#201 - The Soho Strangler - Part Five 'Dutch Leah: A Forgotten Woman' (Soho, UK)

Across October and early November 1888, when 'Jack the Ripper' slayed several women in the East End of London, a smaller and largely forgotten sexual sadist was attacking women in Soho in the West End. Masked using a series of baffling distractions, his crimes were made possible owing to the fevered frenzy in the midst of a mini media mania committed in the Ripper's shadow. But who was he, was it a hoax, or did he even exist? For those fascinated by Jack the Ripper, here's an interesting side story about a crazed sadist who committed a shocking crime spree in West London, just three miles from Whitechapel, and possibly used Jack the Ripper's crimes to cover his own.Date: Friday 5th of October 1888 to Sunday 4th of November 1888.Location: several across Soho/Fitzrovia/Bloomsbury.Victims: 7 (Eliza Smyth, ‘Swiss Annie’, Jayne Jones, Emma Jewson, Alice or Anna Dedmun, ‘Minnie’ Jones and Eliza Shad)Culprits: ?Method of death: strangulation and mutilationBlog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-278-in-the-rippers-shadowMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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 hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click hereTo subscribe to the Always True Crime newsletter, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Dec 20241h 1min

Sunday the 1st of December 2019 was the last time 53-year-old William Algar, a talented jazz trumpeter was seen alive. One month later, parts of his dismembered body were found in his flat at 7 Nowell Road in Barnes, having been the victim of cuckooing by a drugs gang. But who had murdered him? This is a story about a county lines gang who murdered an innocent man in the name of greed.Date: Sunday 1st December 2019 (time of murder impossible to tell)Location: Ground Floor Flat, 7 Nowell Road, Barnes, SW13Victims: 1 (William Hugh Blaise Algar)Culprits: 1 (Emeka Kabiru Dawuda-Wodu, Zimele Dube, Janayo Lucima, Marc Harding)Method of death: stabbing, decapitation and dismemberment.Note: Wodu, Emmons & Dube were found guilty of the later murder of Ebrima Cham. In the murder of William Algar, all were convicted of perverting the course of justice, but unable to prove who had killed William, Wodu, Emmons & Dube were found ‘not guilty’ of his murder or his manslaughter.Blog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-277-the-cuckoo-william-algar-emeka-dawuda-woduMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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 hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

28 Nov 202459min

#276 - Killing for VictoryIn the evening of Tuesday 20th of May 1941, 28-year-old single-mother Phyllis Crocker and her 18-month-old daughter Eileen went to bed, as usual. Being 3 months pregnant, Phyllis drank a cup of cocoa to help her sleep, as made by her husband. But little did she know it would make her sleep for an eternity.Date: Tuesday 20th of May 1941 (bedtime, exact time unknown)Location: Ground Floor Flat, 9 Goring Way, Greenford, London, UB6Victims: 2 (Phyllis Elizabeth Crocker & Eileen Alice Crocker)Culprits: 1 (Lionel Rupert Nathan Watson)Method of death: poisoning by cyanide, infanticide and burialBlog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-276-killing-for-victory-lionel-watson-phyllis-eileen-crockerMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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 hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here #truecrime #murder #ukcrime #cyanide #poison #westlondon #greenford #crime #london #ukcrimes #baby #child #solved #unsolved #killing #doublemurder #cruel #killings #truecrimepodcast #spotify #itunes #acast #murders #police #oldbailey #westend #blitz #ww2 #war #crime #britishmurder #britishcrimeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Nov 202458min

#275 - Stolen Womanhood.On Sunday 5th of November 1978, at a little after 5:30pm, two women stood at a bus stop on Sydney Place in Kensington, SW7, waiting for the rush hour bus. Having been close friends for decades, there seemed to be an odd friction between them, and although their issue was of a personal nature, within minutes, one would be a wanted criminal on the run, and the other would be shot dead. But why did Alvada Kooken murder Margaret Philbin?Date: Sunday 5th of November 1978, at a little after 5:30pmLocation: Bus Stop (now HY), Sydney Place, off Fulham Road, Kensington, SW7.Victims: 1 (Margaret Helen Philbin known as Peggy)Culprits: 1 (Alvada Ruth Kooken)Method of killing: shooting in a public place, having drawn up a kill listBlog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-275-stolen-womanhood-alvada-ruth-kooken-margaret-peggy-philbinMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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 hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 Nov 202454min

#274 - Immoral Earnings.1st August 1970, 20-year-old Mary McCormack of Limerick was found strangled in her ground floor flat at 85 Talgarth Road in Baron’s Court, W14. With no signs of a break-in, the police suspected it was either a client who she let in, or a tenant with a key. But did the Police convict the right man?Date: 1st August 1970 (roughly 2:20am, police arrived 2:25am)Location: Ground Floor Flat, 85 Talgarth Road, Baron's Court, W14Victims: 1 (Mary Elizabeth McCormack)Culprits: 1 (Alfred Nathan Bain)Method: strangulation with a wireBlog available here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-274-immoral-earnings-mary-mccormack-alfred-nathan-bainMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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 hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Nov 20241h 2min

#273 - A 'Bad' Man. On Tuesday 11th August 1936, at roughly noon, in the basement flat of 7 Roseford Gardens in Shepherd’s Bush, 66-year-old widow Elizabeth Fortescue was smothered to death, as her attacker ransacked her flat. Given the violence used against her, the Police suspected “she had died at the hands of a violent man”. But how true was that?Date: Tuesday 11th August 1936 (roughly 11:50am)Location: Basement Flat, 7 Roseford Gardens in Shepherd’s Bush, W1Victims: 1 (Elizabeth Ada Fortschunk/Fortescue, nee Croker)Culprits: 1 (Alfred Stratford & Mary-Ann Flynn)Method: assault and robbery leading to suffocation and asphyxiation, Blog available here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-273-a-bad-man-elizabeth-ada-fortschunk-alfred-stratford-mary-ann-flynnMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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 hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

31 Okt 20241h 2min

#272 - Red MistOn Sunday 31st July 1949, just before midnight, Michael Martin unleashed a violent attack on a defenceless 53-year-old prostitute known locally as ‘Mona’. To the press, it seemed like an all-too-familiar story of a destitute woman who was brutally murdered by a horny drunken punter, but with time and infirmity catching up with all of us, this anonymous streetwalker’s death marked the end of an amazing criminal.Date: Sunday 31st July 1949 (roughly 11:50pm)Location: Room 12, 45 Manchester Street, Marylebone, London, W1Victims: 1 (Annie Beamish, aliases Margaret Reid, Maggie Reid, Mona Reeves, Monica Reeves, Elsie Brown)Culprits: 1 (Michael Joseph Martin, alias Danny)Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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.Blog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-272-red-mist-michael-joseph-martin-annie-beamish-alias-margaret-reid-mona-reeves-elsie-brown-etcFor links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 Okt 202458min

#271 - Vicious CirclesOn Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th of August 2021, having recently been released from prison, Lee Peacock brutally murdered his ex-partner Sharon Pickles and her partner Clinton Ashmore. But was this due to jealousy, or a drug-induced paranoia, or jealousy, being stuck inside their own ‘vicious circles’.Date #1 (Sharon's murder): Wednesday 18th August 2021 at 7am+Location: Flat 13 or 14, Alpha House, 1 Ashbridge Street, Lisson Grove, London, NW8Date #2: (Clinton's murder) Thursday 19th of August 2021 at around midnightLocation: (flat unknown) Jerome House, Jerome Crescent, Lisson Grove, London, NW8Victim: 2 (Sharon Pickles & Clinton Ashmore)Culprit: 1 (Lee Christopher Peacock)Blog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-271-vicious-circles-sharon-pickles-clinton-ashmore-lee-peacockMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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 hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17 Okt 20241h 3min