#36 - Love, Loss and the Lingering Death of Helen Mary Pickwoad (Oxford Street, London, W1)

This is Part Four of Ten of The Soho Strangler.By the morning of Friday 17th April 1936, word had spread around Soho that 43-year-old Jeanne-Marie Cotton had been murdered; strangled in her own flat, using her own scarf, with no suspects or motive.It seemed like a random unprovoked attack on a defenceless woman for no reason. It was a case which would have been forgotten, until it was connected to an unnervingly similar murder two streets south and five months earlier upon another French brunette in her early forties. Was this a coincidence?Date: Friday 17th April 1936Location: 3rd Floor, Denard Manufacturing, 65 Margaret Street, London, UK, W1Victim: 1 (Jeanne-Marie Cotton, also Marie or Jeanette Cousins)This is Britain's least known and long forgotten serial killersBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-200-the-soho-strangler-part-four-the-ordinary-murder-by-a-lodgerMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks 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 HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Maalis 20231h 10min

This is Part Three of Ten of The Soho Strangler.Five months later, the murder of Soho prostitute ‘French Fifi’ was forgotten.On Thursday 16th April 1936, the body of 43-year-old French national Jeanne-Marie Cotton was found dead in her flat. Initially mistaken for an accident or natural causes, a more in-depth-investigation would prove it to be murder, only no-one had noticed the shocking similarities between the mysterious death of Marie Cotton and French Fifi, just two streets south.Date: Thursday 16th April 1936 between 5:30pm and 7:30pmLocation: 2nd Floor, 47 Lexington Street, Soho, London, UK W1Victim: 1 (Jeanne-Marie Cotton, also Marie or Jeanette Cousins)This is Britain's least known and long forgotten serial killersBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-200-the-soho-strangler-part-four-the-ordinary-murder-by-a-lodgerMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks 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 HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Helmi 20231h 6min

This is Part Two of Ten of The Soho Strangler.Having discovered the body of 41-year-old prostitute 'French Fifi' in her bedroom, the police surgeon had determined that that her death was "most probably a suicide" given all the evidence placed before him. But what it a suicide, or was this the first fledgling killing by The Soho Strangler.Date: Monday 4th November 1935 between 2am and 4amLocation: Flat 1, 3rd Floor, 3-4 Archer Street, Soho, London, UK, W1Victim: 1 (Josephine Mechanique/Martin, alias 'French Fifi')This is Britain / London's unknown and long forgotten serial killerBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-200-the-soho-strangler-part-four-the-ordinary-murder-by-a-lodgerMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks 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 HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Helmi 20231h 9min

This is Part One of Ten of The Soho Strangler. On Monday 4th November 1935, at roughly noon, the body of 41—year-old Josephine Martin, a Soho prostitute known as ‘French Fifi’ was found by her maid in her own bed, having asphyxiated herself using her own stocking. Wracked with debts and depression, her death was noted as “possibly a suicide”… when in fact, it was the first killing by The Soho Strangler.Date: Monday 4th November 1935 between 2am and 4amLocation: Flat 1, 3rd Floor, 3-4 Archer Street, Soho, W1Victim: 1 (Josephine Mechanique/Martin, alias 'French Fifi')Britain's unknown and long forgotten serial killerBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-200-the-soho-strangler-part-four-the-ordinary-murder-by-a-lodgerMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks 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 HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Helmi 20231h 8min

As thank you to everyone for listening to and supporting Murder Mile, here's a Chrstmas Special featuring some very familiar faces. If you're new to the show, most of this won't make any sense what-so-ever :-) Murder Mile ill return on Thursday 9th February 2023. Stay safeMxSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25 Joulu 202225min

This is Part Two of Two of In Too Deep.On 12th March 1968, at 11:10am, a gang of incompetant robbers staged a home invasion of the Flat 35 at Falmouth House, the home of a wealthy stockbroker and his pregnant wife. Having badly under-estimated his wealth, they set about trying to sell the last item of his worth anything - his car. But what starts as a simple robbery, ends in a horrific double murder.Date: Tuesday 12th March 1969 at 11:10amLocation: Flat 35, Falmouth House, Bayswater Road, W2, EnglandVictims: 2 (Michael & Janet O'Carroll)Culprits: 3 (Dave Bolton, Mike Ellis and Ray Cohen)Method: torture, robbery, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-196-in-too-deep-part-twoMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks 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 HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22 Joulu 20221h 7min

This is Part One of Two of In Too Deep.Back in 1968, Flat 35 on the fifth floor was an elegant and stylish two-bedroomed apartment owned by newly-weds; 53-year-old stockbroker Michael O’Carroll and 25-year-old model Janet Williams. Being a secure home, these flats have buzzers, intercoms, cameras, porters and service bells to ensure the residents safety. But on 12th March 1968 - as many homes have - Flat 35 was burgled. It had been planned as a simple get in-grab it-and get out caper, so this should have been an easy job for the robbers. But being planned by a gang who were both inept and ill-equipped, their home invasion would turn from a hostage situation into a brutal double murder.Date: Tuesday 12th March 1968 (time of murder unknown, post 4:30pm)Location: Flat 35, Falmouth House, Bayswater Road, W2Victims: 2 (Michael St John O’Carroll & Janet Alive Williams'O'Carroll)Culprits: 3 (David Colvan Bolton, Michael David Ellis & Raymond David Cohen)Method: robbery, torture and strangulationBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-195-in-too-deep-part-oneMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks 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 HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 Joulu 20221h 5min

1962, the basement flat at 17 Pembroke Court in West Kensington was owned by George Brinham; a respected trade unionist and chairman of the Labour Party, who was hailed as a Prime Minister in the making. And yet, there is no blue plaque to George Brinham. Some might say this was down to his political affiliations, others might imply it was owing to his love life, but maybe it’s simply down to a scandal which on Saturday 17th November 1962, led to his murder.But why was George Brinham killed, and did a quirk of the law let his murderer go free?Date: Saturday 17th November 1962 at roughly 10:15pmLocation: Flat 17, Pembroke Court, Edwarde Square, Kensington, London, England, W8Victims: 1 (George Ivor Brinham)Culprits: 1 (Laurence Thomas Somers)Method: assault and rapeBlog: https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-194-the-gay-panicMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks 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 HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Joulu 20221h