#61 - The Senseless Killing of Charlie Chirgwin (St Giles & Fitzrovia, London)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
4.7 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2019
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
On Thursday 14th November 1872, the life of Charlie Chirgwin was ended; he was an innocent who wasn’t stabbed, beaten or shot; but his last few hours alive were decided by rules, red-tape and petty revenge, and yet Charlie would never know that, as he was only fourteen weeks old.
- Date: Monday 14th November 1872
- Location: The Strand Union, W1 and St Giles' Workhouse, London, WC2
- Victims: 1 (Charles Chirgwin)
- Culprit: George Cannon
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile. |
| 0:10.7 | A true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk, |
| 0:14.5 | featuring many of London's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murders, |
| 0:20.0 | all set within London's West End. |
| 0:23.6 | Today's episode is about the cruel and senseless death of Charlie Chergwin, an innocent, who wasn't stabbed, beaten or shot, but whose last hour is alive were decided by rules, red tape and petty revenge. |
| 0:40.3 | And yet Charlie would never know that, as he was only 14 weeks old. |
| 0:46.3 | Murder Marley's researched using the original police files. |
| 0:52.3 | It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details, |
| 0:56.4 | and as a dramatization of the real events, it may also feature loud and realistic sounds, |
| 1:02.3 | so that, no matter where you listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there. |
| 1:09.6 | My name is Michael. I am your tour guide, and this is Murder Mile. |
| 1:16.6 | Episode 61, The Senseless Killing of Charlie Chergwin. |
| 1:26.6 | Today, I'm standing in Shorts Gardens, W.C.2. |
| 1:33.8 | Two streets east of the wife-beating Baker, Alexander Moyer, |
| 1:38.0 | one street southwest of the mysterious murder of the lonely spinster Daisy Wallace, |
| 1:43.6 | and one street north of the unsolved murder |
| 1:46.9 | of Russian Dora, coming soon to murder mile. Situated between Shasbury Avenue and Longacre, |
| 1:59.5 | Shorts Gardens is an odd one-way street at the back |
| 2:02.6 | of Coven Garden, used mostly as a cut-through by cabbies, brickeys and Uber Eats. That pointless |
| 2:09.6 | service for lazy, feckless half-wits, who were one step away from needing an app to wipe their own ass. |
| 2:20.4 | Surrounded by a queasy excess of funky barbers, crazy cafes, flip-flop boutiques and |
| 2:26.0 | possibly a falafel museum, this side of Shorts gardens staunchly refuses to evolve. |
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