#232 - Finally, a home (Soho, London, England)
#232 - Finally, a home. On Friday 23rd April 1960, 23-year-old Elaine Baker finished her shift as a striptease artiste at the Peeperama on 47 Frith Street in Soho. It was an odd job for her to do, as ...
9 Nov 20231h 2min
#231 - The Good Samaritans (Soho, London, UK)
#231 - The Good Samaritans. On Sunday 31st of July 1904, at roughly 12:30am, a fight broke out near the doorway of 23 Greek Street in Soho between two young men; Edward Devanney and Raphael Ciclino. A...
2 Nov 20231h 4min
#230 - Pieces (Waterloo, London, England)
#230 - Pieces. On Monday the 25th of February 1935 at 2:30pm, an unusual parcel arrived at Platform 19 of Waterloo Station. At 21 inches long, 9 inches wide and deep and weighing close to two stone, t...
26 Okt 20231h
#229 - Dumped (Piccadilly, London, UK)
#229 - Dumped. On Friday 27th of March 1959 at 2:50am, Graham Osborn man was found slumped against the railings at 117 Piccadilly. Later dying of his wounds, no-one knew why he was there, few knew tha...
19 Okt 20231h 5min
#228 - William Bousfield and the Price of Fame (Soho, London, UK)
#228 - William Bousfield and the Price of Fame. In the early hours of Sunday 3rd of February 1856, William Bousfield, a part-time tobacconist and wannabe actor mercilessly murdered his wife and three ...
12 Okt 20231h 7min
#227 - Silly Little Boys (Kensington, London, UK)
#227 - Silly Little Boys. This is 19-25 Harrington Gardens in Kensington, SW7. In the early hours of Tuesday 9th of March 1954, two immature young boys called Ted & Ian chose to get rich quick, by bre...
5 Okt 202358min
#226 - Overkill (Soho, London, England)
#226 - Overkill. On Saturday 22nd of June 1968, a petty thief tried to steal a small amount of cash from Taj Mahal at 21 Romilly Street in Soho. It wasn’t a daring heist, but a petulant act which woul...
28 Sep 20231h 4min
#225 - The 'Immoral' Mrs Patmore - Part Two (Harlesden, London, UK)
This is Part Two of Two of The ‘Immoral’ Mrs Patmore. On Saturday 4th August 1945, Private Cyril Patmore knocked on the door of 12 Greenhill Road in Harlesden to speak to his heavily pregnant wife, Ka...
21 Sep 20231h 5min
