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#284 - Dead Man's Hand (Bayswater, London, UK)

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 suicide, the police knew it wasn't.


  • Date: Sunday 30th of October 1960 (at 12:20am+, likely time of murder)
  • Location: top floor flat, 5 Westbourne Park Road, Bayswater, London, UK, W2
  • Victim: 1 (William Davies)
  • Culprits: 1 (Istvan Szabo)


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