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Murder Mile UK True Crime

#74 - The Fatal Fling of Emily Beilby Kaye - Part One 'The Affair' (Bloomsbury, London, WC1)

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🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This is PART ONE of a TWO PART episode which concludes next week.


On Monday 7th April 1924, Emily Beilby Kaye; a smart independent lady who felt her last chance of wedding bells and babies had her slipped-by, left her apartment at the Green Cross Club at 68 Guilford Street, WC1, having met an Irish rogue called “Pat”. And although this tawdry affair would lead to her death…it also led to one of the most significant innovations in murder investigations.


  • Date: Monday 7th April 1924 (date of death 15th April 1924)
  • Location: The Green Cross Club, 66 Guilford Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1
  • Victims: 1 (Emily Beilby Kaye)
  • Culprit: Patrick Mahon


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0:00.0

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

0:13.2

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

0:22.7

Today's episode is about 38-year-old Emily Bell B.K. A smart, calm, an independent lady who felt

0:31.6

her last chance of wedding bells and babies had slipped by. But having met an Irish rogue

0:37.2

called Pat, although she was deeply in love

0:39.7

with a married man, this tawdry affair would lead to her death. Murder Marley's research

0:47.2

using the original police files. It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details,

0:52.9

and as a dramatization of the real events,

0:56.0

it may also feature loud and realistic sounds, so that no matter where you listen to this podcast,

1:02.6

you'll feel like you're actually there.

1:06.0

My name is Michael. I am your tour guide. This is Murder Mile. Episode 74, The Fatal Fling of

1:16.3

Emily Bell B.K. Part 1. The Affair.

1:24.7

Today, I'm standing on Guildford Street in Bloomsbury, W.C.1. One street south of the Tavistock Square bus

1:37.3

bombing, two streets east of the abominable Mr. and Mrs. Cox, a few doors down from the peaceful

1:43.8

sleep of Vera Crawford in the Grenville

1:45.8

Hotel, and one street west of the misreported killing of Darlene Horton, coming soon to murder

1:53.5

mile. Guilford Street is an ugly little side street just off Russell Square, which being crammed full of unsightly

2:02.3

student halls, aging hospitals, and long lines of previously ramshackle but now smartly renovated

2:08.7

five-story Victorian townhouses, many of which have been converted into hotels, B&Bs and

2:14.5

hostels, with no bars, cafes or museums.

2:18.3

This street is an insult to your eyeballs, your backside and your cake hole.

2:24.3

In fact, the only sound that you'll hear is the endless thrum of suitcase wheels,

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