#21 - Canal Killers - Sebastiano Magnanini (King's Cross, Islington, N1)

#252 - The (Railway) SleepersOn 9th November 1940, just before 4am, the pay office of George Wimpey & Co was broken into at 16 Railway Arches in Hammersmith. The pay clerk was murdered, two gang masters were seriously injured, there were no witnesses to the attack and nothing was stolen. But why?Date: 9th November 1940 at roughly 4amLocation: George Wimpey & Co (pay office), 16 Railway Arches, Hammersmith, London, England, W6Victim: 3 (Alfred Mitchell, Harry Jamieson and Wilfred Dyer)Culprit: 1 (unknown)Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-254-the-shoe-box-killer-part-two-of-two-mickey-jamieson-jimmy-andersonMurder 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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#251 - Like Father, Like Son.Monday 11th of April 1994, 23-year-old Milton Wheeler entered Flat 80 of Benson Close in Hounslow and brutally murdered elderly couple Mr & Mrs Ambasna, and then, abducted and raped two teenage girls in the same flat, metres away from the dead bodies. His father was a career criminal and a convicted murderer - so was this a case of nature or nurture?Date: Monday 11th of April 1994 between 7pm and 11pmLocation: Third floor, Flat 80, Benson Close, Hounslow, London, England, TW3Victim: 1 (Madhavji & Raliat Ambasna, plus two unidentified girls)Culprit: 1 (Milton Duncan Wheeler/Gainford)Method: stabbing, strangulation and mutilationBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-251-like-father-like-son-milton-gainfordwheelerMurder 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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#250 - The Socialite's Premonition.On Tuesday 31st May 1932, in a place she had dubbed ‘The Love Hut’, although the evidence stated that (in a drunk and emotional state) Elvira shot her lover to death, the circumstances of the murder was so dubious - that the truth was easily whitewashed by an adoring press who were so besotted by this beautiful but vapid rich kid - that they made her the only victim, and him the absolute culprit.Date: Tuesday 31st May 1932 at roughly 4:30amLocation: first floor flat at 21 William(s) Mews, Knightsbridge, London, England, SW1Victim: 1 (Thomas William Scott Stephen, known as Michael)Culprit: 1 (Elvira Enid Barney, nee Mullen, alias Dolores Ashley)Method of death: shootingBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-250-the-socialites-premonitionMurder 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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#249 - Besotted: The Endless Love of Mr & Mrs ParkOn Saturday 24th January 1976 at 1:30pm, in their second floor flat at 41 St Olaf’s Road in Fulham, John Park brutally murdered his heavily pregnant wife. In an act of rage which was unusual for such a calm and placid man, he would claim he murdered her over money she had given to her daughter. But was there more to this?Date: Saturday 24th January 1976Location: second floor flat at 41 St Olaf’s Road in Fulham, London, England, SW6Victim: 1 (Elizabeth Mary Deevy/Kavanagh/Park)Culprit: 1 (John Alexander Park)Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-248-besotted-the-endless-love-of-mr-mrs-parkMurder 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 hereSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#248 - The Creeper. On Monday 15th January 1945 at 12:15am, a Dutch seaman called Jan Pureveen was murdered at Fred White’s coffee stall on Euston Road. It was a brutal and unprovoked attack which came out of nowhere, and yet, it was both expected and unexpected, as the killer was already known to the police as ‘The Creeper’.Date: Monday 15th January 1945 at 12:15amLocation: outside of the (former) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson hospital, 130 Euston Road, London, England, NW1 (where the shooting and death of Jan Pureveen took place)Victim: 1 (Jan Bernardus Pureveen)Culprit: 1 (Phillip Berry alias 'The Creeper')Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-248-besotted-the-endless-love-of-mr-mrs-parkMurder 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 hereSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#247 - The Dormers Wells Massacre.On the evening of Wednesday 11th November 1987, two orthodox Sikhs (Rajinder Singh Batth and Mangit Singh Sunder) sat in the sports hall of Dormers Wells High School in Southall, listening to the sermons of (some say) ‘self-proclaimed’ Guru Darshan Das. It would become one of Britain rare school shootings, and yet, unlike Dunblane, it has almost been forgotten.Date: Wednesday 11th November 1987 at roughly 9:30pmLocation: Dormers Wells High School, Allenby Road, Southall, London, England, UB1Victim: 4 (Mahraz Darshan Das Ji, Joga Singh and Satwant Singh Panesar all died of their injuries, Dharan Singh Bimbrah survived having been released from hospital)Culprit: 2 (Rajinder Singh Batth and Mangit Singh Sunder)Method: assassination, shooting at faith meetingBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-247-the-dormers-wells-massacreMurder 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 hereSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#246 - Jack the Shitter. Across October 2000, 55-year-old Brian Darby concocted a plan to rape an murder six women across West London over 24 hours, in order to become more infamous than his hero - Jack the Ripper. As a useless man with no skills, no talent and even less brains, he would fail in every way. And although this pointless little man was desperate to be hailed as a serial-killer, the best he deserves is to be known as Jack the Shitter.Date: October to December 2000Location: various locations across West London, W6 ^ W12, London, EnglandVictim: 6 (Susan Oghre, plus 5 unnamed)Culprit: 1 (Brian Peter Darby)Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-247-the-dormers-wells-massacreMurder 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 hereSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#245 - Good Girl, Gone. On 18th of May 1942, 33-year-old part-time prostitute Jean Stafford welcomed a regular client into her room at 3 Bedford Place in Bloomsbury. Being shy and hating her job, she was hoping that a wealthy bachelor would sweep her off her. But later found dead, the detectives initially mistook her death for natural causes. But was it an accident, a suicide, or a murder?Date: 18th May 1942 between 9pm and 10pmLocation: rear room, ground floor, 3 Bedford Place, Bloomsbury, London, England, WC2Victim: 1 (Jean Stafford, real name Agnes Martin)Culprit: 1 (unknown)Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-245-good-girl-goneMurder 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 hereSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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