#1 - The Denmark Place Fire (St Giles & Soho, London, W1)

#1 - The Denmark Place Fire (St Giles & Soho, London, W1)

On Saturday 16th August 1980, 42 year old convicted thief John Thompson had a petty dispute with a barman at an illegal nightclub at 18 Denmark Place (London). What began as a minor argument, soon escalated into one of Britain’s deadliest mass-murderers, and yet almost 40 years on, the story, the victims and even the perpetrator himself is almost entirely forgotten. The question you have to ask yourself is why?

  • Date: Saturday 16th August 1980
  • Location: 18 Denmark Place, St Giles, London, W1
  • Victims: 37 (but technically 38)
  • Culprit: John Thompson


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#289 - The Chalk Pit Murder - Part Two (Thomas John Ley, Kensington, London)

#289 - The Chalk Pit Murder - Part Two (Thomas John Ley, Kensington, London)

This is Part Two of Two of The Chalk Pit Murder. On Thursday 28th of November 1946, Australian politician Thomas Ley enlisted four good people to help him trap a bad man who terrorised women. As a sim...

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#288 - The Chalk Pit Murder - Part One (John McMain Mudie, Kensington, UK)

#288 - The Chalk Pit Murder - Part One (John McMain Mudie, Kensington, UK)

This is Part One of Two of The Chalk Pit Murder. On Thursday 28th of November 1946, Australian politician Thomas Ley enlisted four good people to help him trap a bad man who terrorised women. As a sim...

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#287 - The PIN Heads (Xyaire Howard / Chelsea Grant)

#287 - The PIN Heads (Xyaire Howard / Chelsea Grant)

On Tuesday 6th of September 2022, 71-year-old Susan Hawkey was last seen entering her flat on Aylesbury Street in Neasden. Nobody saw her, nobody heard her, and – although vulnerable and afraid - no-o...

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#286 - The Black Cap Farce (Edith McQuaid, Soho, UK)

#286 - The Black Cap Farce (Edith McQuaid, Soho, UK)

On 1st January 1932, in the attic room of 27 Old Compton Street in Soho, 19-year-old domestic servant Edith McQuaid gave birth to a baby boy. Whether he died of natural causes, or she took his life by...

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#285 - The Suitcase of Death (Jemma Mitchell & Mee Kuen Chong)

#285 - The Suitcase of Death (Jemma Mitchell & Mee Kuen Chong)

On Friday 11th of June 2021 at 6:23am, 34-year-old Jemma Mitchell left her home at 9 Brondesbury Park in Wilsden to visit her friend and fellow Christian Mee Kuen Chong known as Deborah. She was wheel...

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

#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, ...

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#283 - The Vice Girl Killer - Part Three (Justin Martin Clarke, West End, London)

#283 - The Vice Girl Killer - Part Three (Justin Martin Clarke, West End, London)

This is Part Three of Three of The Vice Girl Killer. On the weekend of the 24th and 25th of January 1987, two sex-workers vanished from two street (Sussex Gardens and Cleveland Terrace) near to Paddin...

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#282 - The Vice Girl Killer - Part Two (Racheal Applewhaite, London, UK)

#282 - The Vice Girl Killer - Part Two (Racheal Applewhaite, London, UK)

This is Part Two of Three of The Vice Girl Killer.On the weekend of the 24th and 25th of January 1987, two sex-workers vanished from two street (Sussex Gardens and Cleveland Terrace) near to Paddingto...

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