#152 - Blind Obsession (Hammersmith, London, UK)
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11/18/21 • 70 min
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Today’s episode is about a family cursed with a history of mental illness and hereditary blindness. It’s a strange relationship where their condition both united and divide them, but with sexual abuse (potentially) added into the mix, it would lead to a brutal and horrifying murder.
- Date: Saturday 16th June 2007 to Sunday 17th June (time undetermined)
- Location: location undetermined, possibly Ashcroft Square, Hammersmith, London, UK, W6
- Victims: 1 dead (Eduardo Mendoza)
- Culprits: 1 (Maria Calero, found guilty)
- Keywords: disability, blindness, jealously, killing,
Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-152-blind-obsession
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.
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Today’s episode is about a family cursed with a history of mental illness and hereditary blindness. It’s a strange relationship where their condition both united and divide them, but with sexual abuse (potentially) added into the mix, it would lead to a brutal and horrifying murder.
- Date: Saturday 16th June 2007 to Sunday 17th June (time undetermined)
- Location: location undetermined, possibly Ashcroft Square, Hammersmith, London, UK, W6
- Victims: 1 dead (Eduardo Mendoza)
- Culprits: 1 (Maria Calero, found guilty)
- Keywords: disability, blindness, jealously, killing,
Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-152-blind-obsession
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.
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Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile.
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#151 - No Way Out for Henry Hall (Soho, London, England)
Today’s episode is about Henry Hall, a loyal husband to his wife and father to three children, who made an honest living as a boot-maker. So, devoted was Henry, that he would willingly sacrifice everything to provide for his family; whether his energy, his health and even his sanity.
- Date: Friday 8th June 1877, at roughly 3pm
- Location: 65 Dean Street, Soho, London, England, W1 (building now demolished)
- Victims: 1 (Jane, Annie, Frank and Louisa Hall)
- Culprits: Henry Hall
- Keywords: poverty, poison, children,
Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-151-no-way-out-for-henry-hall
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.
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#153 - GEC and the Fourth Floor Girls (St Paul's, London, British)
Today’s episode is about a fire in an old building fitted with modern innovations to ensure its workers safety, and although everyone should have survived, it was the old-fashioned attitude towards one particular group of workers, which led to ten unnecessary deaths. This is the story of the fire at the General Electric Company at 67 Queen Victoria Street in London.
- Date: Monday 9th June 1902, the fire started at roughly 5pm
- Location: Fourth floor, General Electric Company Ltd, 68 Queen Victoria Street in London, UK, EC1 (building now demolished)
- Victims: 10 (Phyllis Caroline M Elliott aged 14, Jessie Georgina Hastie aged 15, Arthur Vernon Paget aged 21, Mable Garrett 16, Ada Steel 15, Lily Amelia Mansell 16, Mabel Amos 17, Gladys Chambers 14, Violet Hodgeson 18, and Florence Amor aged 18)
- Keywords: neglect, corporate manslaughter, tragedy, girls,
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.
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