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This is part three of three about the shocking murder of Katerina Koneva; by pure luck her killer had been caught, and what seemed like a one-off attack led to “one of the most prolific and dangerous sex-offenders ever” and unravelled a catalogue of failure by the authorities in both Britain and Poland. His name was Andrzej Kunowski. Date: Thursday 22nd May 1997 Location: undisclosed ground-floor...

This is part two of three about the shocking murder of Katerina Koneva; an innocent little girl who was brutally raped and strangled to death in her own bedroom by an unknown assailant, it was a devastating attack which would destroy a family forever, but not for the reasons you might expect. Date: Thursday 22nd May 1997 Location: Shepherd's Bush Police Station, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 Victim...

This is part one of three about the shocking murder of Katerina Koneva; an innocent little girl whose doting parents had done everything to protect her, she had a nice home, a loving family and a happy life, but in the one place she should have been safest, her innocence shattered at the hands of The Beast. Date: Thursday 22nd May 1997 Location: 35 Iffley Road in Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 Victi...

This is the omnibus edition of Sulphuric, parts one to six in one episode with no extra mile. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the Final Part of Sulphuric: the true story of serial killer John George Haigh. On the evening of Friday 18th February 1949, serial-killer John George Haigh murdered his sixth and final victim Henrietta Helen Olivia Robarts Durand-Deacon, also known as Olive at his storeroom at Leopold Road. Six people had been murdered, as English Law states that “corpus delicti – with no body, there can...

This is Part Five of Six of Sulphuric: the true story of serial killer John George Haigh, the Acid Bath Murderer. On the evening of Thursday 12th February 1948, a few hours after he had murdered her husband, serial-killer John George Haigh had to lure Rosalie Henderson – Archie’s neurotic, alcoholic and bed-bound wife from the comfort of her hotel to a secluded storeroom, 25 miles away, to murder...

This is Part Four of Six of Sulphuric: the true story of serial killer John George Haigh, the Acid Bath Murder. On the morning of Thursday 12th February 1948, two years after the triple murder of the McSwan family, with John George Haigh having blossomed into a respected businessman with enough money to last a lifetime and had no plans to kill ever again, he lured his new pal - a wealthy man of du...

This is Part Three of Six of Sulphuric: the true story of serial killer John George Haigh. On Monday 2nd July 1945, British serial-killer John George Haigh lured the reclusive parents of his first victim and friend – William Donald McSwan – to his basement at 79 Gloucester Road to be murdered and their bodies disposed of in acid. But how did he do this, and why? Date: Monday 2nd July 1945 Location...

This is Part Two of Six of Sulphuric: the true story of serial killer John George Haigh. On Saturday 9th September 1944, in the basement of 79 Gloucester Road (South Kensington), convicted fraudster John George Haigh would murder his first victim – a successful businessman, entrepreneur and his closest friend - William Donald “Mac” McSwan. And although his body would never be found, Johnny Haigh’s...

This is Part One of Six of Sulphuric: the true story of serial killer John George Haigh. On Monday 28th February 1949, 39 year old John George Haigh; an amiable and smartly-dressed director of an engineering firm sat in interview room three of Chelsea Police Station, assisting the police with the disappearance of his friend Mrs Henrietta Durand-Deacon. And yet, in this interview, Johnny Haigh...

This is Mini Mile, a weekly compendium of UK true-crime facts and trivia designed to accompany Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast and to entertain and inform you whilst your host (Michael) is writing and researching the next multi-part series of Murder Mile. In Mini Mile #13 we’ll ask which sibling is most likely to become a serial-killer, what ponsy toys do crime scene investigators have at their dis...

This is Mini Mile, a weekly compendium of UK true-crime facts and trivia designed to accompany Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast and to entertain and inform you whilst your host (Michael) is writing and researching the next multi-part series of Murder Mile. In Mini Mile #12 we’ll explore the free-time of three infamous killers, we’ll look at the tools used by modern forensics teams, we’ll take too...

This is Mini Mile, a weekly compendium of UK true-crime facts and trivia designed to accompany Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast and to entertain and inform you whilst your host (Michael) is writing and researching the next multi-part series of Murder Mile In Mini Mile #11 we’ll ask who lives with the same name as an infamous serial killer, how do you determine the age and sex of human remains, how d...

This is Mini Mile, a weekly compendium of UK true-crime facts and trivia designed to accompany Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast and to entertain and inform you whilst your host (Michael) is writing and researching the next multi-part series of Murder Mile. In Mini Mile #10 we’ll ask what is the average killing spree of a serial-killer, what can forensics teams determine from different patterns of...

This is Mini Mile, a weekly compendium of UK true-crime facts and trivia designed to accompany Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast and to entertain and inform you whilst your host (Michael) is writing and researching the next multi-part series of Murder Mile. In Mini Mile #9 we’ll ask which serial killers and murderers were disabled, what’s the best way to clean-up after a murder, how much do things co...

This is Mini Mile, a weekly compendium of UK true-crime facts and trivia designed to accompany Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast and to entertain and inform you whilst your host (Michael) is writing and researching the next multi-part series of Murder Mile. In Mini Mile #8, we’ll take a peek at murderers who appeared on the telly, we’ll discover what body parts are destroyed when a corpse is incinera...

On Sunday 7th May 2000 at 08:05pm, outside of The Crown public house in Seven Dial (Covent Garden), 53 year old satanic paedophile Edward Alexander Crowley stabbed 12 year old Diego Pineiro-Villar. But what seemed like a random attack by a stranger was anything but.  Date: 7th May 2000 Location: Seven Dials, Covent Garden, Loindon, WC2 Victims: 1 (Diego Pineiro-Villar) Culprit: Edward Alexand...

This is the concluding part of a TWO PART episode. On 2nd May 1924, Patrick Mahon was arrested after Police found a brown Gladstone bag in the left luggage kiosk of Waterloo Station containing a woman's bloodstained clothes and a ten inch cook's knife. But with Emily missing, very little evidence and her body destroyed, although her death looked accidental, the Police now had to prove that this wa...

This is PART ONE of a TWO PART episode which concludes next week. On Monday 7th April 1924, Emily Beilby Kaye; a smart independent lady who felt her last chance of wedding bells and babies had her slipped-by, left her apartment at the Green Cross Club at 68 Guilford Street, WC1, having met an Irish rogue called “Pat”. And although this tawdry affair would lead to her death…it also led to one of th...

On Saturday 18th September 2004, at 3:10am, on the South bank of the River Thames, David Morley met Chelsea O'Mahoney; two very different people raised by very different parents under very different circumstances; one was loving and kind, the other was heartless and cruel, and yet, having met by chance, their lives would be changed forever. Date: Saturday 18th September 2004 Location: Queen's Walk...

On Saturday 18th September 1948, in Room 1 of the Grenville Hotel, Vera Crawford, an unwell woman was found dead in her hotel bed. It seemed as if she had died of natural causes but being required to inform the victim’s next-of-kin, the Police uncovered a murder which was both sinister and tragic. Date:  Saturday 18th September 19 48 Location: The Grenville Hotel, 1 Grenville Street, Bloomsbu...

On Saturday 7th December 1872, Mary Ann Moriarty; a good, decent and hard-working mother of eight children, who struggled to protect her family whilst trapped in an abusive relationship with a violent angry drunk, had her life and pain ended by the blade of an axe. Date: Saturday 7th December 1872 Location: 13 Granby Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2 (demolished) Victims: 1 (Daniel Moriarty) Culpr...

On Saturday 18th June 1982 at 7:30am, the body of Roberto Calvi, the ex-Chairman of Banco Ambrosiano was found hanging under the north-side of Blackfriars Bridge. Having been sacked, with his bank having collapsed owing to a $1.4 billion dollar debt, which he had caused by illegal trade deals, it looked like a regular suicide. But was it? Date:  Saturday 18th June 1982 Location: Blackfriars B...

On Friday 26th December 1947, Elizabeth Wakefield; an elderly widow who was desperate to remarry for fear of being left on the shelf, moved into the first floor flat at 46 Calthorpe Street with an angry drunken maniac called Frederick Cox who had been convicted of the attempted murder of his entire family. But who was worse – the widow or her killer? Date: Friday 26th December 1947 Location: First...

On Friday 8th March 2013, wealthy Mayfair socialite Roberto Troyan; a gregarious, fun and generous man who being gripped with grief and unable to cope placed his life in the hands of someone he felt he could trust - his financial advisor - and yet this greedy little man would bleed Roberto dry. Date: Friday 8th March 2013 Location: Flat 6, 101 Mount Street, Mayfair, London, W1 Victims: 1 (Roberto...