#7 - The Identikit Killing at the Curiosity Shop
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
4.7 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2017
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On Friday 3rd March 1961, at 23 Cecil Court (London), 21 year old Edwin Bush would brutally murder 59 year old part-time shop assistant Elsie May Batten whilst attempting to steal a £15 ornamental dress sword. And as shocking as the case was, how the culprit was caught, would be a watershed moment in modern British murder investigations.
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| 0:35.6 | Selected restaurants only, annual fee, terms apply 18 plus, subject to approval. Welcome to Murder Mile. |
| 0:50.0 | A true crime podcast an audio guided walk, featuring many of London's |
| 0:57.0 | untold, unsolved, and long forgotten murders, all set within one square mile of the West End. |
| 1:07.0 | Today's episode is a guided walk of the brutal murder of Elsie May Baton, a part-time shop assistant who would be murdered over the matter of just 15 pounds. |
| 1:18.0 | And yet, how her culprit was caught would be a watershed moment in British policing, |
| 1:25.2 | which would change murder investigations forever. |
| 1:30.6 | Murder mile contains vivid descriptions, which may not be suitable for those of a sensitive |
| 1:35.1 | 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 |
| 1:46.2 | actually there. My name is Michael I am your tour guide and this is Murder Mile. |
| 1:55.0 | Episode 7 |
| 1:58.0 | The Identicate Killing |
| 2:01.0 | at the old curiosity shop. |
| 2:03.0 | Today I'm standing in Cecil Court, W.C. 2. |
| 2:10.0 | A long, dark, windy little cut-through connecting the busy |
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