This is Part Two of Two of 'Fat Fred'.

On Monday 23rd of August 1971 at 9:40am, a gang of armed robbers stole £166,000 (£3.2 million today) from Preston’s Jewellers in Blackpool, and in their haste to escape, three officers were shot, many were injured, and Detective Superintendent Gerry Richardson was shot. The gang’s leader, Frederick Sewell, a gangster known as ‘Fat Fred’ was branded ‘Britain’s most hates man’ and hunted.

But what had this killing spree got to do with the murder of Malcolm Heaysman, co-owner of a fancy-dress shop in Islington outside of his remote farmhouse in Gwynfe near Llangadog, Carmarthenshire?

· Location #1: Preston’s Jewellers, 14 The Strand, Blackpool, Lancashire, UK

· Location #2: Godre Waun, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA19

· Date: Monday 23rd of August 1971, at 9:40am (robbery and murder)

· Victims: Detective Superintendent Gerarld Richardson, Malcolm Heaysman

· Culprits #1: (robbery/murder): Frederick Joseph Sewell, Charles Haynes, George/Dennis Bond, John Patrick Spry and Thomas Flannigan

· Culprits #2: (murder of Malcolm): Roy Searl and (associate) Roy Owen Gibson

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This is Part One of Two of 'Fat Fred'. This is Part One of Two of 'Fat Fred'.

On Tuesday 29th of September 1971, Malcolm Heaysman, co-owner of a fancy-dress shop in Islington was brutally murdered outside of his remote farmhouse in Gwynfe near Llangadog, Carmarthenshire. Being 40 days into a 45 day man hunt, Police were seeking Britain’s no1 villain infamously known as ‘Fat Fred’ having stolen £3.2 million in a jewellery heist, and in a 3 mile car chase, he sparked a national outrage by killing a policeman, and attempting to kill three others. But what connected him to the murder of this mild-mannered fancy-dress shop owner?

• · Location #1: Beck’s Carnival Novelties, 139 Upper Street, Islington, London, W1
• · Location #2: Godre Waun, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA19
• · Date: Tuesday 29th of September 1971, post 9pm (murder)
• · Victims: Malcolm Heaysman
• · Culprits: ?

Five time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, 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.

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EPISODE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY: Sunday 22nd March 2020, one day before the first Covid lockdown, 29-year-old mother-of-one Rhian Beresford left her flat terrified that her two-year-old daughter was being abused by a paedophile ring. On Salisbury Street, certain that she had found one of the gang, she ran him over in her car and stabbed another. But what let to this tragic incident, and how did it all go so badly wrong?

• Location: Salisbury Street, Acton, London, W3, UK
• Date: Sunday 22nd March 2020 at 12:50pm (time police called)
• Victims: Stefan Melnyk
• Culprits: Rhian Amie Beresford

Five time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, 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.

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On Monday the 12th of May 2008 at 4:45pm, two gangs clashed outside of the McDonald’s on Oxford Street, London, leaving one man, 22-year-old Steven Bigby dead. It was the epitome of pointless, yet it became a mere footnote when the press realised what he was charged with. It was a crime so heinous, some said his killing was his just comeuppance, especially given how lightly his co-defendants were sentenced. But were any of this brutal gang properly punished for their heinous crime?

• Location #1: 27 Antill Road, Tottenham, London, N15
• Date: Wednesday 9th of January 2008 (attack on Girl A)
• Location #2: McDonald's, 185 Oxford Street, Soho, W1
• Date: Monday the 12th of May 2008 at 4:45pm (Steven's murder)
• Victims: 'GIrl A'
• Culprits #1: Rogel McMorris, Jason Brew and Hector Muaimba (convicted),
• Culprits #2: Anthony Costa (convicted of Steven Bigby's murder)

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Five time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, 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.

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This is Part Two of Two of The un-Holy Trinity.

On Friday 6th of January 1967, 17-year-old Bernard Oliver vanished from Muswell Hill. 10 days later, his body was found 85 miles away in Suffolk. He had been strangled and assaulted, with his body cut into eight pieces. But who had abducted him, and why?

· Location: Wheatsheaf Crossroads, Tattingstone, Suffolk, UK (body found)

· Date: Friday 6th of January 1967 (vanished), Monday 16th of January 1967 (body found)

· Victims: Bernard Michael Oliver

· Culprits: ?

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This is Part One of Two of The un-Holy Trinity.

On Friday 6th of January 1967, 17-year-old Bernard Oliver vanished from Muswell Hill. 10 days later, his body was found 85 miles away in Suffolk. He had been strangled and assaulted, with his body cut into eight pieces. But who had abducted him, and why?

· Location: Wheatsheaf Crossroads, Tattingstone, Suffolk, UK (body found)

· Date: Friday 6th of January 1967 (vanished), Monday 16th of January 1967 (body found)

· Victims: Bernard Michael Oliver

· Culprits: ?

Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. Triple nominated at the True Crime Awards and nominated at the British Podcast Awards. 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.

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On Thursday 18th of September 1985, 23-year-old Mirella Beechook, a separated mother of two girls made an emotional appeal before the cameras and spoke those words that no mother should ever utter - “bring her home, dead or alive, please just bring her home”. Her 7-year-old daughter Tina was missing, and Tina’s friend, 4-year-old Stacey Kavanagh had been found strangled. But who was the maniac in their tightknit community who had murdered them?

· Location: Flat number unstated (either 6 or 8), first floor, Sandwich House, Swan Road Estate, Rotherhithe, SE16, London, UK

· Date: Wednesday 17th of September 1985 (missing 4pm+)

· Victims: Tina Beechook & Stacey Kavanagh

· Culprits: Mirella Beechook

Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. Triple nominated at the True Crime Awards and nominated at the British Podcast Awards. 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.

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This is Part Two of Two of The Twilight Sex Killer.

On Monday 19th of February 1962, the same day that Norman Rickard’s body was found, 23-year-old Alan Vigar, who was also a quiet, handsome and secretly-gay man was strangled to death in the privacy of his flat by a tall and attractive man that the Police believe he too had picked up in Piccadilly Circus. Both men had invited their killer in, undressed, willingly been tied up and asphyxiated as part of this sex play. The press dubbed him the Twilight Sex Killer. But who was he?

· Location: first floor (front), 29 St George’s Drive, Pimlico, London, UK, SW1

· Date: Tuesday 20th of February 1962, body found

· Victims: Alan John Vigar

· Culprits: ?

Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. Triple nominated at the True Crime Awards and nominated at the British Podcast Awards. 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.

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