Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk,

featuring many of London's untold, unsolved, and long-forgotten murders, all set within London's West End.

Today's episode is about Gordon Johnson, a tragic man of many misfortunes, who was sidelined

by life and shafted by fate, and yet, crueler still, with no reason, and being so unexpected, the

first time he ever met, saw, or even knew about his killer, was in the seconds before

his death.

Murder Marley's research used in the original police files.

It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly

details, and as a dramatization of the real events, it may also feature loud and realistic sounds,

so that no matter where you listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there.

My name is Michael. I am your tour there. My name is Michael.

I am your tour guide, and this is Murder Mile.

Episode 65, The Unfortunate Mr. Johnson.

Today, I'm standing on Great Windmill Street in Soho, W.1.

One street north of the salted almond, where the blackout ripper met his fifth victim, Greta

Haywood. One street west of Archer Street, where Larry Winters, Camille Gordon and French Fifi

met their deaths, and two streets northeast of the cruelly titled Amusement Arcade,

where Deborah Alvarez fought for her life, coming soon to Murder Mile.

As a short, one-way side street, on a slight incline, with Chasbury Avenue at the bottom

and Brewer Street at the top, although very recently gentrified, with tiny shiny, artisan

eateries, all obsessed with avocado, blatantly pointless boutiques selling all the

essentials, such as mummoos, cravats and monocles, and shallow places for preening poses, who

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