#150 - The Day the Music Died - the legend of Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson (Piccadilly, London, Britain)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 4 November 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Today’s episode is about a music legend called Ken ‘Snake Hips’ Johnson; a bandleader who could have been one of the all-time greats had his brilliance not been snuffed-out before his time. Only his untimely death wasn’t brought-about because he was black and gay, but owing to one of the most random of tragedies.
- Date: Saturday 8th March 1941 at roughly 9:45pm
- Location: Cafe de Paris, 3-4 Coventry Street, London, UK, W1
- Victims: 34 dead including Kenrick Reginald Hijmans "Snake Hips" Johnson
- Keywords: jazz, swing, blitz, bombing, casualties, English, British,
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| 0:46.4 | Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast and audio-guided walk, featuring many of of London's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murders, all set within and beyond the West End. |
| 0:57.0 | Today's episode is about a music legend. A band leader who could have been one of the |
| 1:02.5 | all-time greats had his brilliance not been snuffed out before his time. Only his |
| 1:08.6 | untimely death wasn't brought about because he was black and gay, but owing to one of the most random of tragedies. |
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| 1:21.6 | It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details, and as a dramatization of the real events, it may also |
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| 1:47.0 | Episode 150, the day the music died. |
| 1:57.0 | Today, I'm standing outside the Café de Paris on Coventry Street, W1. |
| 2:10.1 | One street west of the killing of David Knight, one street south of the unsolved shooting |
| 2:15.5 | of Black Rita, one street east of the blackout |
| 2:19.3 | ripper's failed attack on Greta Haywood, and a few doors down from the most radioactive |
| 2:25.5 | Shisha Bar in the West End. |
| 2:29.2 | Coming soon to Murder Mile, the book. |
| 2:42.1 | Connecting Piccadilly Circus to Leicester Square, Coventry Street is an eyesore. |
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