#34 - Brian Alexander Robinson and the D'Arblay Street Death (Soho, London, W1)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 12 July 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Brian Alexander Robinson and the D’Arblay Street Death: On Friday 29th August 1964, Brian Alexander Robinson, a 19 year old part-time DJ who murdered a man he had never met before, for no financial gain nor personal malice. And yet, although he was found guilty, Brian should never have been tried for murder.
- Date: Friday 29th August 1964
- Location: The Limbo Club, 11b Wardour Mews, Soho, London, W1
- Victims: 1 (John "Johnny" Howard)
- Culprit: Brian Alexander Robinson
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile. |
| 0:09.5 | A true crime podcast and audio-guided walk, featuring many of London's untold, unsolved, and long-forgotten murders, all set within one square mile of the West End. |
| 0:25.6 | Today's episode is about Brian Alexander Robinson, a 19-year-old part-time DJ who murdered |
| 0:34.1 | a man he had never met before for no financial gain nor personal malice. |
| 0:41.0 | And yet, although he was found guilty, Brian should never have been tried for murder. |
| 0:49.9 | Murder Mile contains grisly details, which may upset the fluffy bunny brigade, as well as realistic sounds, so that no matter where you listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there. |
| 1:06.6 | My name is Michael. I'm your tour guide. This is Murder Mile. |
| 1:15.1 | Episode 34, Brian Alexander Robinson and the Darblay Street Death. |
| 1:34.1 | Today, I'm standing on Darblay Street, smack bang in Soho Centre. |
| 1:40.3 | Two streets west of the murder scene of Canadian masturbator Richard Rhodes-Henley. |
| 1:47.6 | One street north of the Blackout Ripper's second victim, Evelyn Oakley, and one street north-east of sweet-natured sex worker, Ginger Ray. |
| 1:55.0 | Speckled with a messy mix of 80s eyesaws, 60s shit pits and 18th century slum houses. Although D'Abley Street is |
| 2:04.6 | curiously quiet, bafflingly broken, and painfully pug ugly, oh into a teeny tiny little hole in the |
| 2:13.0 | road, which even after one and a half years, Westminster Council still hasn't fixed. |
| 2:19.8 | After a sizable injection of cash, |
| 2:22.8 | this stumpy little side street |
| 2:24.5 | is finally being given a second lease of life. |
| 2:29.5 | As, yes, you've guessed it, |
| 2:33.1 | yet another haven for half-witted hipsters. |
| 2:37.8 | Ugh. |
| 2:42.9 | And although, like a hipster's head, it's always half-empty, except for vague hints of hummus and falafel, |
| 2:51.6 | the unsubtle sounds of bongos and didgeridoo's, |
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