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#311 - 'The Hooker with the Heart of Gold' (Jeanne Odette Western, 3 Peter Street, Soho, W1)

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On Monday the 12th of May 1975 at 2:40pm, two prostitutes on the first and second floors of 3 Peter Street were ‘entertaining’ their clients. With these small flats connected by a communal door, their punters rang the right bell for Jeanne, the left bell for ‘Sheila’ and were greeted on the stairwell by the correct prostitute’s maid. It was all very businesslike and efficient for these two professional woman. But with a campaign of violence between rival gangs having torn apart this side of the city, as bad men did bad things for selfish reasons, two women would become the unwitting victims of ‘The Syndicate’. Location: second floor, 2-3 Peter Street, Soho, London, UK, W1Date: Monday the 12th of May 1975 at 2:40pm Victims: Jeanne Odette Juliette Western & Pietrina ConzimuCulprits: Joseph Frendo acquitted (Alfred Paul Tabone, John Everett) - never tried Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. Triple nominated at the True Crime Awards and nominated at the British Podcast Awards. It 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. This episode features a promo by our good friends at Seeing Red. For links click here To subscribe via Patreon, 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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