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#90 - The Wormwood Scrubs Police Massacre (East Acton / Shepherds Bush, London, W12) artwork

#90 - The Wormwood Scrubs Police Massacre (East Acton / Shepherds Bush, London, W12)

Murder Mile UK True Crime
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Today’s episode began as an ordinary morning for three police officers going about their regular duties. And what started as a simple stop-and-search on a West London street for (what would have been) a very minor traffic offence, lead to the brutal and senseless executions of three good men. This is the true story of what is often referred to as The Shepherd's Bush Murders Date: Thursday 18th November 1948Location: outside of 57 Braybrook Street in East Acton, London, W12, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, Victims: 3 (Detective Sargent Christopher Tippett Head, Detective Constable David Stanley Wombwell and Police Constable Geoffrey Roger Fox)Culprits: John Edward "Jack" Witney, John "Jock" Duddy and Harry Maurice Roberts. 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, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here. FOLLOW US HERE: Facebook Twitter Instagram Murder Mile Discussion Group Youtube SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Support us via PATREON. Buy Merch in THE SHOP Free Goodies HERE Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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