Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk of London's most notorious and often-forgotten murder cases, all set within one square mile of the West End.

Today's episode is a guided walk of one of the West End's most shocking murder cases,

which is also one of the saddest,

as although there's no mystery over who killed who,

this needlessly cruel death will make you question who the victim or victims actually were.

Murder Mile contains vivid descriptions which may not be suitable for those of a sensitive disposition,

as well as photos, videos and maps, which accompany this series, so that no matter where you listen to this podcast,

you'll feel like you're actually there.

My name is Michael. I'm your tour guide, and this is Murder Mile.

Episode 3, the Bedfordbury Baby Batterer.

Today, I'm standing on a slightly forgotten little side street called Bedfordbury, WC2,

in the parish of St Martin in the fields, right by the very epicenter

of the West End's tourist district, with Covent Garden to the north, Chaffrauga Square to the south,

Soho to the west, and the strand to the east. And regardless of whether it's day or night, this area bristles with a throng of tourists

taxis and transparent ponchos bus tours boris bikes and good old british bobbies buskers beggars

and of course the scourge of modern-day street performers, floating yodas. And yet, even if you've lived in

London your whole life, it's unlikely you've ever been down a street called Bedfordbury,

let alone seen it or even heard about it. And why would you? At just 460 feet long and 30 feet wide,

the street is flanked on either side

by an unremarkable mishmash of disjointed architecture,

with listed buildings nestling next to modern monstrosities,

an office space squeezed into whatever space is free

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