Murder Mile UK True Crime

This is Part A of D of Undressing Jack the Stripper, an eight part series made in conjunction with the True Crime Enthusiast podcast.From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, the bodies of eight sex-workers (Elizabeth Figg, Gwynneth Rees, Hannah Tailford, Irene Lockwood, Helen Barthelemy, Mary Fleming, Margaret McGowan and Bridget O’Hara) were found dumped in or near the River Thames in West London.Panic spread that a sadistic serial killer was on the loose who targeted young petite brunettes; stripped and strangled them, dumped each body within weeks and streets of each other. Yet with not a single witness to his crimes, even though several suspects have since been named, with no convictions, it’s a series of killing which remains a mystery to this day.After the success of their ten-part series, Psychopath: Two Side of Patrick MacKay, Mike at Murder Mile and Paul at the True Crime Enthusiast join forces once again to bring you an eight-part crossover series about one of Britain’s most infamous unsolved serial killing – Jack the Stripper.This episode is about Elizabeth Figg & Gwynneth Rees. Location: Dukes Meadows, Chiswick, London, W4Date: 17 June 1959 (body found)Victims: Elizabeth Figg Location: Barnes Recycling Site, Barnes, London, TW9Date: 8th of November 1963 (body found)Victims: Elizabeth Figg Seven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer. Sorry, but the ALWAYS TRUE CRIME CROSSOVER at Crossed Wires Festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. You should have received a full refund from your ticket purchaser, but if you have any problems, let me know, and I can try and put you in touch with right people. Sorry for the inconvenience.  Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      Threads SUBSCRIBE via Patreon

On Monday the 24th of September 2018, an unnamed couple parked-up outside of Princethorpe House in Woodchester Square in Paddington, W2. The man was kidnapped, driven across London, and then in an unspecified bathroom on Fulham Palace Road, he was tortured using acid. But how did acid become the weapon of choice for many London gangs? Find out on Murder Mile.Location: Princethorpe House in Woodchester Square in Paddington, W2. Date/time: Monday the 24th of September 2018 at 9pm approxVictim: unnamedCulprit: Aston Rochester, Jamal Gordon-Harris, Rennell Rutty, Bradley Evans and Denzil RochesterSeven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Sorry, but the ALWAYS TRUE CRIME CROSSOVER at Crossed Wires Festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. You should have received a full refund from your ticket purchaser, but if you have any problems, let me know, and I can try and put you in touch with right people. Sorry for the inconvenience. LINK TO LUX ATRA, - a Polish podcast exploring stories of lives that ended too early, this is a link to it on SPOTIFYhttps://open.spotify.com/show/2DwSIdjVUJ3ujTLlniMYoA?si=EKsCgKuTTD6IwrHCJ1XGkwFollow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      ThreadsSUBSCRIBE via Patreon

Monday the 15th of August 2022 at 3pm, Flat 72 on the first floor of Clariat Court was the home of Aziza Bennis, a 58-year-old school dinner lady and a mother-of-two, where she had raised her daughters as a single parent. To their neighbours, she was liked, as were her family. But on the afternoon of Monday the 15th of August 2022, she was frenziedly attacked and stabbed to death by her eldest daughter, Hanaa. But why?Was she deranged, traumatised or defending herself, and what was the truth?Location: Flat 72, first floor, Clariat Court, Boddington Gardens, Acton, London, W3Date: Monday the 15th of August 2022 at 3pmVictims: Hanaa Bennis/Aziza BennisCulprit: Aziza Bennis/Hanaa BennisSeven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      ThreadsSUBSCRIBE via Patreon

THIS IS PART TWO OF TWO. On Wednesday 21st of March 1984, 79-year-old Hilda Murrell of Shropshire was attacked in her own home by an unseen assailant. Double killer, David McKenzie had already been convicted of the murders of 76-year-old widow Barbara Pinder in 1984 in Battersea and 86-year-old widow Henrietta Osbourne in Chelsea, which had similar hallmarks. McKenzie had confessed to HIlda's murder and several others. But was he a serial killer? Location (Hilda's): Ravenscroft, 52 Sutton Road, Shrewsbuty, SY2, UK, Date: Wednesday 21st of March 1984Victims: Hilda MurrellCulprit: Andrew GeorgeSeven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      ThreadsSUBSCRIBE via Patreon

This is Part One of Two. On the Saturday the 27th of October 1984, 76-year-old widow Barbara Pinder was brutally murdered in her own flat on Prince of Wales Drive in Battersea by an unknown man with a lot of hatred for her. One year later, on Saturday 27th of October 1985, 86-year-old widow Henrietta Osbourne was also stabbed and attacked frenziedly in an attack which had similar hallmarks. It went unsolved for two years… then out of the blue, a petty burglar confessed to both murders. Evidence proved it was him, he confessed, he was convicted. But why did he confess, when he had got away with murder?  Location (Barbara's): Flat (possibly) 24a, Prince of Wales Mansions, 70-77 Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea, London, SW11, UK, Date: Saturday the 27th of October 1984Location (Henrietta's): Lumley Flats, Ebury Estate, Passmore Street, Chelsea, SW1Date: Saturday 27th of October 1985Victims: Barbara Pinder & Henrietta Osbourne, Culprit: David McKenzieSeven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      ThreadsSUBSCRIBE via Patreon

On Sunday 28th of March 2004 at 8.20pm, Police were called to either Room 701 or 703 at The Marriott Hotel at 134 George Street near Marble Arch, London, W1. Concerned for the guest, he was found naked, in the bath, in what looked like it could have been an accident or a suicide. It had all the hallmarks of a professional hit by experienced assassins of the Russian Mafia who were hired to whack-out a rival for the sake of money, revenge or respect. Yet it ended with a cataclysmic cock-up which showed these hitmen to be truly incompetent.Locations: Room 701 or 703, The Marriott Hotel, 134 George Street, Marble Arch, London, W1Date:  Sunday 28th of March 2004 at 8.20pmVictims: Simion Turkov (aka Yermia Yunataev)Culprit: Andrei Melnikov & Michael AntoneliSeven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      Threads SUBSCRIBE via Patreon

From the 31st of January 1980 to the 1st of August 1983, on neighbouring streets across the London postcodes of W2, SW6, with two in SW1 and two in SW10, six gay men were murdered - Henry Carr, Dr Richard Mercy, Carlos Mery-Squella, Anthony Bird, Harry Williams and Peter Arne. They were linked by detectives as they had all been sadistically stabbed, battered, and sometimes posed and set alight. But who was the slayer of gay men in London’s West End?Location #1: Henry Carr, top floor flat,52 Cathcart Road, Kensington, SW10Location #2: Dr Richard Mercy, Flat 5, 34 Eaton Place, Belgravia, SW1Location #3: Carlos Mery-Sequella, Flat 2, 22 Gunter Grove, West Brompton, Kensington, SW10Location #4: Anthony Jackson Bird, Bentley Court, 72-74 Kensington Gardens Square, Bayswater, W2Location #5: Harry Williams, flat unknown, Bagley’s Lane in Fulham, SW6Location #6: Peter Arne, ground floor flat, 54 Hans Place in Kensington, SW1Culprit: ?Five time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      ThreadsSUBSCRIBE via Patreon

BBC TV drama series ‘Line of Duty’, a police procedural follows the exploits of AC12 (Anti-Corruption Unit 12), based on the Metropolitan Police’s A10, established in 1971 to root out corruption within the force. In the upcoming seventh series they will unravel the conundrum of who is ‘H’, the Police’s highest ranking corrupt officer, who many believe was fictional… …but he wasn’t, he was real. This is the story of Operation Countrymen, the investigation to root out corrupt coppers' in the Police force, the robberies which led to its downfall, the lives which were lost, the 'good officers' who were worse than criminals and the man who was at the very top of the corruption - 'H'. The dates and places of the robberies: Location #1: Daily Express, 120-129 Fleet Street, London, EC4Date #1: Monday 3rd of May 1976Location #2: Williams & Glyn's Bank, 67 Lombard Street, London, EC3Date #2: Tuesday 27th Sept 1977Location #3: Daily Mirror, 33 Holborn Circus, London, EC1Date #3: Wednesday 31st May 1978Victims: Antonio CastroCulprit: Commander Hugh Moore, DCI Philip Cuthbert, and the many unnamed criminals they held evade justiceFive time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      ThreadsSUBSCRIBE via Patreon

Wednesday the 6th of February 2008, the body of Lakhdar Ouyahia was found by the bins on Kingsgate Place in KIlburn, wrapped in a duvet. Someone had attempted to cut off his limbs and had decapitated his head. But who had killed this good and decent man, why had his neighbour vanished, and why had an innocent woman been tortured for 14 hours? Location:2a Kingsgate Road, KIlburn, London, UK, NW6Date: Sunday 3rd of February 2008 to Wednesday the 6th of February 2008Victims: Lakhdar Ouyahia and an unnamed womanCulprit: Mohamed BoudjenaneFive time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.TRUE CRIME FEST CANCELED. Sorry. Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·      Instagram·      FaceBook·      Threads SUBSCRIBE via Patreon