#72 - Vera Crawford: A Very Ordinary Murder
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
4.7 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2019
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday 18th September 1948, in Room 1 of the Grenville Hotel, Vera Crawford, an unwell woman was found dead in her hotel bed. It seemed as if she had died of natural causes but being required to inform the victim’s next-of-kin, the Police uncovered a murder which was both sinister and tragic.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello it's Sophia and Emma here and our podcast The Secret Mum Club is currently being sponsored by Aldi. We love a trip to Aldi now don't we? |
| 0:07.2 | It's the Middle Isles for me. I love getting stocking fillers there. Can we talk about bargains? We love them. There's nothing better |
| 0:14.7 | than going to the shops and bagging yourself a great deal on those everyday items. |
| 0:18.7 | I just love going to Aldi to seek out the best offers. We know they're the cheaper supermarket according to which. |
| 0:24.4 | Have you heard in the run-up to Christmas, Aldi are doing their bonkers offers? |
| 0:28.0 | No! They've got bonkers discounts on chocolate and you can never have too much chocolate at Christmas. |
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| 0:35.8 | So head to Aldi and share the love this Christmas. Hey Madamylers, Mike here. |
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| 1:40.0 | code. UK for terms. Welcome to Murder,. A true crime podcast, an audio guided walk, featuring many of London's |
| 1:59.2 | untold, unsolved and long forgotten murders. |
| 2:03.0 | All set within London's worst end. |
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