#157 - The Blackout Ripper: First Blood - Part One (Mabel Church, Britain)

In the second week of February 1942, six women were attacked on consequecutive days across London's West End; two were violently assaulted and four were brutally tortured and murdered. All were attributed to Gordon Frederick Cummins, who would later be dubbed 'The Blackout Ripper'. But was he a one-off spree-killer, or did this sadistic maniac have two more victims in his past?Date: Monday 12th October 1941 at between 10pm and 10:30pm (time of the attack)Location: 225 Hampstead Road, London, England, NW1 (demolished)Victims: 1 attacked (Mabel Church)Culprits: 1 (Gordon Frederick Cummins?)Two possible killings by Britain's least known spree killerBlog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-157-the-blackout-ripper-first-blood-part-1-mabel-churchMurder 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 GroupYoutubeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.