Murder Mile UK True Crime

#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 breaking in, tying up the night porter, and robbing the hotel of its haul of cigarettes and cash. It should have been a simple robbery for two simple boys… but being so inept, their inexperience led...

#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 would have resulted in a fine or a few weeks in prison. And yet, allegedly using ‘acceptable force’ to restrain him, three men would be charged with murder. Date: Saturday 22nd of June 1968 at 5:30pm Loca...

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, Kathleen. Expecting to give birth within the week, this should have been a joyous moment for this devoted father of five. But with Cyril knowing for certain that the child was not his, what she said in...

This is Part One 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, Kathleen. Expecting to give birth within the week, this should have been a joyous moment for this devoted father of five. But with Cyril knowing for certain that the child was not his, what she said in...

#223 - "A Cripple for Life". On Monday 27th of August 1923 at 12:45am, 18-month-old Dorothy Kaslofski drowned in the river Thames having been thrown from Westminster Bridge. Only she didn’t fall, she was thrown by her mother in an act of mercy, having been given some devastating news by a doctor that her daughter’s life wouldn’t be worth living. But was he wrong, had she misheard, or did was this...

#222 - The Five Shilling Striptease. On Thursday 23rd of November 1967 at just shy of midnight, Eric Simmons and David Williams entered GiGi’s, a low rent striptease at 62 Frith Street in Soho. They paid their money, they had a drink, they watched the show, and then seven words were spat. A few minutes later, one of them would be dead. Date: Thursday 23rd of November 1967 at roughly midnight Locat...

#221 - The Saviour. On Saturday 8th of October 1949, 27-year-old Denis Wilfred Barrett invited 19-year-old Kathleen Mary Rosam back to his lodging at 2 Shirland Road, W9. As a homeless girl who had resorted to prostitution to survive, he was desperate to save her from a fate worse than death... only, having witnessed unspeakable horrors, what he needed was saving from life. Date: Saturday 8th of O...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Friends. Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but un...

Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but until then,...

Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but until then,...

Welcome to The Daily Inch. While I’m away researching Murder Mile, here’s a little treat to keep you entertained over the next three weeks. Fifteen little stories which are fun, rambly, informative, but not essential to listen to. Each story had been written and presented in a tongue-in-cheek way and are not for the easily offended. Murder Mile returns on Thursday 24th August 2023, but until then,...

This is Part Three of Three of Shattered Memory. On Monday 13th of July at roughly 3:45pm, in the hallway of 105 Onslow Square in Kensington, SW7, 30-year-old German national Gunther Podola shot Detective Sergeant Raymond Purdy dead. Traced to a nearby hotel at 95 Queen’s Gate, CID detectives and colleagues of the dead officer charged into Gunther’s room… thirty minutes later, he was escorted out,...

This is Part Two of Three of Shattered Memory. On Monday 13th of July at roughly 3:45pm, in the hallway of 105 Onslow Square in Kensington, SW7, 30-year-old German national Gunther Podola shot Detective Sergeant Raymond Purdy dead. Traced to a nearby hotel at 95 Queen’s Gate, CID detectives and colleagues of the dead officer charged into Gunther’s room… thirty minutes later, he was escorted out, s...

This is Part One of Three of Shattered Memory. On Monday 13th of July at roughly 3:45pm, in the hallway of 105 Onslow Square in Kensington, SW7, 30-year-old German national Gunther Podola shot Detective Sergeant Raymond Purdy dead. Traced to a nearby hotel at 95 Queen’s Gate, CID detectives and colleagues of the dead officer charged into Gunther’s room… thirty minutes later, he was escorted out, s...