#350 - Undressing Jack the Stripper - Part D of D (Hammersmith Nudes; Margaret McGowan & Bridget O'Hara)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 28 May 2026
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Summary
This is Part D of D of Undressing Jack the Stripper, an eight part series made in conjunction with the True Crime Enthusiast podcast.
From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, the bodies of eight sex-workers (Elizabeth Figg, Gwynneth Rees, Hannah Tailford, Irene Lockwood, Helen Barthelemy, Mary Fleming, Margaret McGowan and Bridget O’Hara) were found dumped in or near the River Thames in West London.
Panic spread that a sadistic serial killer was on the loose who targeted young petite brunettes; stripped and strangled them, dumped each body within weeks and streets of each other. Yet with not a single witness to his crimes, even though several suspects have since been named, with no convictions, it’s a series of killing which remains a mystery to this day.
After the success of their ten-part series, Psychopath: Two Side of Patrick MacKay, Mike at Murder Mile and Paul at the True Crime Enthusiast join forces once again to bring you an eight-part crossover series about one of Britain’s most infamous unsolved serial killing – Jack the Stripper.
This episode is about Helen Barthelemy & Mary Fleming.
- Location: Civil Defence Building, Hornton Street, Kensington, London, W8
- Date: Wednesday 25th of November 1964 at 1:30pm (body found)
- Victims: Margaret McGowan
- Location: Heron Trading Estate in Acton, West London, London, W3
- Date: Tuesday 16th of February 1965 (body found)
- Victims: Bridget O’Hara
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Always True Crime, a podcast network bringing you gripping real-life stories that you won't be able to stop thinking about. |
| 0:08.2 | Discover your next true crime obsession at alwaystruecrime.com. |
| 0:25.6 | By February 1965, eight sex workers were dead. Elizabeth Figg, Gwyneth Rees, Hannah Taylorford, Irene Lockwood, Helen Barthelomey, |
| 0:32.6 | Mary Fleming, Margaret McGowan and Bridget O'Hara. |
| 0:36.6 | The first four were unlikely to be linked, but the last four |
| 0:40.9 | were unquestionably by the same serial killer. This was the real Jack the stripper, |
| 0:48.4 | as each killing was a carbon copy of the other. All were strangled, stripped post-mortem, stored for days or weeks, only to be found |
| 0:57.3 | dumped with no rape or necrophilia, no obvious robbery or clear motive, and all were covered in a unique |
| 1:04.4 | dusty rainbow of paint particles. The police asserted this killer was experienced, calm and controlled. |
| 1:12.6 | A sadist with a powerful urge to kill. |
| 1:15.6 | But the wisdom to leave no clues, the cunning to never be seen, |
| 1:19.6 | and the patience to make these women vanish, |
| 1:22.6 | only to then dump their bodies in plain sight and taunt his pursuers with his ingenuity. |
| 1:28.3 | But whoever dumped the bodies was panicked. |
| 1:33.3 | Being seen several times, driving like a maniac, almost crashing his car, |
| 1:38.3 | hastily tossing these cadavers into any alley or dead end, |
| 1:42.3 | and leaving a set of tire marks. Was this Jack the |
| 1:47.8 | Stripper, a Jekyll and Hyde type character who killed with impunity, but was gripped with |
| 1:52.9 | guilt when he sobered up? Or were these last four murders by two different men? A ruthless and |
| 2:00.0 | violent gangster who killed any of his girls who displeased him, |
| 2:03.6 | having crossed him in a blackmail scam, worked for a rival pimp, spoke to the police, |
| 2:08.6 | gave a name or a face, or attempted to flee. |
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