Murder Mile UK True Crime

On 10th November 1949, 14 month old Geraldine Evans was murdered, her body wouldn’t be discovered until almost three weeks later, and although he claimed to know nothing about it, her father – Timothy Evans – would confess to her murder… but what was the real truth? This is part five of the full, true and untold story of The Other Side of 10 Rillington Place. Date: Thursday 10th November 1949 Loca...

On 30th November 1949, 24 year old Timothy John Evans walked into Merthyr Vale Police Station and confessed to disposing of the body of his wife Beryl Evans, following a failed abortion attempt at 10 Rillington Place… but what was the real truth? This is part four of the full, true and untold story of The Other Side of 10 Rillington Place. Date: Wednesday 30th November 1949 Location: The Kensingto...

On 8th November 1949, 20 year old Beryl Susanna Evans, a married mother-of-one who lived in the second floor flat at 10 Rillington Place, died following a suspected suicide attempt after a series of failed abortions, and yet, her husband Timothy Evans would be arrested for her murder. But was this a suicide, a murder, or was she the third victim of the infamous British serial killer John Reginald...

On Saturday 7th October 1944, 32 year old East London orphan Muriel Eady vanished from Ladbroke Grove in West London, one year after 21 year old Ruth Fuerst, but with this being war-time, it was believed that she was just one of thousands of unidentified bodies and body-parts littered across the city’s bomb-craters, but she was the second confirmed victim of the infamous British serial killer John...

On Tuesday 24th August 1943, 21 year old Austrian refugee Ruth Fuerst vanished from Ladbroke Grove in West London. Having been missing for almost a decade, it was believed that she was just one of thousands of unidentified bodies and body-parts littered across the city’s bomb-craters, but – in truth – Ruth Fuerst was the first confirmed victim of the infamous British serial killer John Reginald Ha...

This is part two of a two-part episode. On Sunday 25th July 1965, in Goslett Yard in Soho; world champion light-heavyweight boxer, film star and club-owner Freddie Mills was found dead, shot in the head. But was it a suicide, or murder? Date: Sunday 25th July 1965 Location: Goslett Yard, Soho, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Freddie Mills) Culprit: Unknown Nominated one of the BEST BRITISH TRUE CRIME PODCA...

On Sunday 25th July 1965, in Goslett Yard in Soho; world champion light-heavyweight boxer, film star and club-owner Freddie Mills was found dead, shot in the head. But was it a suicide, or murder? This is part one of a two-part episode. Date: Sunday 25th July 1965 Location: Goslett Yard, Soho, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Freddie Mills) Culprit: Unknown Nominated one of the BEST BRITISH TRUE CRIME PODCA...

On Monday 1st March 2004, Camille Gordon; a bubbly student with a beaming smile, a big heart and a bright future, who had no enemies, only friends, and yet, she was stabbed to death outside of The Blue Bunny Club in Soho. But why? Date: Monday 1st March 2004 Location: The Blue Bunny Club, 7 Archer Street, Soho, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Camille Gordon) Culprit: Unknown Nominated one of the BEST BRITI...

Between Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th and Monday 25th March 1850, at 25 Brydges Street, a baker’s wife called Susan Moir was literally beaten to death. And although this story is almost 170 years old, it remains just as relevant today Date: Friday 22nd to Monday 25th March 1850 Location: Moir's Bakery, 25 Brydges Street , Covent Garden, London, WC2 (no demolished) Victims: 1 (Susan Moir)...

On 30th December 1942, in 112 Bryanston Court, Marion Lees-Smith was a single mother who was struggling alone to cope with the daily demands of Derek - her deaf and brain-damaged son. And as frustrated and exasperated as Marion would often be, her death would come about, not by exhaustion, but by the hand of her own son. Date: Friday 30th December 1942 Location: Flat 112, Bryanston Court, Marylebo...

On the afternoon of Friday 12th December 2014, in Ormond Yard, a quiet back-street at the back of a garish restaurant called Abracadabra, larger-than-life businessman David West Senior was brutally stabbed to death by his diligent business partner and beloved son – David West Junior. But why? Date: Friday 12th December 2014 Location: 8 Ormond Yard, Piccadilly, London, SW1 Victims: 1 (David West Sn...

On Friday 19th September 1947, two robbers - Christopher James Geraghty and Charles Henry Jenkins - were executed having killed an innocent bystander whilst in pursuit of a robbery, as no-one could prove which man had committed the murder. It's a trial which brought about the abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom. But who was the real victim? Date: Friday 29th April 1943 Location: 7...

On Tuesday 26th January 1943, somewhere at the back of King’s Cross station, in an unknown derelict warehouse, Glyndwr Michael; a nobody, a nothing, a homeless man became a hero, and although he saved my life, your life and all of our lives, 80 years on, his name his hardly known. Date: Tuesday 26th January 1943 Location: King's Cross, London, N1 (exact location unknown) Victims: 1 (Glyndwr Michae...

George Thomas Pickering – The Silent Killer: on Monday 8th October 1963, in the first floor flat of 12 Brewer Street in Soho, W1, a hard-working husband and doting father-of three, brutally murdered a Soho prostitute called Rosa O’Neill. And yet, why he killed her remains the real mystery. Date: Monday 8th October 1963 Location: 12 Brewer Street, Soho, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Rosa O'Neill) Culprit:...

Justice for Martine Vik Magnussen: On the morning of Sunday 16th March 2008, the body of 23 year old Martine Vik Magnussen was found raped and strangled in the basement of 222 Great Portland Street, London. And although the Police know who her killer is, where he is and can prove he was guilty, he has never been arrested. Why? Date: Friday 14th March 2008 Location: Seaford Court at 22 Great Portla...

On Sunday 14th June 1964, in the bar-room of The White Horse public house on Rupert Street in Soho, 21 year old Larry Winters shot 44 year old barman Paddy O'Keefe to death, having never met him before. But why? Date: Sunday 14th June 1964 Location: The White Horse, Rupert Street, Soho, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Paddy O'Keefe) Culprit: Lawrence Costigan "Larry" Winters Nominated one of the BEST BRITI...

Love, Loss and the Lingering Death of Helen Mary Pickwoad : 27 year old Helen Mary Pickwoad thought she’d fallen in love with the man of her dreams, an Army Captain called Edward Tickell, but on Wednesday 20th May 1942, in Room 365 of the Mount Royal Hotel (now called Amba Hotel) at 508/540 Oxford Street, she died a very slow, painful and lingering death, and her boyfriend wasn't even in the room....

The Several Assassinations of the Exiled Iraqi : Abd ar-Razzaq Said al-Naif; an exiled Iraqi national, living in the West End, found himself the target of several assassinations. And yet, as high up as the orders to have him killed came, his death sentence was possibly conducted by a very unlikely firing squad. Date: Thursday 18th February 1972 Location: Flat 21, 35 Bryanston Square, Marylebone, L...

Brian Alexander Robinson and the D’Arblay Street Death : On Friday 29th August 1964, Brian Alexander Robinson, a 19 year old part-time DJ who murdered a man he had never met before, for no financial gain nor personal malice. And yet, although he was found guilty, Brian should never have been tried for murder. Date: Friday 29th August 1964 Location: The Limbo Club, 11b Wardour Mews, Soho, London, W...

Jacques Adrian Tratsart - The Corner House Killer : On Friday 20th April 1945, at the Lyon’s Corner House tearoom on Oxford Street, 27 year old Jacques Tratsart attempted to murder his mild-mannered father, his epileptic sister, his disabled brother and then himself. But what drove this hard-working and ambition man to commit mass-murder? Date: Friday 20th April 1945 Location: Lyon's Corner House...

The Blackout Ripper - The Full Story Parts 5 to 8. As promised, this is the full story of The Blackout Ripper with all of the rubbish taken out; no admin, no extra mile, no credits, just the full untold story of The Blackout Ripper. Murder Mile is a true-crime podcast and audio-guided walk of 300+ untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases, all set within one square mile of the West End. Eac...

The Blackout Ripper - The Full Story Parts 1 to 4. As promised, this is the full story of The Blackout Ripper with all of the rubbish taken out; no admin, no extra mile, no credits, just the full untold story of The Blackout Ripper. Murder Mile is a true-crime podcast and audio-guided walk of 300+ untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases, all set within one square mile of the West End. Eac...

The Blackout Ripper Part 8 (of 8): Who was Gordon Frederick Cummins? What incidents in his childhood made him kill? And why would he go on to murder four women in four days in London's West End? Find out in this exploration of the childhood, career, loves and personality of The Blackout Ripper. Date: Monday 9th to Thursday 12th February 1942 Location: West End , London, W1 Victims: 6 Culprit:...

The Blackout Ripper Part 7 of 8: On Friday 13th February 1942, Gordon Frederick Cummins was arrested for assault, and as the evidence mounted, it became clear that to the Police that in their cells was The Blackout Ripper. But could they prove it, and could they make him confess to his crimes? Date: Friday 13th February 1942 Victims: 6 (Evelyn Hamilton, Evelyn Oatley, Margaret Florence Lowe, Doris...

The Blackout Ripper Part 6: On the morning of Friday 13th February 1942, The Blackout Ripper was caught and arrested, but not for the brutal murder of four women in London’s West End, and the Police had no idea who he really was. Date: Friday 13th February 1942 Location: West End Central police station, Off Regent Street, London, W1 Victims: 6 Culprit: The Blackout Ripper Murder Mile is a true-cri...