#40 - The Fascinating Life, Death and After-Life of Glyndwr Michael (Operation Mincemeat)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 23 August 2018
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
On Tuesday 26th January 1943, somewhere at the back of King’s Cross station, in an unknown derelict warehouse, Glyndwr Michael; a nobody, a nothing, a homeless man became a hero, and although he saved my life, your life and all of our lives, 80 years on, his name his hardly known.
- Date: Tuesday 26th January 1943
- Location: King's Cross, London, N1 (exact location unknown)
- Victims: 1 (Glyndwr Michael)
- Operation Mincemeat
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast to an audio-guided walk, |
| 0:13.1 | featuring many of London's untold, unsolved, and long-forgotten murders, |
| 0:19.8 | all set within one square mile of the West End. |
| 0:25.9 | Today's episode is about Glindor Michael. |
| 0:30.4 | A nobody, a nothing, a homeless man who became a hero. |
| 0:36.3 | And although he saved my life, your life, and all of our lives, |
| 0:42.5 | almost 80 years on, his name is hardly known. Murdomal contains shocks, surprises, and moments of |
| 0:53.5 | satire, as well as loud and realistic sounds, |
| 0:57.6 | so that no matter where you listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there. |
| 1:04.6 | My name is Michael. I am your tour guide, and this is Murder Mile. |
| 1:12.6 | Episode 40, The Fascinating Life, Death and Afterlife of Glendor Michael. |
| 1:26.6 | Today, I'm standing... |
| 1:29.3 | Um... somewhere. |
| 1:34.8 | Straight ahead is the rear of King's Cross Station. |
| 1:38.8 | Behind is the canal. |
| 1:41.7 | To the left is the tunnel where the body of Sebastiano Magnanini was tied to a shopping |
| 1:47.0 | trolley and dumped, where nearby two kids found the bits of Paula Fields. |
| 1:54.0 | And ahead are three key locations in the life of the Camden Ripper, coming soon to murder mile. |
| 2:01.8 | But exactly where I am is uncertain. |
| 2:08.0 | The appropriately named Goods Way was once one of London's industrial hubs, as being perfectly |
| 2:14.4 | positioned at the back of King's Cross Station and flanked by a wealth of warehouses, wharfs, grain stores and even an ice cellar. |
| 2:24.3 | Although Good's Way was once a big part of Britain's economic lifeblood, |
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