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Murder Mile UK True Crime

The Blackout Ripper - The Full Story Parts 5 to 8

Murder Mile UK True Crime

Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast

English, Society & Culture, London, True-crime, Documentary, History, Uk, Killer, True Crime, Crime, Murder, British

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🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 164 minutes

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Summary

The Blackout Ripper - The Full Story Parts 5 to 8. As promised, this is the full story of The Blackout Ripper with all of the rubbish taken out; no admin, no extra mile, no credits, just the full untold story of The Blackout Ripper.


Murder Mile is a true-crime podcast and audio-guided walk of 300+ untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases, all set within one square mile of the West End. Each episode is accompanied by photos, videos and an interactive murder map, so that no matter where you’re listening to this podcast, you’ll feel like you’re actually there. https://www.murdermiletours.com/podcast.html


Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with music written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music by Kai Engel, Sergey Cheremisinov, NCTRNM, Chris Zabriski, Rozkov, Phillip Weigl, Jessie Spillane, Lee Rosevere, Hyson, Seclorance, Swelling and Kevin MacLeod, as used under the Creative Commons Licence 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive. A full listing of tracks used is on the script transcript and sources for each episode, as listed here.


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May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get

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10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.

0:16.5

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. We don't treat ourselves.

0:21.8

Oh, we do treat ourselves with a meal out.

0:25.6

The Amex Platinum card with 300 pound global dining credit every year.

0:29.2

You can eat at the restaurants you've always wanted to try.

0:32.4

Representative 704.6% APRVE. eat at the restaurants you've always wanted to try.

0:32.5

Representative 704.6% APR variable.

0:35.6

Selected restaurants only annual fee.

0:37.5

Terms apply 18 plus, subject to approval. The After Britain declared war against Germany on the 3rd of September 1939,

1:00.0

the first liberation took place, starting in British prisons.

1:07.0

With a country desperate to clear its cells for the true enemies of the state, such as spies, traitors, looters and deserters, an

1:17.0

insured supply of eligible young men for conscription.

1:21.6

Any prisoners with three months or less to serve were granted their freedom.

1:29.0

Boid by a sense of national pride, some prisoners enlisted, but others did not and with the city's short

1:36.6

unexperienced police officers rationing enforced and with basic

1:41.6

essentials such as soap and fuel being sold at vastly over-inflated

1:47.2

prices some ex-cons saw wartime as the perfect opportunity for criminal enterprise.

1:55.4

And even honest people turned to crime under the cover of the blackout. Between 1939 and 1945

2:05.0

the crime rate in England and Wales rose by 57%.

2:10.0

With the number of reported murder cases increasing from 280 in 1939 to 490 in 1945.

2:20.0

And with death, injury and disappearance, being a daily occurrence in most wartime cities,

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