EPISODE · Oct 5, 2023 · 58 MIN
#227 - Silly Little Boys (Kensington, London, UK)
from Murder Mile UK True Crime
#227 - Silly Little Boys. This is 19-25 Harrington Gardens in Kensington, SW7. In the early hours of Tuesday 9th of March 1954, two immature young boys called Ted & Ian chose to get rich quick, by breaking in, tying up the night porter, and robbing the hotel of its haul of cigarettes and cash. It should have been a simple robbery for two simple boys… but being so inept, their inexperience led to a good man’s murder.Date: Tuesday 9th of March 1954 at roughly 1amLocation: Aban Court Hotel, 19-25 Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London, Britain, SW7Victim: 1 (George Frederick Smart)Culprit: 2 (Kenneth 'Ted' Gilbert and Ian Arthur Grant)Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-227-silly-little-boysMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.For LINKS CLICK HERETo subscribe via Patreon, click here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#227 - Silly Little Boys. This is 19-25 Harrington Gardens in Kensington, SW7. In the early hours of Tuesday 9th of March 1954, two immature young boys called Ted & Ian chose to get rich quick, by breaking in, tying up the night porter, and robbing the hotel of its haul of cigarettes and cash. It should have been a simple robbery for two simple boys… but being so inept, their inexperience led to a good man’s murder.Date: Tuesday 9th of March 1954 at roughly 1amLocation: Aban Court Hotel, 19-25 Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London, Britain, SW7Victim: 1 (George Frederick Smart)Culprit: 2 (Kenneth 'Ted' Gilbert and Ian Arthur Grant)Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-227-silly-little-boysMurder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.For LINKS CLICK HERETo subscribe via Patreon, click here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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