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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, his mission had a purpose. Of so he thought.8:50am - Leslie Ernest Ludford & Mrs Violet Mary Pinder outside of 1-3 Hadley Gardens, West London,8:55am - Emma Jane Crisp & Annie New at 1 St Mary’s Grove in Chiswick, West London,9:05am - Mrs Kathleen Irene Guyver of 38 Westcroft Square, shot in Hamlet Gardens, West London,9:15am - Mrs Harriett Fell of 4 Bollo Lane in Acton, West London, shot twice in the arm9:25am - ACW/1 Winifred Allenby, 24 Hartington Road, shot in Grove Park Road, West London,9:49am - Miss Agnes Grace Hunt, shot in Rathger Avenue in Ealing, West London,10:10am - Edith Amelia Barringer shot at 5 Brunton Way in West Ealing/Perivale, West London,Culprits: 1 (Philip Joseph Ward)Murder Mile 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.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click hereTo subscribe to the Always True Crime newsletter, click here

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, his mission had a purpose. Of so he thought.8:50am - Leslie Ernest Ludford & Mrs Violet Mary Pinder outside of 1-3 Hadley Gardens, West London,8:55am - Emma Jane Crisp & Annie New at 1 St Mary’s Grove in Chiswick, West London,9:05am - Mrs Kathleen Irene Guyver of 38 Westcroft Square, shot in Hamlet Gardens, West London,9:15am - Mrs Harriett Fell of 4 Bollo Lane in Acton, West London, shot twice in the arm9:25am - ACW/1 Winifred Allenby, 24 Hartington Road, shot in Grove Park Road, West London,9:49am - Miss Agnes Grace Hunt, shot in Rathger Avenue in Ealing, West London,10:10am - Edith Amelia Barringer shot at 5 Brunton Way in West Ealing/Perivale, West London,Culprits: 1 (Philip Joseph Ward)Murder Mile 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.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here To subscribe to the Always True Crime newsletter, click here

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 committed in the Ripper's shadow. But who was he, was it a hoax, or did he even exist?Date: Friday 5th of October 1888 to Sunday 4th of November 1888.Location: several across Soho/Fitzrovia/Bloomsbury.Victims: 7 (Eliza Smyth, ‘Swiss Annie’, Jayne Jones, Emma Jewson, Alice or Anna Dedmun, ‘Minnie’ Jones and Eliza Shad)Culprits: ?Murder Mile 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.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click hereTo subscribe to the Always True Crime newsletter, click here

Sunday the 1st of December 2019 was the last time 53-year-old William Algar, a talented jazz trumpeter was seen alive. One month later, parts of his dismembered body were found in his flat at 7 Nowell Road in Barnes, having been the victim of cuckooing by a drugs gang. But who had murdered him?Date: Sunday 1st December 2019 (time of murder impossible to tell)Location: Ground Floor Flat, 7 Nowell Road, Barnes, SW13Victims: 1 (William Hugh Blaise Algar)Culprits: 1 (Emeka Kabiru Dawuda-Wodu, Zimele Dube, Janayo Lucima, Marc Harding)Note: Wodu, Emmons & Dube were found guilty of the later murder of Ebrima Cham. In the murder of William Algar, all were convicted of perverting the course of justice, but unable to prove who had killed William, Wodu, Emmons & Dube were found ‘not guilty’ of his murder or his manslaughter.Murder Mile 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.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here

#276 - Killing for VictoryIn the evening of Tuesday 20th of May 1941, 28-year-old single-mother Phyllis Crocker and her 18-month-old daughter Eileen went to bed, as usual. Being 3 months pregnant, Phyllis drank a cup of cocoa to help her sleep, as made by her husband. But little did she know it would make her sleep for an eternity.Date: Tuesday 20th of May 1941 (bedtime, exact time unknown)Location: Ground Floor Flat, 9 Goring Way, Greenford, London, UB6Victims: 2 (Phyllis Elizabeth Crocker & Eileen Alice Crocker)Culprits: 1 (Lionel Rupert Nathan Watson)Murder Mile 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.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here #truecrime #murder #ukcrime #cyanide #poison #westlondon #greenford #crime #london #ukcrimes #baby #child #solved #unsolved #killing #doublemurder #cruel #killings #truecrimepodcast #spotify #itunes #acast #murders #police #oldbailey #westend #blitz #ww2 #war #crime #britishmurder #britishcrime

#275 - Stolen WomanhoodOn Sunday 5th of November 1978, at a little after 5:30pm, two women stood at a bus stop on Sydney Place in Kensington, SW7, waiting for the rush hour bus. Having been close friends for decades, there seemed to be an odd friction between them, and although their issue was of a personal nature, within minutes, one would be a wanted criminal on the run, and the other would be shot dead. But why did Alvada Kooken murder Margaret Philbin?Date: Sunday 5th of November 1978, at a little after 5:30pmLocation: Bus Stop (now HY), Sydney Place, off Fulham Road, Kensington, SW7.Victims: 1 (Margaret Helen Philbin known as Peggy)Culprits: 1 (Alvada Ruth Kooken)Murder Mile 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.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here

#274 - Immoral Earnings1st August 1970, 20-year-old Mary McCormack of Limerick was found strangled in her ground floor flat at 85 Talgarth Road in Baron’s Court, W14. With no signs of a break-in, the police suspected it was either a client who she let in, or a tenant with a key. But did the Police convict the right man?Date: 1st August 1970 (roughly 2:20am, police arrived 2:25am)Location: Ground Floor Flat, 85 Talgarth Road, Baron's Court, W14Victims: 1 (Mary Elizabeth McCormack)Culprits: 1 (Alfred Nathan Bain)Murder Mile 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.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here

#273 - A 'Bad' ManOn Tuesday 11th August 1936, at roughly noon, in the basement flat of 7 Roseford Gardens in Shepherd’s Bush, 66-year-old widow Elizabeth Fortescue was smothered to death, as her attacker ransacked her flat. Given the violence used against her, the Police suspected “she had died at the hands of a violent man”. But how true was that?Date: Tuesday 11th August 1936 (roughly 11:50am)Location: Basement Flat, 7 Roseford Gardens in Shepherd’s Bush, W1Victims: 1 (Elizabeth Ada Fortschunk/Fortescue, nee Croker)Culprits: 1 (Alfred Stratford & Mary-Ann Flynn)Murder Mile 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.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here