#86 - The Lover's Death Pact (Queensway, London, W2)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
4.7 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
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 | Calling all holiday lovers, welcome to Passports Please, the podcast that hacks your holidays. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Chelsea, also known as the cheap holiday expert online. |
| 0:08.1 | And I'm James, the one that just loves a holiday. |
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| 0:14.3 | Covered. |
| 0:15.0 | Wondering what you should do if you ever forget your passport? |
| 0:17.7 | Speaking from experience, James. |
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| 0:22.6 | and let's make your next trip unforgettable |
| 0:24.7 | for the right reasons. |
| 0:26.1 | Passports, please, is available to listen |
| 0:27.7 | wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:41.7 | Welcome to Murder Mile. |
| 0:51.2 | A true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk, featuring many of London's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murders. |
| 0:57.0 | All set within and beyond the West End. Today's episode is a romantic wartime tale about Barbara Shuttleworth and Felix Sturber, |
| 1:04.0 | who amidst the ruins of a bombed-out London found comfort in each other's arms, and yet something led these two lovers |
| 1:12.6 | to end their lives in a truly bizarre death pact. |
| 1:17.6 | Well, sort of. |
| 1:19.6 | Murder Marley is researched using the original police files. |
| 1:24.6 | It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details and as a dramatization |
| 1:30.2 | of the real events. It may also feature loud and realistic sounds, so that no matter where |
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