#86 - The "Lover's" Death Pact (Queensway, London, W2)

Murder Mile UK True Crime

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🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Today’s episode is a romantic wartime tale about Barbara Shuttleworth and Felic Sterbe, who amidst the ruins of a bombed-out London found comfort in each other’s arms, and yet, something lead these two “lovers” to end their lives in a truly bizarre death pact… well, sort of.

Date: Friday 30th July 1948
Location: Ralph Court, 210A Queensway, London, W2
Victims: 2 (Barbara Sylvia Shuttleworth and Lt Col Felic Jan Sterbe)
Culprit: Lt Col Felic Jan Sterbe

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0:00.0	Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk,
0:13.9	featuring many of London's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murders, all set within
0:20.8	and beyond the West End.
0:24.5	Today's episode is a romantic wartime tale about Barbara Shottlerworth and Felix Sturber,
0:31.8	who amidst the ruins of a bombed-out London found comfort in each other's arms,
0:36.9	and yet something led these two lovers
0:40.0	to end their lives in a truly bizarre death pact. Well, sort of. Murder Marley's research
0:49.9	using the original police files. It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details and
0:56.8	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.
1:10.2	My name is Michael. I am your tour guide and this is Murder Mile.
1:17.6	Episode 86, The Lover's Death Pact.
1:33.3	Today, I'm standing on Queensway in Bayswater, W2. One street south of the Drive-1 jewellery heist for the Charlotte Street robbery.
1:39.3	Three streets north of the Blackout Ripper's final victim, Doris Junet, a short walk north of
1:46.1	the site of the High Park bombing, and a little doodle from the little-known truth of the
1:51.3	memorial to the murdered policeman, Jack Avery. Coming soon to murder mind.
2:00.6	Queensway is a bit of a dog's dinner.
2:03.6	Being uncomfortably wedged between the pisspour gloom of Paddington
2:07.6	and the pretentious arsholery of Notting Hill,
2:10.6	this side of Bayswater is a mess.
2:14.6	But as a mix of wealth and culture,
2:16.6	what you can buy for 99P at Akmal's discount cash and carry
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