Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk of London's most notorious

and often-forgotten murder cases, all set within one square mile of the West End.

Today's episode is a guided walk of the murder of West End prostitute, Dutch Leia.

And even though her brutal and violent death is often attributed to the infamous Soho Strangler,

her actual killer has escaped justice for more than 80 years.

But by re-examining the evidence, many aspects of which the police overlooked,

maybe we can discover who killed Dutch Leia.

Murder Mile contains vivid descriptions, which may not be suitable for those of a

sensitive disposition, as well as photos, videos and maps which accompany this series, so that,

no matter where you listen to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there.

My name is Michael.

I am your tour guide,

and this is Murder Marr.

Episode 4,

The Mysterious Death of Dutch Lair.

Today, I'm standing on Old Compton Street in Soho, W1, in the pumping heart of London's West End, wedged between infamous tourist traps like Piccadilly Circus to the south, Oxford Street to the west, Tottenham Court Road to the north and Cambridge Circus to the east. At just 1,100 feet long and 30 feet wide, Old Compton Street consists of an odd mix of four-storey buildings,

all roughly identical in height and shape, but they are as uneven and discoloured as a toothy grin in a smashed mouth.

Currently, Olcompton Street, like most of Soho, is desperately trying to scrub itself clean and erase its seedy image, after decades of decline, having been a home to the destitute,

the desperate, the debauched, the drugged and the drunk.

The Soho of yesteryear was synonymous with one thing.

Sex.

With some of its seedyest streets, awash with a swarm of sex shops, peep shows, nudie booths,

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