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• #294 - Sheer 'Bloody' Ignorance (‘Robyn’ Browne, Fitvrovia, UK)

  On Friday 28th of February 1997 sometime after 7pm, at 6b Gosfield Street, a brutal and bloody attack on a lone sex-worker occurred in this first floor flat. Barely reported in the newspapers and ignored by television, the murder of ‘Robyn’ Browne is a case which was largely forgotten… yet the truth of what happened could be hidden among a scattering of facts, being drenched by a deluge of bigotry, racism and fear which helped derail the investigation.Date: Friday 28th of February 1997 after 7pm (time of murder)Location: First Floor, 6B Gosfield Street, Fitzrfovia, London, W1Victim: 1 (James Darwin Errol Browne , known as 'Robyn')Culprits: 1 (James Hopkins).Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. Triple nominated at the True Crime Awards and nominated at the British Podcast Awards. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• #293 - The Mercy Murderess (Valerie & Carmen Swann, Maida Vale)

  On Friday the 7th of February 1936, 32-year-old Carmen Swann booked a twin room for one night in Clarendon Court at 33 Maida Vale, West London. Staying in Room 4 of Flat 20 on the third floor, she and her 8-year-old daughter unpacked their cases, popped on their nightdresses, ordered a pot of tea and got into bed beside the reassuring warmth of the fire. Their stay marked the end of a very long journey, and it was here that their lives would cease.Date: Friday the 7th of February 1936, after 9:30pm (drugs taken)Location: Room 4, Flat 20, Clarendon Court, 33 Maida Vale, West London, W9.Victim: 2 (Valerie & Carmen Swann)Culprits: 1 (Carmen Swann) Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. Triple nominated at the True Crime Awards and nominated at the British Podcast Awards. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• #292 - One of Life's Winners (Peter Wickins, Gordon Topen, UK)

  Saturday 19th of December 1992 at 2:20pm, behind a wooden hut at White City bus depot off Caxton Road in Shepherd's Bush, the body of 32-year-old successful Peter Wickins was found, he was naked except for a pair of socks and had been stabbed 19 times. The Police assumed because he was a millionaire dressed in a tuxedo and that his Rolex watch was missing, that it must be a robbery gone wrong. But it led to a story which was much darker, as one of life’s winners... met one of life's losers.Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. Triple nominated at the True Crime Awards and nominated at the British Podcast Awards. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.· Date: Saturday 19th of December 1992 at 2:20pm (body found)· Location: White City bus depot, off Caxton Road, Shepherd’s Bush, London, W12· Victim: 1 (Peter James Wickins)· Culprits: 2 (Gordon Topen & Frances Graham/Wright).For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• #291 - The Scourge of Soho (Ernest Pink & Det Sgt Harold Challoner)

  On Saturday 25th of May 1963 at 12:20am, four men were ejected from The Establishment Club on Greek Street in Soho. They left without a struggle, with no blood spilled, no damage done and nobody hurt. And yet, with accusations of corruption, violence and an attempted murder in its wake, it sparked a criminal trial and an inquiry which almost brought down the Metropolitan Police, courtesy of one of West End Central’s most corrupt officers – Detective Sergeant Harold ‘Tanky’ Challoner.Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. Triple nominated at the True Crime Awards and nominated at the British Podcast Awards. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.Date: Saturday 25th of May 1963 at 12:20am (time of arrest)Location: The Establishment Club, 18 Greek Street, Soho, London, W1Victim: 4 (Ernest George Pink, Robert Joseph Brown, William Francis and Frederick Bridgeman)Culprits: 8 (Det Serg Kenneth Etheridge, Det Sgt Harold Gordon Challoner, Det Con James Robb, Det Con Clifford Smith, Det Con Donald Robinson, PC Normal Birch, PC David Jenkins and PC Owen Tweedy).For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• #290 - A God called JACKIE (Aravindan Balakrishnan, Brixton, UK)

  On Friday 25th of October 2013 at 11:15am, charity workers aided by the police coordinated the escape of several followers from a flat in Brixton. Some of the women had been held for 30+ years, one for her entire life, but they didn't see themselves as hostages, as having began living life in the commune under a political belief, they didn't realise it had become a cult, under the control of their leader 'Comrade Bala' and a God-machine called JACKIE. Date: Friday 25th of October 2013 at 11:15am (their release)Commune 1: 60 Shakespeare Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24Commune 2: 1C Peckford Place, Brixton, London, SW9,Bookshop: Mao Zedong Memorial Centre, 140 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2Victim: several (including Katy Morgan-Davies, Sian Davies, Josephine Herivel, Aishah Abdul Wahab, Oh Kar Eng )Culprits: 1 (Aravindan Balakrishnan, aka Comrade Bala, or AB)Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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