#183 - Captain J A Ritchie and the End of the War (Soho, London, Britain)
At a little after 11:30pm on Friday 14th September 1945, Captain John Ritchie of the Canadian Army was attacked on Bourchier Street by two British soldiers clutching half a brick. But why? This is a c...
1 Sep 20221h 7min
#182 - The Quiet American (The Strand, London, Britain)
In the summer of 1958, the occupant of Room 622 in the Strand Palace Hotel was Bernard Smith; a kind and decent man who was quiet and respectable. Running a successful furniture business in New York, ...
25 Aug 20221h 5min
#181 - Sweet Dreams (Green Park, London, British)
In the early hours of Saturday 25th July 2009 at roughly 4am, two such strangers would meet by chance right here. One was Nadim Gulamhuseinwala and the other was Thomas Connor; two men from very diffe...
18 Aug 20221h 3min
#180 - Lena: Alone and Unloved (Paddington, W9, British)
On Wednesday 22nd July 1942, the body of a woman was pulled from the water right here. She had been missing for more than a week, but no-one had reported her missing. We know her only as Lena Cunningh...
11 Aug 20221h 14min
#179 - Minnie (Maida Vale/Hill, London, Britain)
In a small basement front room of 3 Rundell Road in Maida Hill once lived a little family; 26-year-old chambermaid Minnie Barry, her fiancé 24-year-old porter Frederick Sorensen and their 3 year old s...
4 Aug 20221h 3min
#178 - The Night Porter - Part Three (Bayswater, London, UK)
This is Part Three of Three of The Night Porter. On the morning of Sunday 18th September 1972, in Room 11,68-year-old Emmy Werner was found dead in the bed of Room 11 in the Queen’s Hotel, Bayswater. ...
28 Jul 20221h 10min
#177 - The Night Porter - Part Two (Baywater, London, UK)
This is Part Two of Three of The Night Porter.On the morning of Sunday 18th September 1972, in Room 11,68-year-old Emmy Werner was found dead in the bed of Room 11 in the Queen’s Hotel, Bayswater. Hav...
21 Jul 20221h 4min
#176 - The Night Porter - Part One (Bayswater, London, UK)
This is Part One of Three of The Night Porter.On the morning of Sunday 17th September 1972, in Room 11,68-year-old Emmy Werner was found dead in the bed of Room 11 in the Queen’s Hotel, Bayswater. Hav...
14 Jul 20221h 5min
