#45 - Who Killed Camille Gordon? (Soho, London, W1)

Today’s episode is about Charlotte Flanagan, a trainee-nurse and a part-time barmaid who was always there for those who needed her most. But when someone she trusted needed her to be more than just a friend, their close bond ended in murder.Date: 1st January 2002, between 1am and 1:30amLocation: Top floor flat, Barley Mow pub, 82 Duke Street, Mayfair, London, UK, W1 (under construction)Victims: 1 (Charlotte Flanagan)Culprits: 1 (Gareth Richard Horton)Keywords: jealousy, New Year's Eve, friends, killing, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-156-the-old-acquaintance-of-charlotte-flanagan-gareth-richard-hortonMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Des 20211h 6min

Today’s episode is the final part about 19-year-old Michael Douglas Dowdall; a baby-faced killer who had brutally bludgeoned a woman to death, and although this could have been dismissed as an isolated drunken mistake, this murder may mark the beginning of a serial-killer in the making.Date: Saturday 10th October 1959 closer to Sunday at 1:30am (time of the attack)Location: ground floor flat, 5 Ismailia Road, Fulham, London, England, SW6 (demolished)Victims: 1 attacked (Mabel Jean Hill)Culprits: 1 (Michael Douglas Dowdall)Keywords: hammer, attack, women, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-155-the-sadistic-little-drummer-boy-part-2-michael-douglas-dowdall-veronica-murray-mabel-jean-hill-and-annie-belcherMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.DONATE to ST MONGOS (homeless charity)https://www.mungos.org/get-involved/donate/FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Des 20211h 7min

Today’s episode is Part One of Two about 19-year-old Michael Douglas Dowdall. Described as a pathetic little mummy’s boy, his early crimes didn’t just set out to prove his bullies wrong, they also became the first faltering steps of - potentially - a fledgling serial-killer.Date: Monday 15th December 1958 (poss' day of the murder)Location: first floor flat, 58 Charteris Road, Kilburn, London, England, NW6Victims: 1 dead (Veronica Murray)Culprits: 1 (Michael Douglas Dowdall)Keywords: psychopath, psychotic, crazed, maniac, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-154-the-sadistic-little-drummer-boy-part-1-michael-douglas-dowdall-veronica-murrayMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Des 20211h

Today’s episode is about a fire in an old building fitted with modern innovations to ensure its workers safety, and although everyone should have survived, it was the old-fashioned attitude towards one particular group of workers, which led to ten unnecessary deaths. This is the story of the fire at the General Electric Company at 67 Queen Victoria Street in London.Date: Monday 9th June 1902, the fire started at roughly 5pmLocation: Fourth floor, General Electric Company Ltd, 68 Queen Victoria Street in London, UK, EC1 (building now demolished)Victims: 10 (Phyllis Caroline M Elliott aged 14, Jessie Georgina Hastie aged 15, Arthur Vernon Paget aged 21, Mable Garrett 16, Ada Steel 15, Lily Amelia Mansell 16, Mabel Amos 17, Gladys Chambers 14, Violet Hodgeson 18, and Florence Amor aged 18)Keywords: neglect, corporate manslaughter, tragedy, girls, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-153-gec-and-the-fourth-floor-girls-the-mansion-houses-fireMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25 Nov 20211h 15min

Today’s episode is about a family cursed with a history of mental illness and hereditary blindness. It’s a strange relationship where their condition both united and divide them, but with sexual abuse (potentially) added into the mix, it would lead to a brutal and horrifying murder.Date: Saturday 16th June 2007 to Sunday 17th June (time undetermined)Location: location undetermined, possibly Ashcroft Square, Hammersmith, London, UK, W6Victims: 1 dead (Eduardo Mendoza)Culprits: 1 (Maria Calero, found guilty)Keywords: disability, blindness, jealously, killing, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-152-blind-obsessionMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18 Nov 20211h 10min

Today’s episode is about Henry Hall, a loyal husband to his wife and father to three children, who made an honest living as a boot-maker. So, devoted was Henry, that he would willingly sacrifice everything to provide for his family; whether his energy, his health and even his sanity.Date: Friday 8th June 1877, at roughly 3pmLocation: 65 Dean Street, Soho, London, England, W1 (building now demolished)Victims: 1 (Jane, Annie, Frank and Louisa Hall)Culprits: Henry HallKeywords: poverty, poison, children, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-151-no-way-out-for-henry-hallMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11 Nov 20211h 7min

Today’s episode is about a music legend called Ken ‘Snake Hips’ Johnson; a bandleader who could have been one of the all-time greats had his brilliance not been snuffed-out before his time. Only his untimely death wasn’t brought-about because he was black and gay, but owing to one of the most random of tragedies.Date: Saturday 8th March 1941 at roughly 9:45pmLocation: Cafe de Paris, 3-4 Coventry Street, London, UK, W1Victims: 34 dead including Kenrick Reginald Hijmans "Snake Hips" JohnsonKeywords: jazz, swing, blitz, bombing, casualties, English, British, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-150-the-day-the-music-died-the-legend-of-ken-snake-hips-johnsonMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Nov 20211h 7min

This is Part Two of Two of The Abuse of Jane Andrews.On Sunday 17th September 2000, after a romantic break in the French Riviera, the couple retired to bed. Their relationship was a tempestuous one, tensions were high and by the morning, Tommy would be dead. But did Jane kill him in an act of self-defence, or was this a cold-blooded and brutal murder?Date: Sunday 17th September 2000, at roughly 3am (time of death)Location: 74 The Maltings, Fulham, London, UK, SW6Victims: 1 (Thomas Ashley Cressman)Culprits: Jane Dawn Elizabeth Andrews Keywords: jealousy, mental health, British, royal, EnglishBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-149-the-abuse-of-jane-andrews-part-2-tommys-storyMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

28 Okt 20211h 4min