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Murder Mile UK True Crime

#17 - David Martin and the Baffling Case of the Transgender Houdini

Murder Mile UK True Crime

Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast

True Crime, English, Nglish, E, Uk, Crime, London, Society & Culture, Murder, Killer, True-crime, History, Personal Journals, British

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On Christmas Eve 1982, 36 year old David Ralph Martin was charged at the Marlborough Street Magistrates Court on twelve counts including armed robbery, theft, fraud and attempted murder, but his bungled arrest would led to one of the Metropolitan Police’s worst miscarriages of justice.


Murder Mile is a true-crime podcast and audio-guided walk of 300+ untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases, all set within one square mile of the West End. Each episode is accompanied by photos, videos and an interactive murder map, so that no matter where you’re listening to this podcast, you’ll feel like you’re actually there. https://www.murdermiletours.com/podcast.html


Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with music written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music by Kai Engel, as used under the Creative Commons Licence 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive. A full listing of tracks used is on the script transcript and sources for each episode, as listed here


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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

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So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.

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0:22.0

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You can eat at the restaurants you've always wanted to try.

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0:32.5

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0:35.6

Selected restaurants only, annual fee, terms apply 18 plus, subject to approval. Welcome to Murder Mile.

0:53.0

A true crime podcast and audio guided walk featuring many of London's, untold, unsolved and long forgotten murders.

1:02.0

All set within one square mile of the West End.

1:07.0

Today's episode is about David Martin.

1:11.0

The gun-loving, sticky-fingered, cross-dressing transgender burglar, whose bungled arrest led to one of the Metropolitan Police's worst miscarriages of justice.

1:24.6

Murder Mile contains graphic descriptions of violence, which may upset those who are easily

1:29.6

offended, as well as realistic sounds, so that no matter where you listen to this podcast you'll

1:37.1

feel like you're actually there. My name is Michael I am your tour guide and this is Murder Mile.

1:47.0

Episode 17 David Martin and the baffling case of the transgender Houdini. Today I'm on Great Mollborough Street in Soho W. 1. A mid-sized road which runs parallel with Big Street where the Mad Shoemaker and

2:16.3

Wannabe Cockchopper William Stoltzer was arrested.

2:20.1

Broadway Street, where Big Hearted Ginger Ray was brutally murdered, and it intersects with

2:27.8

Carnaby Street, where the mysterious Margaret Cook was gunned down.

2:34.0

Often called Mulborough Street, owing to a clerical error made on the original Monopoly board,

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