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#341 - London's Forgotten 'Gay Slayer' (W2, SW6, SW1 and SW10)

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From the 31st of January 1980 to the 1st of August 1983, on neighbouring streets across the London postcodes of W2, SW6, with two in SW1 and two in SW10, six gay men were murdered - Henry Carr, Dr Richard Mercy, Carlos Mery-Squella, Anthony Bird, Harry Williams and Peter Arne. They were linked by detectives as they had all been sadistically stabbed, battered, and sometimes posed and set alight. But who was the slayer of gay men in London’s West End? Location #1: Henry Carr, top floor flat,52 Cathcart Road, Kensington, SW10Location #2: Dr Richard Mercy, Flat 5, 34 Eaton Place, Belgravia, SW1Location #3: Carlos Mery-Sequella, Flat 2, 22 Gunter Grove, West Brompton, Kensington, SW10Location #4: Anthony Jackson Bird, Bentley Court, 72-74 Kensington Gardens Square, Bayswater, W2Location #5: Harry Williams, flat unknown, Bagley’s Lane in Fulham, SW6Location #6: Peter Arne, ground floor flat, 54 Hans Place in Kensington, SW1Culprit: ? Five time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. 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. Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA · Instagram · FaceBook · Threads SUBSCRIBE via Patreon 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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