#173 - A Buddy, A Dummy, A Deadman (Southwark, London, British)
On the night of Thursday 7th December 1950, 42-year old William Donoghue stabbed 74-year-old Thomas Meaney to death. The two men had met that night (as friends of a friend), they got on well, they had...
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#172 - The Sacred One (Regents Park, London, Britain)
Back in the 1920’s, London Zoo had two elephant experts; Sayed Ali and San Dwe. They lived on site, they loved their elephants, and - according to the zoo’s owners - everything was going swimmingly. T...
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#171 - The Girl with a Smile for Everyone - Part Two (Regents Park, London, Britain)
On Wednesday 1st October 1947, at 10:30pm, the body of Renee was found in Regent’s Park, three miles east. She had been gagged, strangled and beaten. What she was doing there? Nobody knows.But it was ...
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#170 - The Girl with a Smile for Everyone - Part One (Westbourne Grove, London, Britain)
On the far eastern edge of Regent’s Park is Cumberland Green on the corner of Chester Road and the Outer Circle. It’s a non-descript expanse of grass with several intersecting paths and few trees.On W...
12 Touko 202256min
#169 - Samuel Bragg: The Miser's Demise (Maida Vale, London, England)
On the morning of Friday 17th July 1964, Kathleen Cotter, a mother of three who lived in the top floor flat of 7 Randolph Avenue in Maida Vale found 77-year-old Samuel Bragg dead in his bed. The old m...
5 Touko 20221h 36min
#168 - The Outcast (Kings Cross, London, UK)
On Saturday 30th January 1965, at 10:50am, two men met for the very first time on the west bound Metropolitan Line of King’s Cross underground station. The first was a 44-year-old porter called Lawren...
28 Huhti 20221h 1min
#167 - The Bloody Butler - Part Two (Belgravia, London, UK)
This is Part Two of Two of The Bloody Butler.With their employer on holiday in Scotland, on Saturday 9th August 1969 at 2:30pm, Frank & Victor were seen enjoying a pleasant lunch at Coq Au Vin, a Fren...
21 Huhti 20221h 5min
#166 - The Bloody Butler - Part One (Belgravia, London, Britain)
This is Part One of Two.On the next morning of Sunday 10th August at 09:08am, Victor Ford-Lloyd the butler to Sir William Ackroyd entered the top floor flat at 69 Eaton Place after a night out. In the...
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