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#232 - Finally, a home (Soho, London, England) artwork

#232 - Finally, a home (Soho, London, England)

Murder Mile UK True Crime
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#232 - Finally, a home. On Friday 23rd April 1960, 23-year-old Elaine Baker finished her shift as a striptease artiste at the Peeperama on 47 Frith Street in Soho. It was an odd job for her to do, as she was so quiet and shy. Fifteen minutes after her arrival back home at 19 Tredegar Square in Bow, East London, she stabbed her boyfriend to death. But why? Date: Friday 23rd April 1960 at roughly 12:30amLocation: 9 Tredegar Square in Bow, East London (where the murder took place)Victim: 1 (Ronald Leonard Cross)Culprit: 1 (Elaine Baker/Barkworth) Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-233-sketches Murder Mile 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 here To 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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