#104 - The 'Elementary' Murder of William Raven (Marylebone, London, W2)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 13 August 2020
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
On Thursday 15th October 1942, in flat 34 of Chalfont Court at 236 Baker Street, the body of William Raven was discovered. He was an elegant sociable divorcee and co-owner of a gentleman’s outfitters with no enemies, who was found battered to death in his own bed. Everybody liked him. But was this a bungled robbery, a revenge attack, or was it something a little more ordinary?
- Date: Thursday 15th October 1942
- Location: Flat 34 of Chalfont Court at 236 Baker Street, London, NW1
- Victims: 1 (William Raven)
- Culprits: 1 (Henry Smith & George Frederick Brimacombe)
Note: Henry was acquitted and George was found guilty of manslaughter only.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk, |
| 0:13.0 | featuring many of London's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murders, all set within |
| 0:20.5 | and beyond the worst end. |
| 0:23.6 | Today's episode is about the murder of William Raven, |
| 0:28.1 | an elegant, sociable divorcee and co-owner of a gentleman's outfitters, |
| 0:32.6 | who was found battered to death in his own bed. |
| 0:37.1 | Everybody liked him, but was this a bungled robbery, a revenge attack, or was it something |
| 0:43.3 | a little more ordinary? |
| 0:47.3 | Murdomal is researched using the original police files. |
| 0:50.3 | It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details. |
| 0:55.4 | And as a dramatization of the real events, it may also feature loud and realistic sounds, |
| 1:01.2 | so that no matter where you listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there. |
| 1:08.5 | My name is Michael. I am your tour guide and this is Murder Mile. Episode 104, |
| 1:16.6 | The Elementary Murder of William Raven. |
| 1:26.6 | Today I'm standing on Baker Street in Marlebone, NW1. |
| 1:34.3 | Three streets west of the photographic studio where John Reginald Christie took a naked snaps of one of his victims. |
| 1:42.3 | One road south of the Regents Park barracks, where the |
| 1:45.9 | blackout ripper was arrested, a ten-minute walk from the Regents Business School where |
| 1:51.5 | Martin Vic Magnusson first met the cowardly billionaire's son who became her killer, and a |
| 1:57.7 | short doodle from the odd but unsolved murder of Gladys Hanmahan, |
| 2:02.6 | coming soon to murder mine. |
| 2:09.6 | Up by the tube station at the junction of Marlebone Road, |
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