#229 - Dumped (Piccadilly, London, UK)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 19 October 2023
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#229 - Dumped. On Friday 27th of March 1959 at 2:50am, Graham Osborn man was found slumped against the railings at 117 Piccadilly. Later dying of his wounds, no-one knew why he was there, few knew that had happened and no-one knew who had attacked him or why. And although the Police would bring his killers to trial, this little-known case would only lead to more questions than it answered.
- Date: Friday 27th of March 1959 at 2:50am (discovered)
- Location: outside of 117 Piccadilly, London, England, SW1
- Victim: 1 (Graham John Osborn)
- Culprit: 2 (William James Joyce & William Henry Heathcote)
- Method: shooting
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile. |
| 0:14.6 | Today, I'm standing on the corner of Down Street in Piccadilly, SW1. |
| 0:22.2 | Two streets east of the stabbing by the Angel Delight Killer. |
| 0:26.2 | One street north of the ping-suited bully. |
| 0:30.3 | One street south of the last drink for Ken Snake Hips-Johnson. |
| 0:34.9 | And a short walk from the burned mute, coming soon to Murder Mile. |
| 0:45.3 | A few yards from this corner stands the Athenium, a four-star Mefa hotel where every guest is greeted by a dappily dressed doorman. |
| 0:56.5 | Whether they're a tourist, exhausted, having been fleeced within an inch of their wallet by the |
| 1:02.0 | most expensive city in Europe, or a hideously ugly businessman who was chaperoned, an inexplicably |
| 1:10.2 | attractive girl, possibly his granddaughter, |
| 1:13.7 | whose name he can't recall, to test the springs on his bed for a period of approximately |
| 1:19.8 | 58 minutes, but not a second more. |
| 1:27.7 | Coincidentally, the corner of Down Street and Piccadilly is a place where prostitutes often frequent. |
| 1:38.2 | On Friday the 27th of March, 1959, at 250 a.m., an unidentified man was found slumped against the railings |
| 1:48.2 | a few doors down. |
| 1:52.3 | Later dying of his wounds, no one knew his name, no one knew why he was there, and no one |
| 2:00.0 | knew who had attacked him, or why. |
| 2:04.4 | And although the police would bring his killers to trial, |
| 2:08.9 | this little-known case would only lead to unanswered questions. |
| 2:15.8 | My name is Michael. I am your tour guide and this is Murder Mile. |
| 2:23.9 | Episode 229, dumped. When people talk about the good old days, they always claim, |
| 2:42.2 | we all knew each other. There was no crime. You could leave your door open. We all looked out for one another. |
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