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#363 - The Beast of Bedsitland - Part 2 of 2 (Ronald Evans, Clifton, Bristol)

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This is Part Two of Two of The Beast of Bedsitland. As one of Britain’s longest serving prisoners, Ronald Evans has been incarcerated for more than 55 years for GBH, ABH, rape and murder, and has never expressed any true remorse for his victims. Aged 22, he murdered Kathleen Heathcote in Mansfield, across the late 1970s he terrorised the city of Bristol being known as ‘The Clifton Rapist’ and even in his 80s, he committed a sexual assault. So why wasn’t he rehabilitated? Location:Brickyard Tip, off Princes Street, Mansfield, DerbyshireDate: Thursday 21st of November 1963 at 11pm (murder)Victims: Kathleen Rita HeathcoteCulprit:Ronald Evans Seven 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 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 · TokTok · YouTube 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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