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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: Sunda...

#276 - Killing for Victory In 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) Loca...

#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...

#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: Grou...

#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 11:50a...

#272 - Red Mist On 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 t...

#271 - Vicious Circles On 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...

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 executio...

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 executio...

#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 10pm Lo...

#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 j...

This is Part Two of Two of The Fearmonger. On Monday 4th of November 1985, a three-week spree of rape and murder culminated, as at 9:50pm, a silvery-blue Montego sped north up Park Lane towards Marble Arch, zigzagging like a crazed loon across both lanes at a suicidal 80mph. Inside, two terrified women screamed, as John Steed, the M4 Rapist shot one of his hostages dead. But why did it end this wa...

This is Part One of Two of The Fearmonger. On Monday 4th of November 1985, a three-week spree of rape and murder culminated, as at 9:50pm, a silvery-blue Montego sped north up Park Lane towards Marble Arch, zigzagging like a crazed loon across both lanes at a suicidal 80mph. Inside, two terrified women screamed, as John Steed, the M4 Rapist shot one of his hostages dead. But why did it end this wa...

#264 - 'Shock Tactics' On Monday 24th of October 1966, Dr Abdullah a noted psychiatrist walked into a clip joint in Soho and shot a hostess (Rita Rothery) in the chest from 3 feet away. Four days later, on Friday 28th of October 1966, he shot art Student Diane Spencer in broad daylight outside of Euston Station. Neither of them he had met before. So, why was he hellbent on killing them? Date: Mond...

#263 - Sweethearts On the night of Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th February 1984, in the workshop of Courier Display Systems on Union Street in Southwark, teenage lovers (Robert Ian Vaughan & Michelle Anne Sadler) were brutally murdered by their work colleague David Carty. But why? Date: Sunday 5th February 1984, at 1am (estimated) Location: Courier Display Systems, Union Street, Southwark, London,...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 28 (the Final Part) of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harke...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 27 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz t...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 26 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz t...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 25 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz t...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 24 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz t...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 23 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz t...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 22 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz t...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 1 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz th...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 20 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz t...

WARNING: this is not a regular episode, and contains facts/stories which some may find distressing. This is Part 19 of 28 of Cannibalism, a new podcast series by Murder Mile UK True Crime, which rolls out every day for four weeks. It features facts about Robert Maudsley, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen, Anthony Morely, UAF Flight 571, Peter Bryan, Armin Meiwes, Vince Li, David Harker, Özgür Dengiz t...