity. On Friday 6th of January 1967, 17-year-old Bernard Oliver vanished from Muswell Hill. 10 days later, his body was found 85 miles away in Suffolk. He had been strangled and assaulted, with his body cut into eight pieces. But who had abducted him, and why? · Location: Wheatsheaf Crossroads, Tattingstone…

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Episode 5 - RJ's Experience on Set for an Episode of J Schwanke's Life In Bloom 36:01

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Welcome back to Behind The Bloom Podcast with J Schwanke and RJ Pole! In this episode, listeners get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Life In Bloom with host and celebrity florist J Schwanke. Co-host RJ Pole joined J on set to experience the creative process firsthand—and even stepped in front of the camera to share his passion…

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#316 - Malice or Madness? (Mirella Jacklin Beechook, Rotherhithe, SE16) 1:06:45

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On Thursday 18th of September 1985, 23-year-old Mirella Beechook, a separated mother of two girls made an emotional appeal before the cameras and spoke those words that no mother should ever utter - “bring her home, dead or alive, please just bring her home”. Her 7-year-old daughter Tina was missing, and Tina’s friend, 4-year-old Stacey Kavanagh ha…

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Episode 4 - Companion Podcast to Episode 102 - Life in Bloom - Protea- Long Term Beauty 35:20

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This week on Behind The Bloom Podcast, we’re revisiting Life In Bloom Episode 102 — Protea: Long Term Beauty. Protea are truly unlike any other flower—prehistoric, unique, and nearly 300 million years old. I’ll take you behind the scenes of our visit to Resendiz Brothers Protea Farm in Fallbrook, CA, where we filmed among breathtaking fields and co…

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#315 - The Twilight Sex Killer - Part Two (Alan Vigar, Pimlico, SW1) 1:05:05

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This is Part Two of Two of The Twilight Sex Killer. On Monday 19th of February 1962, the same day that Norman Rickard’s body was found, 23-year-old Alan Vigar, who was also a quiet, handsome and secretly-gay man was strangled to death in the privacy of his flat by a tall and attractive man that the Police believe he too had picked up in Piccadilly …

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Episode 3 - J's Favorite Tip - Cold Water! 32:52

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This week we’re tackling one of the most common questions I get asked: How do you make your flowers last longer? There are so many myths out there, but I’m here to set the record straight with tips from my book Bloom 365. We’ll dig into one of my favorite tips — Cold Water! I’ll explain why cold water is a flower’s best friend, and why you should d…

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#314 - The Twilight Sex Killer - Part One (Norman Rickard, Maida Vale, W9) 1:01:20

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This is Part One of Two of The Twilight Sex Killer. On Monday 19th of February 1962 at roughly 4pm, two police constables entered the basement flat at 264 Elgin Avenue in Maida Vale seeking the occupant (Norman Rickard) who had vanished without a trace. It began as a simple missing person’s report for a man who kept to himself, and it would end in …

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Episode 2 - Companion Podcast to Episode 101 - Life in Bloom - The Pilot! 43:06

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This week on Behind The Bloom Podcast, I’m taking you all the way back to the very beginning — Life In Bloom Episode 101. We’ll revisit where it all started: the inspiration, the creation, and the mission behind the show. What does it really mean to live a Life In Bloom? I’ll share some behind-the-scenes stories from that very first day of filming.…

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Episode 1 - Where to Get Flowers- and Make them Last Longer! 36:39

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This week on Behind The Bloom Podcast…I’m excited to share a little more about my flower world with all of you. I’ll be talking about how I first fell in love with flowers, the inspiration behind my show Life In Bloom, as well as break down what you can expect on our podcast. I’ll also be diving into my books, Bloom 365 and Fun With Flowers. In fac…

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#313 - A Date with Death (Mehmet Koray Alpergin & Gozde Dalbudak) 1:05:50

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On Thursday the 13th of October 2022 at 8:30pm, an attractive Turkish-Cypriot couple (Koray & Gozde) left the Amazonico restaurant at 10 Berkley Square in Mayfair. Keen to impress his date, Koray treated Gozde to an easy evening of fine dining, fun chat and fancy cocktails. Being her first trip to London, it began with three days of sightseeing acr…

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Introducing: Behind The Bloom Podcast! 2:18

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Here is a teaser for the upcoming podcast: Behind The Bloom with J Schwanke and RJ Pole! Join J Schwanke and RJ Pole as they dig deeper into J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom—the beloved PBS and Create TV show all about flowers. J, a 4th-generation florist (literally born at a flower convention!), is a natural storyteller who shares his lifelong passion f…

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#312 - Frayed Nerves and Bad Guts (‘Annie Leopold’ & Joseph Stoppani, 3 Peter Street, Soho, W1) 1:06:12

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EPISODE THREE HUNDRED AND TWELVE: On the morning of 18th of March 1901, having perpetuated a con to make money, the owner of Stoppani's grocer's shop at 3 Peter Street in Soho was again said to be ‘up to his old tricks’, but instead of potentially poisoning almost 10th of Soho’s residents, he unwittingly saved a frail and terrified widow from a vio…

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#311 - 'The Hooker with the Heart of Gold' (Jeanne Odette Western, 3 Peter Street, Soho, W1) 1:03:53

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On Monday the 12th of May 1975 at 2:40pm, two prostitutes on the first and second floors of 3 Peter Street were ‘entertaining’ their clients. With these small flats connected by a communal door, their punters rang the right bell for Jeanne, the left bell for ‘Sheila’ and were greeted on the stairwell by the correct prostitute’s maid. It was all ver…

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#310 - Tortured for Digits (Gabriel Ferez & Laurent Bonomo, New Cross, SE15) 1:00:26

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In the summer of 2008, two brilliant French scholars - Gabriel Ferez & Laurent Bonomo – were studying at this facility on a three-month placement as part of their degree in biochemistry. As students who excelled, here they met likeminded scientists on their journey to become the best they could be, but with this city being so expensive, they also c…

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#309 - Every Child's Nightmare (Jacob & Louise Lennon / Jake Drummond, Roehampton, SW15) 1:08:04

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In the early hours of Tuesday 27th of August 2019, in an unnamed flat on Woking Close, 15-month old Jacob Lennon was lying in his cot and dreaming innocent dreams. Like every child, he was small, fragile and needed protection from life’s dangers. But whereas many children are shielded by the very worst of predators like drunks, junkies and paedophi…

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#308 - The Sadist and the Survivor (Merlyn Nuttall & Anthony Ferrira, Brixton, SW2) 1:07:35

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Tuesday the 18th of February 1992 at 7:15pm. Merlyn Nuttall was kidnapped, raped, stabbed and set on fire by a drug-crazed assailant inside of a crack den at 9 Effra Road in Brixton. She could have died owing to her wounds and she should have been scarred for life owing to the attack, but as you’ll hear, from the precipice of death, it was the woma…

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#307 - The Shepherd's Bush Suitcase Murders (Albert Alfonso, Paul Longworth, Yostin Andres Mosquera) 1:11:23

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This episode has deliberately been released on the day of Yostin Mosquera's conviction. 13 Scotts Road in Shepherds Bush was the home to 71 year-old Paul Longworth and 53-year-old Albert Alfonso for 12 years. On Monday 8th of July 2024, both men were brutally murdered 10 hours apart. It’s a horrific case about love, death, sex and sadism, featuring…

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CrimeConversations 2025 - Is Peter Bryan a Cannibal? (with Murder Mile UK True Crime) 47:22

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CrimeConversations brings together the biggest names in true crime, recorded live at CrimeCon London 2025, partnered by TRUE CRIME channel.” This is a recording of Is Peter Bryan a Cannibal, a live show I performed by myself Mike from Murder Mile UK True Crime. During the show, I encountered two bizarre technical problems, my notes vanished so I ha…

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#306 - The Double Murder of Annie Curtin (Annie & William Curtin, Soho, W1) 1:09:06

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Ep306: The Double Murder of Annie Curtin. The tragic life of Annie Curtin is one that you will have never heard of before, and yet, it’s unnervingly familiar. She was an ordinary woman, a wife and a mother, living a regular life who deserved the right to live unharmed and unhurt. Frustratingly, there were laws put in place to protect her, but witne…

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DRUNK MILE (a mash-up of Murder Mile and Drunk Women Solving Crime) 58:10

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As a one-off special, today I'm rolling out a mash-up episode between myself, Mike from Murder Mile, and Taylor & Hannah from the brilliant Drunk Women Solving Crime to create DRUNK MILE. we kick off with a story about the time I was a victim of a crime (sort of), then for the first time in DWSC history Hannah and Taylor have a crime story presente…

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#305 - Time, Data and Death (Marina Koppel, Marylebone, UK, W1) 1:03:40

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This hostel marks the final attack of a horrific rapist, kidnapper, paedophile, alleged necrophile and an almost triple murderer. It’s a case which caused uproar in a community, destroyed several families, and three lives which would be changed forever, yet it was barely reported and it remains forgotten. The killer came from nowhere, which begs th…

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#304 - 'Mr Nobody' (Colin Findlay, The Beast of Banffshire) 1:07:20

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This is Ep304: 'Mr Nobody' (Colin James Findlay, The Beast of Banffshire). This hostel marks the final attack of a horrific rapist, kidnapper, paedophile, alleged necrophile and an almost triple murderer. It’s a case which caused uproar in a community, destroyed several families, and three lives which would be changed forever, yet it was barely rep…

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CrimeConversations 2025 - Born Bad (with Murder Mile and UK True Crime) 43:46

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CrimeConversations brings together the biggest names in true crime, recorded live at CrimeCon London 2025, partnered by TRUE CRIME channel. This is recording of Born Bad, a live show performed by myself Mike from Murder Mile UK True Crime and Adam from UK True Crime, minus our colleague Paul who was unavoidable late. Enjoy the show. For more inform…

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#303 - Dirty Money (Li Hua Cao & Robert Ekaireb, Hampstead, NW3) 1:10:44

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Back in 2006, Flat 9 of the Pavilion Court on the Mount Vernon Estate was the plush matrimonial home of Mr & Mrs Ekaireb. For Li Hua & Robert, their whirlwind romance meant they married just seven months after they had met and with a baby on the way, it should have been the perfect start But having wedded a jealous and controlling monster, Li becam…

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#302 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Five (Richard Loudwell) 1:08:33

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#302 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Five (Richard Loudwell) This is Part Five of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan. Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with almost every article and documentary about him slavering over the grisly details of his murders, and especia…

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#301 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Four (Brian Cherry) 1:07:49

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#301 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Four (Brian Cherry) This is Part Four of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan. Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with almost every article and documentary about him slavering over the grisly details of his murders, and especially …

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#300 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Three (Girl ‘P4’) 1:07:57

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#300 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Three (Girl ‘P4’) This is Part Three of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan. Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with almost every article and documentary about him slavering over the grisly details of his murders, and especially h…

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#299 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Two (Nisha Shesh) 1:08:54

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This is Part Two of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan. Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with almost every article and documentary about him slavering over the grisly details of his murders, and especially his cannibalism. But how much of this story is the truth, an exaggeration or…

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#298 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part One (Peter Andrew Bryan) 1:06:52

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This is Part One of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan. Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with almost every article and documentary about him slavering over the grisly details of his murders, and especially his cannibalism. But how much of this story is the truth, an exaggeration or…

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#297 - Simply Complicated (Donald & Jean Ramsey, Kentish Town, NW5) 1:06:46

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On Sunday 8th of August 1948 at just after 10:30pm, Jean & Donald Ramsey, a young couple with two children met at this junction to discuss their collapsing marriage. It ended in murder. But how could something so simple be so complicated, as was this the story of a good man who was pushed to his limits by an unfaithful wife, or a good wife who was …

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#296 - An Afterglow of Hate (Styllou Christofi, Hella Belcher / Christofi, Hampstead, NW3) 1:08:45

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On the night of Wednesday 28th of July 1954, 11 South Hill Park was the scene of one of London’s most shocking and brutal murders. It was so horrific, it caused an outrage in society, an uproar in the press and a debate in Parliament as how could anyone be so callous and cruel? It was a murder which devastated a family, yet, the killer would claim …

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#295 - The Good Mum (Nicole Hurley, Primrose Hill, NW8) 1:00:17

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On Saturday 9th of October 2021, mother-of-four Nicole Hurley was brutally attacked in her bed; only the man who murdered her wasn’t a stranger who’d stalked her or a burglar who’d broken in, but the jealous and controlling boyfriend she’d loved, lay beside, and raised a family with for half of her life. That night, he took her life, orphaned her c…

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#294 - Sheer 'Bloody' Ignorance (‘Robyn’ Browne, Fitvrovia, UK) 1:02:52

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On Friday 28th of February 1997 sometime after 7pm, at 6b Gosfield Street, a brutal and bloody attack on a lone sex-worker occurred in this first floor flat. Barely reported in the newspapers and ignored by television, the murder of ‘Robyn’ Browne is a case which was largely forgotten… yet the truth of what happened could be hidden among a scatteri…

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#293 - The Mercy Murderess (Valerie & Carmen Swann, Maida Vale) 1:02:25

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On Friday the 7th of February 1936, 32-year-old Carmen Swann booked a twin room for one night in Clarendon Court at 33 Maida Vale, West London. Staying in Room 4 of Flat 20 on the third floor, she and her 8-year-old daughter unpacked their cases, popped on their nightdresses, ordered a pot of tea and got into bed beside the reassuring warmth of the…

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#292 - One of Life's Winners (Peter Wickins, Gordon Topen, UK) 1:04:19

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Saturday 19th of December 1992 at 2:20pm, behind a wooden hut at White City bus depot off Caxton Road in Shepherd's Bush, the body of 32-year-old successful Peter Wickins was found, he was naked except for a pair of socks and had been stabbed 19 times. The Police assumed because he was a millionaire dressed in a tuxedo and that his Rolex watch was …

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#291 - The Scourge of Soho (Ernest Pink & Det Sgt Harold Challoner) 1:02:31

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On Saturday 25th of May 1963 at 12:20am, four men were ejected from The Establishment Club on Greek Street in Soho. They left without a struggle, with no blood spilled, no damage done and nobody hurt. And yet, with accusations of corruption, violence and an attempted murder in its wake, it sparked a criminal trial and an inquiry which almost brough…

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#290 - A God called JACKIE (Aravindan Balakrishnan, Brixton, UK) 1:02:31

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On Friday 25th of October 2013 at 11:15am, charity workers aided by the police coordinated the escape of several followers from a flat in Brixton. Some of the women had been held for 30+ years, one for her entire life, but they didn't see themselves as hostages, as having began living life in the commune under a political belief, they didn't realis…

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#289 - The Chalk Pit Murder - Part Two (Thomas John Ley, Kensington, London) 1:01:58

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This is Part Two of Two of The Chalk Pit Murder. On Thursday 28th of November 1946, Australian politician Thomas Ley enlisted four good people to help him trap a bad man who terrorised women. As a simple plan with no law broken and nobody hurt, it was a gentlemanly reaction to a dastardly crime by a criminal who they felt deserved worse. Only what …

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#288 - The Chalk Pit Murder - Part One (John McMain Mudie, Kensington, UK) 57:07

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This is Part One of Two of The Chalk Pit Murder. On Thursday 28th of November 1946, Australian politician Thomas Ley enlisted four good people to help him trap a bad man who terrorised women. As a simple plan with no law broken and nobody hurt, it was a gentlemanly reaction to a dastardly crime by a criminal who they felt deserved worse. Only what …

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#287 - The PIN Heads (Xyaire Howard / Chelsea Grant) 1:05:01

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On Tuesday 6th of September 2022, 71-year-old Susan Hawkey was last seen entering her flat on Aylesbury Street in Neasden. Nobody saw her, nobody heard her, and – although vulnerable and afraid - no-one was looking out for her. And yet, the quiet isolation of her flat aided her brutal torture and murder by a pack of brainless thugs. Date: Tuesday 6…

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#286 - The Black Cap Farce (Edith McQuaid, Soho, UK) 1:01:39

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On 1st January 1932, in the attic room of 27 Old Compton Street in Soho, 19-year-old domestic servant Edith McQuaid gave birth to a baby boy. Whether he died of natural causes, or she took his life by infanticide will never be known. But she wasn't alone. Edith was one of 1000s of women who concealed the pregnancy, the body of the dead babies or mu…

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#285 - The Suitcase of Death (Jemma Mitchell & Mee Kuen Chong) 1:03:40

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On Friday 11th of June 2021 at 6:23am, 34-year-old Jemma Mitchell left her home at 9 Brondesbury Park in Wilsden to visit her friend and fellow Christian Mee Kuen Chong known as Deborah. She was wheeling behind her an empty blue suitcase, five hours later, the suitcase was full and her friend was dead. But why? Date: Monday 26th of April 1993 at 4:…

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#284 - Dead Man's Hand (Bayswater, London, UK) 1:02:47

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Monday 31st of October 1960, at 5:30pm, the body of 53-year-old William Davies was found inside the top-floor flat of 5 Westbourne Park Road in Bayswater, London, W2. There was no sign of a break-in, no struggle and no obvious robbery. He was found on his knees, with a knife in his chest, and even though all the evidence pointed to this being a sui…

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#283 - The Vice Girl Killer - Part Three (Justin Martin Clarke, West End, London) 1:09:32

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This is Part Three of Three of The Vice Girl Killer. On the weekend of the 24th and 25th of January 1987, two sex-workers vanished from two street (Sussex Gardens and Cleveland Terrace) near to Paddington Station. With their beaten, strangled and mutilated bodies found barely 24 hours apart in places where they didn't belong. The police quickly con…

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#282 - The Vice Girl Killer - Part Two (Racheal Applewhaite, London, UK) 55:13

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This is Part Two of Three of The Vice Girl Killer. On the weekend of the 24th and 25th of January 1987, two sex-workers vanished from two street (Sussex Gardens and Cleveland Terrace) near to Paddington Station. With their beaten, strangled and mutilated bodies found barely 24 hours apart in places where they didn't belong. The police quickly confi…

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#281 - The Vice Girl Killer - Part One (Marina Monti, London, UK) 1:04:01

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This is Part One of Three of The Vice Girl Killer. On the weekend of the 24th and 25th of January 1987, two sex-workers vanished from two street (Sussex Gardens and Cleveland Terrace) near to Paddington Station. With their beaten, strangled and mutilated bodies found barely 24 hours apart in places where they didn't belong. The police quickly confi…

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Christmas Special 2024 22:55

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Ho-ho-ho muddy funsters. This isn't a regular episode, but a little bit of festive cheer from myself to say thank you for listening to and supporting Murder Mile over the year and beyond. Your regular episodes of Murder Mile will be back on Thursday 23rd January 2025. Until then, farewell. Mx Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile.…

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#280 - The Grey Man - Part Two (Chiswick, London, England) 1:02:16

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This is Part Two of Two of The Grey Man. Across the morning of Tuesday 11th of November 1941, from 8:50am to 10:20am, an armed man dressed in grey went on a killing spree across Chiswick, Hammersmith and Acton armed with two shotguns. It seemed like he was picking off random people, but having spent months rehearsing and surveilling his targets, hi…

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#279 - The Grey Man - Part One (Chiswick, London, England) 1:01:55

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This is Part One of Two of The Grey Man. Across the morning of Tuesday 11th of November 1941, from 8:50am to 10:20am, an armed man dressed in grey went on a killing spree across Chiswick, Hammersmith and Acton armed with two shotguns. It seemed like he was picking off random people, but having spent months rehearsing and surveilling his targets, hi…

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#278 - In the Ripper's Shadow (Soho, London, UK) 1:01:26

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Across October and early November 1888, when 'Jack the Ripper' slayed several women in the East End of London, a smaller and largely forgotten sexual sadist was attacking women in Soho in the West End. Masked using a series of baffling distractions, his crimes were made possible owing to the fevered frenzy in the midst of a mini media mania committ…