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🗓️ 22 February 2018
⏱️ 48 minutes
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On 1st November 2006, Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated in the heart of London’s West End, by two of Russia’s top assassins, using one of the most bizarre and deadliest poisons ever, and yet, from day one, his brutal murder was a textbook case of incompetence.
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. |
0:11.0 | 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. |
0:20.0 | We don't treat ourselves. |
0:22.0 | Oh, we do treat ourselves with a meal out. |
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0:29.2 | You can eat at the restaurants you've always wanted to try. |
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0:35.6 | Selected restaurants only, annual fee, terms apply 18 plus, subject to approval. Welcome to Murder Mile. |
0:54.0 | A true crime podcast and audio guided walk featuring many of London's |
0:58.4 | untold, unsolved and long forgotten murders, |
1:02.4 | all set within one square mile of the West End. |
1:07.0 | Today's episode is about the bungled assassination attempts of Russian spy Alexander Lid Vinienko, whose truly incompetent |
1:18.7 | murderers left a deadly trail of lethal poison all across London's West End. |
1:27.0 | Murder Mile contains grisly details which may offend, |
1:31.0 | as well as realistic sounds, so that no matter where you listen to this podcast |
1:36.2 | you'll feel like you're actually there. My name is Michael. I am your tour guide and this is Murder Mile. |
1:47.0 | Episode 20. The B bungled assassinations of Alexander Litvinienko. |
1:57.0 | Today I'm on Shaspry Avenue. Not the shit bit of Shaspry Avenue, but the really tacky bit, wedged between Soho and Chinatown just shy of Piccadilly Circus. |
2:16.7 | Where every day you'll see a slew of easily duped tourists who have either forked out a hundred pounds each to sit for six hours on a rainy open top bus |
2:27.8 | to take blurry photos of Buckingham Palace as they whiz passed at 40 miles an hour. |
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