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Murder Mile UK True Crime

#120 - The Yellow Ribbons of Hanwell - Part One (Hanwell, Alice Gross)

Murder Mile UK True Crime

Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast

History, Society & Culture, True-crime, London, English, Uk, British, Murder, True Crime, Killer, Crime, Documentary

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🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On Thursday 28th August 2014, 14-year-old Alice Gross went for a nice long walk down the Hanwell Flight of the Grand Union Canal. It was a sunny day, on a relatively busy towpath, on a route she knew well having walked it many times before. She was witnessed several times on CCTV, but (somehow) between 4:23pm and 4:42pm, on a clear stretch of the canal... Alice Gross vanished. The question is how? This is Part One of Two of The Yellow Ribbons of Hanwell.

  • Date: Thursday 28th August 2014
  • Location: Lock 97, Hanwell Flight, Grand Union Canal, London, UK
  • Victims: 1 (Alice Poppy Madeline Gross)
  • Culprits: 1 (Arnis Zalkins/Daksa)


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0:00.0

Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk,

0:14.4

featuring many of London's Untold, Unsolved, and Long-Fegon murders,

0:20.3

all set within and beyond the West End.

0:25.5

Today's episode is about the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross,

0:30.4

a beautiful and talented young girl from a loving family who went for a walk by the canal

0:36.1

on a bright summer's day. She was captured on

0:39.8

camera and seen by eyewitnesses, and yet, in the blink of an eye, she had vanished.

0:49.5

Murdomali's research used in authentic sources. It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details,

0:56.9

and as a dramatization of the real events, it may also feature loud and realistic sounds,

1:02.3

so that no matter where you listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there.

1:09.4

My name is Michael. I am your tour guide, and this is Murder Mile.

1:16.9

Episode 120, The Yellow Rubens of Hanwell, Part 1.

1:32.4

Today, I'm standing on the towpath of the Grand Union Canal,

1:36.8

11 miles west of the severed pieces of Paula Fields,

1:40.3

8 miles west of the suitcase of Martyr Ligman,

1:43.8

6 miles north of the Thames Topath murders, and two and a half miles east of the

1:47.0

family of Amarjit Chohan. Coming soon to Murder Mile. This is the Hanwell flight,

1:58.0

a series of locks on the most southerly stretch of the Grand Union Canal, giving steady passage of boats, beginning high on the hill at South Hall, dropping down past three bridges, along the back of the old Hanwell Asylum, past Lock Cottage, Brentford Weir, Trumper's Bridge, Elthorne and Boston Manor Parks, and ending at the basement of Brentford Gaging Lock and the River Thames beyond.

2:25.3

Stuck at the far end of West London, but technically Middlesex.

2:29.3

This is a popular place for dog walkers, joggers and strollers, seeking a lung full of fresh air,

2:35.9

as well as cyclists avoiding the trucks and buses of the surrounding roads.

2:41.7

Being part rural and part industrial, it's mostly a muddy towpath which skirts the descending canal,

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