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

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

Today's episode is about an accident with an oil lamp, an everyday mishap, which was so common in Victorian London,

that it was listed as one of the highest causes of unintentional death in the home.

The deceased even admitted that it was her fault.

So where was the murder?

Murder Marley's researched using authentic sources.

It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details.

And as a dramatization of the real events,

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

Episode 99, the accidental death of Amelia Potal. Today, I'm standing on Great Windmill Street in Soho, W1.

Two streets southwest of the bludgeon sex worker Jacqueline Biry.

One street west of the stabbed hostess, Camille Gordon.

One street south of sweet stabbed hostess, Camille Gordon, one street south of Swede-natured gingeray,

just five houses north of the unfortunate Mr. Johnson, and two streets west of the tragic death of 11-month-old Richard Higgs,

coming soon to Murdema. Situated just off Piccadilly Circus, Great Windmill Street is a gloomy

one-way road used by taxi drivers as a sneaky cut-through to whiz from Shasbury Avenue to Oxford Street

without being asphyxiated by the rush hour smog.

Back in the 17th century, when Soho was a hunting ground, this small hillock known as windmill field was named after a wooden windmill which stood at its top end.

But like many parts of a bustling city like London, over the decades,

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