Murder Mile UK True Crime
FIVE TIME AWARD NOMINATED at the True Crime Awards 2025, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards as Best True Crime Podcast. Murder Mile UK True Crime is a unique London-based true-crime podcast, focused on Soho, the West End and West London, presented as a guided walk of 300+ untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases.Praised as one of the best London, British, English and UK True Crime podcasts, as well as 4th Best True-Crime Podcast by This Week, iTunes Top 25 Podcast, Podcast Magazine's Hot 50, The Telegraph's Top 5, Crime & Investigation Channel's Top 20 True-Crime Podcasts, also seen on BBC Radio, Sky News...
Episodes
#322 - 'Fat Fred' - Part 2 of 2 (Malcolm Heaysman, Islington / Carmarthenshire)
This is Part Two of Two of 'Fat Fred'.On Monday 23rd of August 1971 at 9:40am, a gang of armed robbers stole £166,000 (£3.2 million today) from Preston’s Jewellers in Blackpool, and in their haste to escape, three officers were shot, many w…
#321 - 'Fat Fred' - Part 1 of 2 (Frederick Joseph Sewell, Blackpool / Islington)
This is Part One of Two of 'Fat Fred'. This is Part One of Two of 'Fat Fred'.On Tuesday 29th of September 1971, Malcolm Heaysman, co-owner of a fancy-dress shop in Islington was brutally murdered outside of his remote farmhouse in Gwynfe ne…
#320 - The 'Paedo' Killer (Rhian Beresford, Acton, W3)
EPISODE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY: Sunday 22nd March 2020, one day before the first Covid lockdown, 29-year-old mother-of-one Rhian Beresford left her flat terrified that her two-year-old daughter was being abused by a paedophile ring. On Sa…
#319 - Live by Hate, Die by Hate (Girl A, Tottenham, N15)
On Monday the 12th of May 2008 at 4:45pm, two gangs clashed outside of the McDonald’s on Oxford Street, London, leaving one man, 22-year-old Steven Bigby dead. It was the epitome of pointless, yet it became a mere footnote when the press re…
#318 - The un-Holy Trinity - Part Two (Bernard Oliver, Muswell, Hill, Uk)
This is Part Two of Two of The un-Holy Trinity.On Friday 6th of January 1967, 17-year-old Bernard Oliver vanished from Muswell Hill. 10 days later, his body was found 85 miles away in Suffolk. He had been strangled and assaulted, with his b…
#317 - The un-Holy Trinity - Part One (Bernard Oliver, Muswell Hill, N10)
This is Part One of Two of The un-Holy Trinity.On Friday 6th of January 1967, 17-year-old Bernard Oliver vanished from Muswell Hill. 10 days later, his body was found 85 miles away in Suffolk. He had been strangled and assaulted, with his b…
#316 - Malice or Madness? (Mirella Jacklin Beechook, Rotherhithe, SE16)
On Thursday 18th of September 1985, 23-year-old Mirella Beechook, a separated mother of two girls made an emotional appeal before the cameras and spoke those words that no mother should ever utter - “bring her home, dead or alive, please ju…
#315 - The Twilight Sex Killer - Part Two (Alan Vigar, Pimlico, SW1)
This is Part Two of Two of The Twilight Sex Killer. On Monday 19th of February 1962, the same day that Norman Rickard’s body was found, 23-year-old Alan Vigar, who was also a quiet, handsome and secretly-gay man was strangled to death in th…
#314 - The Twilight Sex Killer - Part One (Norman Rickard, Maida Vale, W9)
This is Part One of Two of The Twilight Sex Killer. On Monday 19th of February 1962 at roughly 4pm, two police constables entered the basement flat at 264 Elgin Avenue in Maida Vale seeking the occupant (Norman Rickard) who had vanished wit…
#313 - A Date with Death (Mehmet Koray Alpergin & Gozde Dalbudak)
On Thursday the 13th of October 2022 at 8:30pm, an attractive Turkish-Cypriot couple (Koray & Gozde) left the Amazonico restaurant at 10 Berkley Square in Mayfair. Keen to impress his date, Koray treated Gozde to an easy evening of fine din…
#312 - Frayed Nerves and Bad Guts (‘Annie Leopold’ & Joseph Stoppani, 3 Peter Street, Soho, W1)
EPISODE THREE HUNDRED AND TWELVE: On the morning of 18th of March 1901, having perpetuated a con to make money, the owner of Stoppani's grocer's shop at 3 Peter Street in Soho was again said to be ‘up to his old tricks’, but instead of pote…
#311 - 'The Hooker with the Heart of Gold' (Jeanne Odette Western, 3 Peter Street, Soho, W1)
On Monday the 12th of May 1975 at 2:40pm, two prostitutes on the first and second floors of 3 Peter Street were ‘entertaining’ their clients. With these small flats connected by a communal door, their punters rang the right bell for Jeanne,…
#310 - Tortured for Digits (Gabriel Ferez & Laurent Bonomo, New Cross, SE15)
In the summer of 2008, two brilliant French scholars - Gabriel Ferez & Laurent Bonomo – were studying at this facility on a three-month placement as part of their degree in biochemistry. As students who excelled, here they met likeminded sc…
#309 - Every Child's Nightmare (Jacob & Louise Lennon / Jake Drummond, Roehampton, SW15)
In the early hours of Tuesday 27th of August 2019, in an unnamed flat on Woking Close, 15-month old Jacob Lennon was lying in his cot and dreaming innocent dreams. Like every child, he was small, fragile and needed protection from life’s da…
#308 - The Sadist and the Survivor (Merlyn Nuttall & Anthony Ferrira, Brixton, SW2)
Tuesday the 18th of February 1992 at 7:15pm. Merlyn Nuttall was kidnapped, raped, stabbed and set on fire by a drug-crazed assailant inside of a crack den at 9 Effra Road in Brixton. She could have died owing to her wounds and she should ha…
#307 - The Shepherd's Bush Suitcase Murders (Albert Alfonso, Paul Longworth, Yostin Andres Mosquera)
This episode has deliberately been released on the day of Yostin Mosquera's conviction.13 Scotts Road in Shepherds Bush was the home to 71 year-old Paul Longworth and 53-year-old Albert Alfonso for 12 years. On Monday 8th of July 2024, both…
CrimeConversations 2025 - Is Peter Bryan a Cannibal? (with Murder Mile UK True Crime)
CrimeConversations brings together the biggest names in true crime, recorded live at CrimeCon London 2025, partnered by TRUE CRIME channel.” This is a recording of Is Peter Bryan a Cannibal, a live show I performed by myself Mike from Murde…
#306 - The Double Murder of Annie Curtin (Annie & William Curtin, Soho, W1)
Ep306: The Double Murder of Annie Curtin. The tragic life of Annie Curtin is one that you will have never heard of before, and yet, it’s unnervingly familiar. She was an ordinary woman, a wife and a mother, living a regular life who deserve…
DRUNK MILE (a mash-up of Murder Mile and Drunk Women Solving Crime)
As a one-off special, today I'm rolling out a mash-up episode between myself, Mike from Murder Mile, and Taylor & Hannah from the brilliant Drunk Women Solving Crime to create DRUNK MILE. we kick off with a story about the time I was a vict…
#305 - Time, Data and Death (Marina Koppel, Marylebone, UK, W1)
This hostel marks the final attack of a horrific rapist, kidnapper, paedophile, alleged necrophile and an almost triple murderer. It’s a case which caused uproar in a community, destroyed several families, and three lives which would be cha…
#304 - 'Mr Nobody' (Colin Findlay, The Beast of Banffshire)
This is Ep304: 'Mr Nobody' (Colin James Findlay, The Beast of Banffshire).This hostel marks the final attack of a horrific rapist, kidnapper, paedophile, alleged necrophile and an almost triple murderer. It’s a case which caused uproar in a…
CrimeConversations 2025 - Born Bad (with Murder Mile and UK True Crime)
CrimeConversations brings together the biggest names in true crime, recorded live at CrimeCon London 2025, partnered by TRUE CRIME channel. This is recording of Born Bad, a live show performed by myself Mike from Murder Mile UK True Crime a…
#303 - Dirty Money (Li Hua Cao & Robert Ekaireb, Hampstead, NW3)
Back in 2006, Flat 9 of the Pavilion Court on the Mount Vernon Estate was the plush matrimonial home of Mr & Mrs Ekaireb. For Li Hua & Robert, their whirlwind romance meant they married just seven months after they had met and with a baby o…
#302 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Five (Richard Loudwell)
#302 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Five (Richard Loudwell)This is Part Five of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan.Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with …
#301 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Four (Brian Cherry)
#301 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Four (Brian Cherry)This is Part Four of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan.Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with almo…
#300 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Three (Girl ‘P4’)
#300 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Three (Girl ‘P4’)This is Part Three of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan.Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with almos…
#299 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part Two (Nisha Shesh)
This is Part Two of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan.Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with almost every article and documentary about him slavering over the grisly detail…
#298 - Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan - Part One (Peter Andrew Bryan)
This is Part One of Five of Schizophrenic: The Real/Fake Peter Bryan.Peter Bryan is regarded as one of Britain's most infamous serial-killers and cannibals with almost every article and documentary about him slavering over the grisly detail…
#297 - Simply Complicated (Donald & Jean Ramsey, Kentish Town, NW5)
On Sunday 8th of August 1948 at just after 10:30pm, Jean & Donald Ramsey, a young couple with two children met at this junction to discuss their collapsing marriage. It ended in murder. But how could something so simple be so complicated, a…
#296 - An Afterglow of Hate (Styllou Christofi, Hella Belcher / Christofi, Hampstead, NW3)
On the night of Wednesday 28th of July 1954, 11 South Hill Park was the scene of one of London’s most shocking and brutal murders. It was so horrific, it caused an outrage in society, an uproar in the press and a debate in Parliament as how…
#295 - The Good Mum (Nicole Hurley, Primrose Hill, NW8)
On Saturday 9th of October 2021, mother-of-four Nicole Hurley was brutally attacked in her bed; only the man who murdered her wasn’t a stranger who’d stalked her or a burglar who’d broken in, but the jealous and controlling boyfriend she’d …
#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’…
#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…
#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 stabb…
#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…
#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 t…
#289 - The Chalk Pit Murder - Part Two (Thomas John Ley, Kensington, London)
This is Part Two of Two of The Chalk Pit Murder. On Thursday 28th of November 1946, Australian politician Thomas Ley enlisted four good people to help him trap a bad man who terrorised women. As a simple plan with no law broken and nobody h…
#288 - The Chalk Pit Murder - Part One (John McMain Mudie, Kensington, UK)
This is Part One of Two of The Chalk Pit Murder. On Thursday 28th of November 1946, Australian politician Thomas Ley enlisted four good people to help him trap a bad man who terrorised women. As a simple plan with no law broken and nobody h…
#287 - The PIN Heads (Xyaire Howard / Chelsea Grant)
On Tuesday 6th of September 2022, 71-year-old Susan Hawkey was last seen entering her flat on Aylesbury Street in Neasden. Nobody saw her, nobody heard her, and – although vulnerable and afraid - no-one was looking out for her. And yet, the…
#286 - The Black Cap Farce (Edith McQuaid, Soho, UK)
On 1st January 1932, in the attic room of 27 Old Compton Street in Soho, 19-year-old domestic servant Edith McQuaid gave birth to a baby boy. Whether he died of natural causes, or she took his life by infanticide will never be known. But sh…