#16 - Richard Rhodes Henley - the Seaman, the Semen and the murder of the Porn Peddler (Soho, London, W1)

On Saturday 27th October 1956, 26 year old Canadian sailor Richard Rhodes Henley committed armed robbery for the first and very last time, but he didn’t steal money, or booze, or drugs to feed his habit, he stole pornography to fuel his addiction to masturbation, and yet, so desperate was his carnal needs that it would drive him to commit murder.Date: Saturday 27th October 1956Location: 82 Dean Street (now demolished), Soho, London, W1Victims: 1 (John Alan Dixon Robinson)Culprit: Richard Rhodes HenleyMurder Mile is a true-crime podcast and audio-guided walk of 300+ untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murder cases, all set within one square mile of the West End. Each episode is accompanied by photos, videos and an interactive murder map, so that no matter where you’re listening to this podcast, you’ll feel like you’re actually there. https://www.murdermiletours.com/podcast.html Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with music written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music by Kai Engel, Sergey Cheremisnov, and Kevin MacLeod, as used under the Creative Commons Licence 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive. A full listing of tracks used is on the script transcript and sources for each episode, as listed here. Follow us here:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion Group For a transcript of each episode, click here. If you’d like to sign-up for exclusive Murder Mile content, check out our Patreon Page by CLICKING HERE. And for OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE, please visit the Murder Mile Shop.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.