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Murder Mile UK True Crime

#89 - The Last Gasp of Peter Buckingham (Harlesden, London, NW10)

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

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is about the tragic death of eight-year-old Peter Buckingham; a lovely little boy who wasn’t starved, abused or mistreated, if anything he was adored, and yet, several traumatic incidents lead to this innocent boy being murdered by the one person who loved him the most – his own mum.

  • Date: Thursday 18th November 1948
  • Location: 134 Milton Avenue, Harlesden, London, NW10
  • Victims: 1 (Peter Buckingham)
  • Culprit: Elenore Buckingham


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0:00.0

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

0:12.4

featuring many of London's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murders, all said within and beyond the West End.

0:23.6

Today's episode is about the tragic death of eight-year-old Peter Buckingham.

0:28.6

A lovely little boy who wasn't starved, abused or mistreated, if anything he was adored.

0:35.6

And yet several traumatic incidents

0:38.3

led to this innocent little boy being murdered

0:41.3

by the one person who loved him the most,

0:44.3

his own mum.

0:47.3

Murder Marley is researched using the original police files.

0:50.3

It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details. And as a dramatization of the

0:57.5

real events, it may also feature loud and realistic sounds, so that no matter where you listen

1:04.4

to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there. My name is Michael. I am your tour guide and this is Murder Mile.

1:17.7

Episode 89, the last to gasp of Peter Buckingham.

1:35.0

Today, I'm standing on Milton Avenue in Halsden, NW10.

1:41.0

Four streets south of where the first date killer dumped Kate Beagle's bloodied car.

1:49.0

Two streets east of the factory, where Rich Christie Murielidi, three streets southwest of the home of the suitcase canal dumper, Thomas Kocheek, and barely one mile west of the bungled

1:55.5

release of Ashrash Amrani, coming soon to Murdermar.

2:07.6

Halston is a real hodgepodge. Whereas in the 1900s, it was still a pretty little village on the outskirts of London.

2:13.6

As the city's population swelled,

2:16.6

Halston village was swamped by an industrial hub,

2:19.3

full of cranes, trucks, trains, and the choking truck of factories.

2:24.3

Today it's no different, except that drifting amongst the exhaust fumes,

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