#173 - A Buddy, A Dummy, A Deadman (Southwark, London, British)
On the night of Thursday 7th December 1950, 42-year old William Donoghue stabbed 74-year-old Thomas Meaney to death. The two men had met that night (as friends of a friend), they got on well, they had...
2 Jun 20221h
#172 - The Sacred One (Regents Park, London, Britain)
Back in the 1920’s, London Zoo had two elephant experts; Sayed Ali and San Dwe. They lived on site, they loved their elephants, and - according to the zoo’s owners - everything was going swimmingly. T...
26 Mai 20221h 5min
#171 - The Girl with a Smile for Everyone - Part Two (Regents Park, London, Britain)
On Wednesday 1st October 1947, at 10:30pm, the body of Renee was found in Regent’s Park, three miles east. She had been gagged, strangled and beaten. What she was doing there? Nobody knows.But it was ...
19 Mai 20221h 3min
#170 - The Girl with a Smile for Everyone - Part One (Westbourne Grove, London, Britain)
On the far eastern edge of Regent’s Park is Cumberland Green on the corner of Chester Road and the Outer Circle. It’s a non-descript expanse of grass with several intersecting paths and few trees.On W...
12 Mai 202256min
#169 - Samuel Bragg: The Miser's Demise (Maida Vale, London, England)
On the morning of Friday 17th July 1964, Kathleen Cotter, a mother of three who lived in the top floor flat of 7 Randolph Avenue in Maida Vale found 77-year-old Samuel Bragg dead in his bed. The old m...
5 Mai 20221h 36min
#168 - The Outcast (Kings Cross, London, UK)
On Saturday 30th January 1965, at 10:50am, two men met for the very first time on the west bound Metropolitan Line of King’s Cross underground station. The first was a 44-year-old porter called Lawren...
28 Apr 20221h 1min
#167 - The Bloody Butler - Part Two (Belgravia, London, UK)
This is Part Two of Two of The Bloody Butler.With their employer on holiday in Scotland, on Saturday 9th August 1969 at 2:30pm, Frank & Victor were seen enjoying a pleasant lunch at Coq Au Vin, a Fren...
21 Apr 20221h 5min
#166 - The Bloody Butler - Part One (Belgravia, London, Britain)
This is Part One of Two.On the next morning of Sunday 10th August at 09:08am, Victor Ford-Lloyd the butler to Sir William Ackroyd entered the top floor flat at 69 Eaton Place after a night out. In the...
14 Apr 20221h
