#314 - The Twilight Sex Killer - Part One (Norman Rickard, Maida Vale, W9)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
This is Part One of Two of The Twilight Sex Killer.
On Monday 19th of February 1962 at roughly 4pm, two police constables entered the basement flat at 264 Elgin Avenue in Maida Vale seeking the occupant (Norman Rickard) who had vanished without a trace. It began as a simple missing person’s report for a man who kept to himself, and it would end in the hunt for a sadistic killer who stalked the city’s gay men.
· Location: basement flat, 264(A) Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale, London, UK, W1
· Date: Monday 19th of February 1962, body found at 4pm
· Victims: Norman Edward Rickard
· Culprits: ?
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| 0:00.0 | Who was the Twilight Sex Killer? Find out on Murder Mile. |
| 0:09.0 | Today, I'm standing on Elgin Avenue in Maydavale W9. |
| 0:15.0 | Three streets southeast of the murder of Minnie Barry, 2 streets northwest of the Mercy Murderess, |
| 0:22.6 | a short walk from Lena Cunningham's tragic demise, and 2 streets north of the acid torture |
| 0:28.6 | gang, coming soon to Murder Man. |
| 0:33.6 | The basement flat of 264 Elgin Avenue is currently up for sale, being part of a much sought-after, five-story, red-bricked Mid-Vittorian Terrace House on a desirable West London Street. |
| 0:46.3 | At a cost of £1.5 million for a three-bedroom flat, you'd expect the worst thing to happen here would be an avocado going too soft, a futon |
| 0:56.5 | being a bit lumpy, the feng shooy of their bust of Buddha, not being in alignment with their |
| 1:01.5 | cockapoo's chagras, and not having enough storage space for 872 pairs of hemp's sandals. |
| 1:10.8 | Luckily, there's more than enough storage space in this basement flat, |
| 1:13.6 | and there's even a very large wardrobe. |
| 1:16.6 | But if you truly knew what went on just 63 years before, |
| 1:21.6 | that's a door you would want to keep shut. |
| 1:28.3 | On Monday, the 19th February, |
| 1:29.3 | 1962, at roughly 4pm, |
| 1:32.3 | two police constables entered this flat, |
| 1:35.3 | seeking an occupant who had vanished without a trace. |
| 1:40.3 | It began as a simple missing persons report |
| 1:43.3 | for a man who kept to himself, and it would |
| 1:46.5 | end in the hunt for a sadistic killer who stalked the city's gay men. |
| 1:52.6 | My name is Michael, I'm your tour guide and this is Murder Mile. |
| 1:57.9 | Episode 314, The Twilight Sex Killer, Part 1 |
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