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#70 - Roberto Calvi: The Death of God's Banker (Blackfriars, London, EC2) artwork

#70 - Roberto Calvi: The Death of God's Banker (Blackfriars, London, EC2)

Murder Mile UK True Crime
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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 1982Location: Blackfriars Bridge, Blackfriars, London, EC2Victims: 1 (Roberto Calvi)Culprit: Unknown Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with music written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music by Kai Engel, Parvus Decree, NCTRNM and Seclorance, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive. A full listing of tracks used and sources for each episode is listed in the blog. FOLLOW US HERE: Facebook Twitter Instagram Murder Mile Discussion Group Click here to access the weekly Murder Mile Blogs If you’d like to sign-up for exclusive Murder Mile content, check out our Patreon Page For OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE, please visit the Murder Mile Shop. And as a special offer until 31st August 2019, type CallMeReg20 in the voucher code section of the checkout. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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