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Friday 31st July 1863. Wealthy merchant Frederick Chappell owned a small flat in a townhouse on the Marylebone Road. On the second floor, he secretly ensconced 24-year-old Emily Mi…

At a little after 11:30pm on Friday 14th September 1945, Captain John Ritchie of the Canadian Army was attacked on Bourchier Street by two British soldiers clutching half a brick.…

In the summer of 1958, the occupant of Room 622 in the Strand Palace Hotel was Bernard Smith; a kind and decent man who was quiet and respectable. Running a successful furniture bu…

In the early hours of Saturday 25th July 2009 at roughly 4am, two such strangers would meet by chance right here. One was Nadim Gulamhuseinwala and the other was Thomas Connor; two…

On Wednesday 22nd July 1942, the body of a woman was pulled from the water right here. She had been missing for more than a week, but no-one had reported her missing. We know her o…

In a small basement front room of 3 Rundell Road in Maida Hill once lived a little family; 26-year-old chambermaid Minnie Barry, her fiancé 24-year-old porter Frederick Sorensen an…

This is Part Three of Three of The Night Porter. On the morning of Sunday 18th September 1972, in Room 11,68-year-old Emmy Werner was found dead in the bed of Room 11 in the Quee…

This is Part Two of Three of The Night Porter. On the morning of Sunday 18th September 1972, in Room 11,68-year-old Emmy Werner was found dead in the bed of Room 11 in the Queen’s…

This is Part One of Three of The Night Porter. On the morning of Sunday 17th September 1972, in Room 11,68-year-old Emmy Werner was found dead in the bed of Room 11 in the Queen’s…

While I am away researching further episodes of Murder Mile, here's something to keep you entertained. Last time in New Blue, I interviewed Paul about the day-to-day duties of a…

While I am away researching further episodes of Murder Mile, here's something to keep you entertained. Last time in New Blue, I interviewed Paul about the day-to-day duties of a s…

While I am away researching further episodes of Murder Mile, here's something to keep you entertained. Last time in New Blue, I interviewed Paul about the day-to-day duties of a…

On the night of Tuesday 23rd October 1928, a constable’s torchlight spotted two bodies splayed on the grass. Drenched in blood, their throats slit, he believed their deaths were a…

On Tuesday 6th June 1961, three American airmen booked-in and headed out for a fun night in Baywater. They were Gerald Bererras, William Hammond and Stanley Roach. Just shy of midn…

On the night of Thursday 7th December 1950, 42-year old William Donoghue stabbed 74-year-old Thomas Meaney to death. The two men had met that night (as friends of a friend), they g…

Back in the 1920’s, London Zoo had two elephant experts; Sayed Ali and San Dwe. They lived on site, they loved their elephants, and - according to the zoo’s owners - everything was…

On Wednesday 1st October 1947, at 10:30pm, the body of Renee was found in Regent’s Park, three miles east. She had been gagged, strangled and beaten. What she was doing there? Nobo…

On the far eastern edge of Regent’s Park is Cumberland Green on the corner of Chester Road and the Outer Circle. It’s a non-descript expanse of grass with several intersecting path…

On the morning of Friday 17th July 1964, Kathleen Cotter, a mother of three who lived in the top floor flat of 7 Randolph Avenue in Maida Vale found 77-year-old Samuel Bragg dead i…

On Saturday 30th January 1965, at 10:50am, two men met for the very first time on the west bound Metropolitan Line of King’s Cross underground station. The first was a 44-year-old…
