#97 - 'Christine Granville' - The Fall of a Forgotten Hero (Krystyna Skarbek, Spy)

On the evening of Sunday 15th June 1952, just inside the front-door of the Shelbourne Hotel at 1 Lexham Gardens, a 44-year-old lady known as 'Christine Granville' was murdered. She looked like a nobody, and yet, living under an assumed name, she was actually a hero, a soldier, a secret-agent and one of the most amazing women who has ever lived. Her exploits were the stuff of legend, but being cast aside by a government who no longer needed her skills, her cruel death marked a sad demise for “Churchill’s favourite spy”.Date: Sunday 15th June 1952Location: 1 Lexham Gardens, Kensington, London, W8 (now the Lexham Gardens Hotel)Victims: 1 (Krystyna Skarbek, alias 'Christine Granville)Culprits: 1 (Dennis George Muldowney)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, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here.FOLLOW US HERE:FacebookTwitterInstagramMurder Mile Discussion GroupYoutubeSUPPORT THE PODCAST:Support us via PATREON.Buy Merch in THE SHOPSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.