Mini Mile #8 – Celebrity, Criminal Tats, Cremation and Cow F**kers

#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

This is Part Two of Two of The 'Taxi Driver' Murders.On Thursday 18th of October 1945, the bloodied body of veteran taxi-driver Frank Everitt was found wedged on the bridge in a hole at the pump house on Lambeth Bridge, which he could hardly fit into. At first, it seemed like he was either stuck or sleeping, but was this just a crude attempt to conceal a corpse, or a meticulously planned execution?Date: Thursday 18th of October 1945 (found at 9:05am)Location: The Pump House, Lambeth Bridge, London, SW1Victim: 2 (Frank Everitt & Reuben Martirosoff)Culprit: 2 (Marian Grondkowski & Henryk Malinowski)Method: shooting and disposalBlog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-269-270-the-taxi-driver-murders-parts-1-2-frank-everitt-reuben-martirosoff-marian-grondkowski-henryk-malinowskiMurder 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.

10 Okt 202459min

This is Part One of Two of The 'Taxi Driver' Murders.On Thursday 18th of October 1945, the bloodied body of veteran taxi-driver Frank Everitt was found wedged on the bridge in a hole at the pump house on Lambeth Bridge, which he could hardly fit into. At first, it seemed like he was either stuck or sleeping, but was this just a crude attempt to conceal a corpse, or a meticulously planned execution?Date: Thursday 18th of October 1945 (found at 9:05am)Location: The Pump House, Lambeth Bridge, SW1Victim: 2 (Frank Everitt & Reuben Martirosoff)Culprit: 2 (Marian Grondkowski & Henryk Malinowski)Blog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-269-270-the-taxi-driver-murders-parts-1-2-frank-everitt-reuben-martirosoff-marian-grondkowski-henryk-malinowskiMurder 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.

3 Okt 202455min

#268 - The Savaged 'Prince'. On the evening of Monday 18th of September 1989, 40-year-old Christoph Schliack, an eccentric German who many only knew as 'The Prince' left the White Horse pub with two men. 30 minutes later, he would be brutally stabbed to death. But why? Was it political, personal, was it a robbery, or was it a known homosexual?Date: Monday 18th of September 1989 at roughly 10pmLocations: First floor flat, 52 Coverdale Road, Shepherd's Bush, W12Victim: 1 (Christoph Schliack)Culprit: 1 (Kenneth Hamilton)Method: sadistic stabbingBlog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-268-the-savaged-prince-christoph-schliack-kenneth-hamilton-daniel-hoganMurder 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.

26 Sep 20241h 5min

#267 - Sadistic Cruelty. Shakira Spencer was a loving mother-of-two, who lived to be loved and gave it back in spades. But when her “best friend” became her worst enemy, her life no longer became her own, she was reduced to being little more than a slave, and across the weekend Friday 9th to Monday 12th of September 2022 – out of boredom or spite - her so-called friends subjected her to what the judge described as “sadistic cruelty”.Date: Friday 9th to Monday 12th of September 2022Location #1: Lambert House, 31 Holbeck Road, Ealing, W13Location #2: 29 Greenhill Road, Harrow on the Hill, HA1Victim: 1 (Shakira Spencer)Culprit: 3 (Ashana Studholme, Lisa Richardson & Shaun Pendlebury)Method: starvation, torture, burning, assault and murderBlog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-267-sadistic-cruelty-shakira-spencer-ashana-studholme-lisa-richardson-shaun-pendleburyMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written andperformed 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 LONDON PODCAST FESTIVAL - we will be performing 'Murder Ain't Easy' at the London Podcast Festival on Saturday 14th September at 7pm. If you would like to come and see us, click on this link for TICKETS.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

19 Sep 20241h