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🗓️ 1 January 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away. |
0:02.6 | When police arrives, I found the telephones and electricity lines. |
0:06.0 | We have a weird homicide. |
0:08.8 | A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird... |
0:13.0 | A cup of murder. |
0:14.8 | Sometimes, though a prime suspect is known to the police and officials, there isn't |
0:19.6 | enough to move the case forward. |
0:21.7 | On January 1st, 1985, a fashion tycoon was murdered inside of his home. |
0:28.2 | A case that, though there is a suspect, remains officially unsolved. |
0:34.1 | So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning |
0:39.6 | cup of murder. |
0:41.8 | Aristos Constantinow was born sometime in 1945 as the son of a Greek Cypriot and Master Taylor, |
0:50.0 | who immigrated to the UK in the early 1960s. |
0:54.0 | After graduating from the London College of Fashion in 1965 and working with another |
0:59.4 | courtier, Aristos later joined by his brother Achilles, became the founders of the Arellella |
1:05.6 | Fashion Label. Coming into prominence during the British Fashion Revolution, the company was known for its cocktail, evening, and occasion wear, as well as for their casino uniforms. |
1:17.5 | By 1974, the company had a headquarters, a showroom, and a total of nine retail shops located around the world. |
1:25.2 | And while that number would later increase to 11, the company |
1:28.8 | also sold to more than 300 wholesale accounts all across the globe. Riding high off of his success, |
1:37.6 | in 1985, Aristos was living in the Bishop's Avenue in Hampstead, London, in a seven-bedroom home on 2.5 acres with separate |
1:47.1 | apartment quarters for the staff and horse stables. It was here in his luxuriously beautiful home |
1:54.3 | that something truly horrific happened. On January 1st, 1985, New Year's Day, Aristos Constantinow was shot a total of six |
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