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EPISODE · Mar 27, 2025 · 1H 2M

#290 - A God called JACKIE (Aravindan Balakrishnan, Brixton, UK)

from Murder Mile UK True Crime

On Friday 25th of October 2013 at 11:15am, charity workers aided by the police coordinated the escape of several followers from a flat in Brixton. Some of the women had been held for 30+ years, one for her entire life, but they didn't see themselves as hostages, as having began living life in the commune under a political belief, they didn't realise it had become a cult, under the control of their leader 'Comrade Bala' and a God-machine called JACKIE. Date: Friday 25th of October 2013 at 11:15am (their release)Commune 1: 60 Shakespeare Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24Commune 2: 1C Peckford Place, Brixton, London, SW9,Bookshop: Mao Zedong Memorial Centre, 140 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2Victim: several (including Katy Morgan-Davies, Sian Davies, Josephine Herivel, Aishah Abdul Wahab, Oh Kar Eng )Culprits: 1 (Aravindan Balakrishnan, aka Comrade Bala, or AB)Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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.

On Friday 25th of October 2013 at 11:15am, charity workers aided by the police coordinated the escape of several followers from a flat in Brixton. Some of the women had been held for 30+ years, one for her entire life, but they didn't see themselves as hostages, as having began living life in the commune under a political belief, they didn't realise it had become a cult, under the control of their leader 'Comrade Bala' and a God-machine called JACKIE. Date: Friday 25th of October 2013 at 11:15am (their release)Commune 1: 60 Shakespeare Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24Commune 2: 1C Peckford Place, Brixton, London, SW9,Bookshop: Mao Zedong Memorial Centre, 140 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2Victim: several (including Katy Morgan-Davies, Sian Davies, Josephine Herivel, Aishah Abdul Wahab, Oh Kar Eng )Culprits: 1 (Aravindan Balakrishnan, aka Comrade Bala, or AB)Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast 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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