#17 - David Martin and the Baffling Case of the Transgender Houdini (Marylebone, London, W2)

On Christmas Eve 1982, 36 year old David Ralph Martin was charged at the Marlborough Street Magistrates Court on twelve counts including armed robbery, theft, fraud and attempted murder, but his bungled arrest would led to one of the Metropolitan Police’s worst miscarriages of justice.Date: 5th August 1982 to 13th March 1983Location: 22 Portman Close, Marlborough Magistrates Court and 1 Crawford Place, Marylebone, London, W2Victims: 1 (Stephen Waldorf)Culprit: DC Peter Finch & DC Guy Van DeeMurder 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.htmlMurder 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, 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.