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#279 - The Grey Man - Part One (Chiswick, London, England)

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This is Part One of Two of The Grey Man. Across the morning of Tuesday 11th of November 1941, from 8:50am to 10:20am, an armed man dressed in grey went on a killing spree across Chiswick, Hammersmith and Acton armed with two shotguns. It seemed like he was picking off random people, but having spent months rehearsing and surveilling his targets, his mission had a purpose. Of so he thought. 8:50am - Leslie Ernest Ludford & Mrs Violet Mary Pinder outside of 1-3 Hadley Gardens, West London,8:55am - Emma Jane Crisp & Annie New at 1 St Mary’s Grove in Chiswick, West London,9:05am - Mrs Kathleen Irene Guyver of 38 Westcroft Square, shot in Hamlet Gardens, West London,9:15am - Mrs Harriett Fell of 4 Bollo Lane in Acton, West London, shot twice in the arm9:25am - ACW/1 Winifred Allenby, 24 Hartington Road, shot in Grove Park Road, West London,9:49am - Miss Agnes Grace Hunt, shot in Rathger Avenue in Ealing, West London,10:10am - Edith Amelia Barringer shot at 5 Brunton Way in West Ealing / Perivale, West London,Culprits: 1 (Philip Joseph Ward)Death by shooting with a shotgun, a killing spree across West London Blog here - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-279-280-the-grey-man-parts-1-2-philip-joseph-ward Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer. For links click here To subscribe via Patreon, click here To subscribe to the Always True Crime newsletter, click here Got 5 mins? Fill in the Always True Crime survey for a chance to win a £100 restaurant voucher https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/MMk0718T Closes 31st Oct 2026 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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