#65 - The Unfortunate Mr Johnson (Soho, London, W1)
Gordon Johnson; a tragic man of many misfortunes, who was side-lined by life and shafted by fate, and yet crueller still, with no reason and being so unexpected, on Tuesday 5th September 1945, in Mac’...
4 Heinä 20191h 6min
#64 - Ben & Freya Pedersen, the Last Victims of the Hyde Park Bombing (Hyde Park, London, W2)
On Tuesday 20th July 1982, an IRA bomb exploded in Hyde Park. Ben and Freya Pedersen were the last two victims of the Hyde Park bombing, and yet their faces don’t appear in any photos and their names ...
27 Kesä 20191h 3min
#63 - Louis Voisin: the Love Rat, his Ladies and the Bloody Belgian (Fitzrovia, London, W1)
On 31st October 1917, Emilienne Gerard went missing, two days later her dismembered corpse was found. The Police suspected her killer was Louis Voisin; an experienced butcher who could kill a cow with...
20 Kesä 20191h 24min
#62 - The Rosendale Murder - Part Two (Chinatown, London, WC2)
This is a PART TWO of a TWO part special on the murder of Michael Barry Porter; a twenty-three year old scaffolder from King’s Cross, who was brutally murdered in a disreputable West End club, and yet...
13 Kesä 20191h 15min
#62 - The Rosendale Murder - Part One (Chinatown, London, WC2)
This is a PART ONE of a TWO part special on the murder of Michael Barry Porter; a twenty-three year old scaffolder from King’s Cross, who was brutally murdered in a disreputable West End club, and yet...
13 Kesä 20191h 12min
#61 - The Senseless Killing of Charlie Chirgwin (St Giles & Fitzrovia, London)
On Thursday 14th November 1872, the life of Charlie Chirgwin was ended; he was an innocent who wasn’t stabbed, beaten or shot; but his last few hours alive were decided by rules, red-tape and petty re...
6 Kesä 20191h 13min
#60 - Reginald Gordon West: the Birthday Party and the Spent Penny (Chinatown, London, WC2)
On Monday 25th April 1966, Reginald Gordon West was murdered by three young men; he had never met them before, he had never seen them before and they had never spoken before. In fact, they had never m...
30 Touko 20191h 11min
#59 - Daisy Edith Wallis: The Slaughtered Spinster (Holborn, London, WC2)
On Monday 15th August 1949, a lovely but lonely lady with big dreams and a warm heart - who had struggled against the odds to build her own business from scratch - had finally succeeded. She should ha...
23 Touko 20191h 9min
