#108 - The Thames Towpath Murders - Part Two (The Investigation, Barbara Songhurst and Christine Rose Reed)

This is Part Two of Three of The Thames Towpath Murders.On the morning of Monday 1st June 1953, at 09:05am, the body of Barbara Songhurst was pulled out of the River Thames at Radnor Gardens and brought ashore at St Helena Pier, as many dead bodies are. But even before an autopsy was conducted, Scotland Yard were notified, as this was no accident, this was unmistakably a murder.Date: Monday 1st June 1953Location: St Helena Pier, by Richmond Bridge, Twickenham, TW1Victims: 2 (Barbara Songhurst and Christine Rose Reed)Culprits: 1 (Alfred Charles Whiteway)Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeGo on! Treat yourself and listen to QueenPod: SUPPORT THE PODCAST:Support us via PATREON.Buy Merch in THE SHOPFree Goodies HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.