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Murder Mile UK True Crime

#341 - London's Forgotten 'Gay Slayer' (W2, SW6, SW1 and SW10)

Murder Mile UK True Crime

Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast

History, Society & Culture, True-crime, London, English, Uk, British, Murder, True Crime, Killer, Crime, Documentary

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🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

From the 31st of January 1980 to the 1st of August 1983, on neighbouring streets across the London postcodes of W2, SW6, with two in SW1 and two in SW10, six gay men were murdered - Henry Carr, Dr Richard Mercy, Carlos Mery-Squella, Anthony Bird, Harry Williams and Peter Arne. They were linked by detectives as they had all been sadistically stabbed, battered, and sometimes posed and set alight. But who was the slayer of gay men in London’s West End?


  • Location #1: Henry Carr, top floor flat,52 Cathcart Road, Kensington, SW10
  • Location #2: Dr Richard Mercy, Flat 5, 34 Eaton Place, Belgravia, SW1
  • Location #3: Carlos Mery-Sequella, Flat 2, 22 Gunter Grove, West Brompton, Kensington, SW10
  • Location #4: Anthony Jackson Bird, Bentley Court, 72-74 Kensington Gardens Square, Bayswater, W2
  • Location #5: Harry Williams, flat unknown, Bagley’s Lane in Fulham, SW6
  • Location #6: Peter Arne, ground floor flat, 54 Hans Place in Kensington, SW1
  • Culprit: ?


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0:00.0

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0:09.0

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0:15.1

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0:22.8

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0:27.1

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0:33.3

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0:41.6

shows after this one.

0:45.3

Did an unknown serial killer of gay men once stalked was London?

0:50.4

Find out on Murder Mile.

1:03.0

Today, I'm standing outside of Bentley Court in Bayswater, W-2.

1:08.0

Three streets north-east of the torture of Vincent Carey. Two streets east of the German tourists slain by the Beast of Bamshire, one

1:12.8

straight north of the Weissgill Killer, and a short walk from the Big Red Hand, coming soon

1:19.3

to Murder Mile.

1:23.7

Bentley Court at 72 to 74 Kensington Garden Square is an erroneous six-story block of flats.

1:32.1

Set amongst tasteful Georgian and Victorian townhouses, with grand doric columns, elegant tall windows with artistic architraves, and intricately designed wrought iron railings.

1:43.4

They're the kind of hopes you'd expect great writers to live.

1:47.2

But in comparison, Bentley Court looks like a Doss House for deadbeats.

1:52.6

It's flat, dull, vague, and looks like the architect woke up after a boozy lunch,

1:58.1

and with ten minutes until he had to hand in the designs, thought,

2:01.5

"'Meh, it'll do.'

2:03.5

Before napping, and realizing he'd forgotten to add any doors, stairs, floors, walls, and even a roof.

2:11.3

But then again, maybe being forgettable is a bonus.

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