#160 - 'Do Not Disturb' - Part Two (Pall Mall, London, Britain)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 3 March 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This is Part Two of Three of 'Do Not Disturb', the untold story of the murder of Sarah Gibson.
In the summer of 1972, 24-year-old homeless man David Frooms murdered Sarah Gibson, as she lay in her bed at the RAC Club at 89 Pall Mall, London, SW1. But why? How did he know her, why did he attack her, why did he climb five sets of stairs to find her room inside of a very secure club, and why did he subject her to a four-hour ordeal? Was it personal, revenge or a series of unfortunate circumstances?
- Date: Sunday 3rd July 1972 at 12am to Monday 4th July 1972 at 4am
- Location: Room 519, Staff Quarters, The RAC Club, 89 Pall Mall, London, SW1
- Victims: 1 (Sarah Mary Gindle Gibson)
- Culprits: 1 (David Charles Richard Frooms)
- Keywords: homeless, poverty, burglary, killing
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile. |
| 0:15.6 | Today, I'm standing in St. James's Park, SW1, 300 feet south of the RAC Club where Sarah Gibson was murdered, |
| 0:25.6 | and were within sight of the bed where her torture took place. |
| 0:33.6 | St James's Park is a 23 hectare, grade 1 listed park in Westminster, circled by such |
| 0:40.5 | famous sites as Buckingham Palace, Horse Guards Parade, 10 Downing Street and St James's |
| 0:46.2 | Palace. |
| 0:49.5 | Named after St James the Less, a former Lep Hospital stolen on this site. And whereas once it was home |
| 0:56.7 | to Henry VIII's exotic zoo full of kidnapped wildlife, such as camels, elephants and crocodiles. |
| 1:04.4 | It is now a public park. Open to everyone, it features ornate rockeries, cultivated hedges, water fountains and a duck island, |
| 1:15.6 | complete with a hint at its former inmates, a squadron of pelicans. |
| 1:21.6 | For thousands of people every day, St James's Park is an escape to the country in the heart of the city. |
| 1:33.3 | Sadly, as the sun blazes, its pieces often pulverized by a plethora of prize pellics. |
| 1:40.3 | Were the posh brats banging on bongos, as if playing ethnic instruments, makes their daddy's |
| 1:47.0 | asset stripping income less racist. |
| 1:50.2 | The pungent whiff of the shit santa, who decorates trees with little bags of poodle |
| 1:54.7 | blob, those talentless circus turds, who tippito a tightrope between trees a full three inches off the grass. |
| 2:04.0 | And the worst terrorist to tranquility, children. |
| 2:10.1 | Ugh, please, somebody tell them to shut up. |
| 2:17.4 | But at night, as the park empties, it becomes a to shut up. |
| 2:20.2 | But at night, as the park empties, |
| 2:23.2 | it becomes a refuge for the city's homeless. |
| 2:27.3 | And although it's a public park for everyone to enjoy, |
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