#296 - An Afterglow of Hate (Styllou Christofi, Hella Belcher / Christofi, Hampstead, NW3)

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

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On the night of Wednesday 28th of July 1954, 11 South Hill Park was the scene of one of London’s most shocking and brutal murders. It was so horrific, it caused an outrage in society, an uproar in the press and a debate in Parliament as how could anyone be so callous and cruel? It was a murder which devastated a family, yet, the killer would claim they did it not out of hate, they did it for love.

Date: Wednesday 28th of July 1954 after 11pm (rough time of murder)
Location: Basement / ground floor, 11 South Hill Park, Hampstead, London, NW3
Victim: 1 (Hella Belcher / Christofi)
Culprits: 1 (Styllou Christofi).

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0:00.0	Welcome to Murder Mile.
0:12.0	Today I'm standing on South Hill Park near Hampstead Heath NW10.
0:18.0	Four streets west of the Night Porter's Hangout, a short walk from the home of the suicidal pathologist,
0:24.9	two stops east of the suitcase of death, and three streets north of the war hero and his cheating wife.
0:32.3	Coming soon to Murder Mar.
0:36.6	This is 11 South Hill Park, a mid-Victorian five-story terraced house with brown brick walls, black wrought iron gates, white windowsills and a set of stone steps leading up to the ground floor.
0:49.3	It's a perfect little house on a pleasant little street, being the kind of place a loving little family would live.
0:57.0	It's so joyous. I'm sure that meal times are a masterclass of etiquette and manners.
1:03.0	The teenagers float upstairs as softly as pixies tiptoeing on marshmallows.
1:09.0	Dad goes out of the room when he wants to blow off.
1:12.6	Mum is never drunk on her special afternoon refreshment.
1:16.6	And there's no crying, fighting or screaming.
1:20.6	I hate you!
1:22.6	Of course, that kind of family life is a fantasy, as in truth it's pure hell.
1:30.3	On the night of Wednesday, the 28th of July, 1954, 11 South Hill Park was the scene of one
1:39.3	of London's most shocking and brutal murders. It was so horrific, it caused an outrage in society, an uproar in the press, and a debate in Parliament
1:50.4	as how could anyone be so callous and cruel?
1:55.4	It was a murder which devastated a family.
1:59.7	And yet the killer would claim they did it not out of hate.
2:03.6	They did it for love.
2:06.4	My name is Michael.
2:08.1	I'm your tour guide and this is Murder Mile.
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