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Curious, Quirky & Unusual Things To Do In London

25/7/2016

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Curious, Quirky, Unusual things to do in London, best themed walks
Murder Mile Walks is thrilled to announce that, barely six months since conception, having fought to be recognised as "bold", "original", "different" and one of the best "curious, quirky and unusual things to do in London", that Murder Mile Walks has been praised by the illustrious Time Out Guide as "one of the three best themed walks in London". 

And yes, we're blushing. To say we're absolutely delighted is an understatement, as it's truly fabulous to be recognised for all the hard-work we've* put in, having stuck to our guns since day one to deliver (what one of our customers recently described as) "definitely one of the best walks in London". 

But for us, the recipe for a successful walking tour has always been a simple one: 
  • Well-researched cases only from reputable sources
  • Exquisite story-telling which is memorable & visceral
  • A clear focus on the character's plight, not the gore
  • No myths, no tales and no ghost stories, just facts
  • "Less walking, more murders" - barely a 1 mile walk
  • Maximum entertainment - 18 murders in 2 hours
  • Delivered with a clear passion for the subject
  • Unparalleled customer service and professionalism

Currently, Murder Mile Walks has 70+ five star reviews on Google, Facebook, Time Out and TripAdvisor, with a wealth of glowing reviews, many of which you can read here.

It's at this point we'd like to say a big thank you to those who made this accolade possible - the customers. Thank you for being brave, bold, crazy, fun, clever, strange, weird, wonderful and - best of all - blessed with a very dark sense of humour. Thank you all. Mx


Here's Time Out's senior staff writer Ashleigh Arnott's article in full - "Enthusiastic host Michael Buchanan-Dunne leads the grisly-minded on a two-hour stroll around Soho, revealing the actual facts behind headline grabbing deaths and lesser-known horrors that have been swept under London's seedier carpets. Though his jokey approach can feel a little too close to the bone (as it were), it's always apparent that that Buchanan-Dunne's tone makes light of the gore rather than the tragedy, and he has a real talent for digging out the interesting (and often grim) details of the stories he's researched so thoroughly, making his story-telling memorable even if you've already read a fair few serial killers' Wikipedia entries. This tour is no exercise in - well - exercise, but it's definitely guilty of uncovering central London's most interesting real life crimes". - Taken from Time Out #2389, with the original review here. 

* I say "we", it's actually just "me", I do everything myself, but I'm too modest to admit that. 

Michael J Buchanan-Dunne is a writer, crime historian and tour-guide who runs Murder Mile Walks, a guided tour of Soho’s most notorious murder cases, hailed as “one of the top ten quirky & unusual things to do in London” and featuring 18 murderers, 3 serial killers, across 21 locations, totalling 75 deaths, over just a one mile walk.
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Where Is The Real Murder Mile?

22/6/2016

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Ledra Street in Cyprus, the original "murder mile"
​The original Murder Mile was termed by British military personnel based in Cyprus during the 1957-9 EOKA campaign for Cypriot nationalist independence. Ledra Street in Nicosia – now a prosperous shopping district – proved so dangerous to patrol during British rule, that it was colloquially given the moniker of the “murder mile”.
The term “murder mile” has been used frequently – but not formally – in military parlance to describe an area of significant risk to soldier’s safety. During the British occupation of Aden (a port city in the Yemen), up until 1963, Main Road in Mualla became the “murder mile”. 
Where-as in the 70’s and 80’s, the Antrim Road gained this nickname, again during the British occupation of Northern Ireland, during the trouble.
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In the 1990’s, although no-one can determine when, why or who by, a series of conjoining streets running from Stamford Hill through Lea Bridge Roundabout to Clapton High Street was dubbed in the press as the “murder mile”, with many violent incidents in the Hackney borough attributed to the geographical anomaly. And although Hackney often appears in most lists of London’s ten most dangerous neighbourhoods, it has never been number one. That said, not one of the roads listed above has ever officially been given the name – Murder Mile…

…but there are a few intriguingly titled roads, courtesy of the fabulous Instagram site knowing as Sad Topography including:

Murder Island (Canada): named, either after French explorers found the island littered with human bones, following a huge battle between two Native American tribes, or after an stricken ship which was wrecked here, and found to be soaked with blood, the only survivor was one truly terrified woman.


Other real place names include: Murder Kill Road, Murderers Creek, Murdering Beach Road, Suicide Bridge Road, Shades of Death Road, Death Lake, Despair Island, Haunted Lake, a town called Die, Why Me Lord Lane, a village called Kill, Bucket of Blood Street, Dead Woman Pond, Road to Nowhere, End of the World, Misery, Pain, Hatred and a place called Nothing.

So, should anyone informs you where the real “murder mile” is, this should be your reply? "Murder Mile"… is in Soho, every Saturday & Sunday, at 11am, and it's bloody brilliant. 

Michael J Buchanan-Dunne is a writer, crime historian and tour-guide who runs Murder Mile Walks, a guided tour of Soho’s most notorious murder cases, hailed as “one of the top ten quirky & unusual things to do in London” and featuring 18 murderers, 3 serial killers, across 21 locations, totalling 75 deaths, over just a one mile walk.
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