#101 - The Fatal Seizure of John Esmond Murphy (Soho, London, W1)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 23 July 2020
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday 7th November 1908, at 11:40am, John Esmond Murphy walked into the bank of Cartmell & Schlittle at 84 Shaftesbury Avenue. Overwhelming evidence pointed to the fact that he bungled a heist, pulled a gun, shot and stabbed the manager dead, and was then captured, arrested, convicted and executed. But did he actually do it?
- Date: Saturday 7th November 1908 at 11:40am
- Location: Cartmell & Schlittle at 84 Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, London, W1
- Victims: 1 (Fredrich George Wilhelm Maria Julius Schlitte)
- Culprits: 1 (John "Jack" Esmond Murphy)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk, |
| 0:13.1 | featuring many of London's untold, unsolved, and long-forgotten murders, |
| 0:18.7 | all set within and beyond the worst end. |
| 0:23.6 | Today's episode is about a very ordinary bank robbery. |
| 0:27.6 | As the overwhelming evidence pointed to the fact that John Esman Murphy |
| 0:32.6 | walked into a bank, bungled a heist, pulled a gun, shot and stabbed the manager dead, |
| 0:39.3 | and was then captured, arrested, convicted and executed. |
| 0:44.3 | But did he actually do it? |
| 0:47.3 | Murder-Mali's research using the original police files. |
| 0:51.3 | It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details. And as a dramatization |
| 0:57.1 | of the real events, it may also feature loud and realistic sounds, so that no matter where you |
| 1:02.9 | listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there. My name is Michael. I am your |
| 1:10.7 | tour guide, and this is Murder Mile. |
| 1:15.6 | Episode 101, the fatal seizure of John Esman Murphy. |
| 1:33.3 | Today, I'm standing on Chesapey Avenue of Chinatown, W.1. |
| 1:38.1 | One street north of the fiery death of Reginald Gordon West. |
| 1:42.4 | One street west of the hushed up shooting at the Rosendale Club. |
| 1:46.0 | A few yards from the first failed assassination on Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, |
| 1:49.0 | on one street south of the stabbing of Savas Dmitriadas |
| 1:53.0 | and the Cypriot Code of Silence, |
| 1:56.0 | coming soon to murder mile. |
| 2:01.6 | This bit of Shaftby Avenue lies on the border between Soho and Chinatown. |
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