#91 - The Sad Faced Killer (Paddington, London, W2)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
4.7 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode isn’t about the victim, it’s about her murderer. His identity isn’t a mystery; we know his name, his age and (based on witness descriptions) he would later become known as ‘the sad faced killer’; we know what he did, when he did it and where, but the one detail we can’t explain is why?
- Date: Saturday 27th May 1950
- Location: Room 12, Saura Hotel, 162 Sussex Gardens in Paddington, London, W2
- Victims: 1 (Agnes Mary Walsh)
- Culprits: Donald Westgarth Davidson
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Murder Mile. |
| 0:10.4 | A true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk, |
| 0:13.7 | featuring many of London's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murders, |
| 0:19.4 | all set within and beyond the West End. Today's episode |
| 0:24.7 | isn't about the victim. It's about the murderer. His identity isn't a mystery. We know his name, |
| 0:33.0 | his age, and based on witness descriptions, he would later become known as the sad-faced killer. |
| 0:39.6 | We know what he did, when he did it, and where. |
| 0:43.3 | But the one detail we can't explain is why. |
| 0:48.4 | Murder Marley's research used in the original police files. |
| 0:52.2 | It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details, |
| 0:56.4 | and as a dramatization of the real events, it may also feature loud and realistic sounds, |
| 1:02.8 | so that no matter where you listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there. |
| 1:10.5 | My name is Michael. I am your tour guide. |
| 1:14.6 | This is Murder Mile. |
| 1:17.6 | Episode 91, the sad-faced killer. |
| 1:33.1 | Today, I'm standing on Sussex Gardens in Paddington, W2. |
| 1:40.5 | One street south of the pub where Reg Christie met Kathleen Maloney, two streets east of the torture of Vincent Carey, a few doors up from the blackout ripper's final victim |
| 1:45.5 | Doris Junet, and three streets southeast of the bungled assassination by Carlos the Jackal, |
| 1:52.8 | or as he should forever be known, Carlos the Jackass, coming soon to Murder Mar. |
| 2:01.3 | This is familiar territory. |
| 2:04.2 | East is edgeware road, south is High Park, |
| 2:07.6 | north is Paddington Station and to the west is bayswater. |
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