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#155 - The Sadistic Little Drummer Boy - Part Two (Fulham, London, England)

Murder Mile UK True Crime
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Today’s episode is the final part about 19-year-old Michael Douglas Dowdall; a baby-faced killer who had brutally bludgeoned a woman to death, and although this could have been dismissed as an isolated drunken mistake, this murder may mark the beginning of a serial-killer in the making. Date: Saturday 10th October 1959 closer to Sunday at 1:30am (time of the attack)Location: ground floor flat, 5 Ismailia Road, Fulham, London, England, SW6 (demolished)Victims: 1 attacked (Mabel Jean Hill)Culprits: 1 (Michael Douglas Dowdall)Keywords: hammer, attack, women, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-155-the-sadistic-little-drummer-boy-part-2-michael-douglas-dowdall-veronica-murray-mabel-jean-hill-and-annie-belcher Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes 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 and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer. DONATE to ST MONGOS (homeless charity) https://www.mungos.org/get-involved/donate/ FOLLOW US HERE: Facebook Twitter Instagram Murder Mile Discussion Group Youtube Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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