#65 - The Unfortunate Mr Johnson

Murder Mile UK True Crime

Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast

True Crime, English, Nglish, E, Uk, Crime, London, Society & Culture, Murder, Killer, True-crime, History, Personal Journals, British

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Gordon Johnson; a tragic man of many misfortunes, who was side-lined by life and shafted by fate, and yet crueller still, with no reason and being so unexpected, on Tuesday 5th September 1945, in Mac’s Dance Hall in Soho, the first time he ever met, saw or even knew about his killer was in the seconds before his death.

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0:48.8	ask in store for details. Welcome to Murder Mile.
1:01.6	A true crime podcast, an audio guided Welcome to Murder Mile.
1:02.8	A True Crime Podcast, an audio guided walk, featuring many of London's untold, unsolved and
1:09.5	long forgotten murders.
1:11.6	All set within London's West End.
1:16.0	Today's episode is about Gordon Johnson,
1:20.0	a tragic man of many misfortunes, who was sidelined by life and shafted by fate, and
1:27.6	yet crueler still, with no reason, and being so unexpected, the first time he ever met, saw or even knew about his
1:36.4	killer was in the seconds before his death.
1:41.6	Murder Mile is researched using the original police files.
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