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Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast #97: "Christine Granville" - The Fall of a Forgotten Hero

9/6/2020

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Welcome to the Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast and audio guided walk of London's most infamous and often forgotten murder cases, set within and beyond the West End.
  • A weekly true-crime podcast - EVERY THURSDAY
  • 300+ infamous, untold or often forgotten true murders
  • Based on Soho's FIVE STAR rated Murder Mile Walks
  • Researched from original and first-hand sources
  • Authentic sounds recorded from the location itself
To accompany your audio guided walk, what follows is a series of photos, videos and maps, so that no matter where you are listening to this podcast, you'll feel like you're actually there.

To the left is a photo of 1 Lexham Gardens today, formerly known as The Shelbourne Hotel in South Kensington. It was just through that black front door where Krystyna Skarbek was murdered.


EPISODE NINETY-SEVEN:
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 1952
  • Location: 1 Lexham Gardens, W8 (now the Lexham Gardens Hotel)
  • Victims: 1 (Krystyna Skarbek, alias 'Christine Granville)
  • Culprits: 1 (Dennis George Muldowney)
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THE LOCATION
As many photos of the case are copyright protected by greedy news organisations, to view them, take a peek at my entirely legal social media accounts - Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
The location of the former Shelbourne Hotel is where the mustard coloured triangle is. To use the map, click it. If you want to see the other murder maps, such as West London, King's Cross, Paddington, etc, access them by clicking here.
Here's two little videos; one of myself showing you the location at 1 Lexhamn Gardens and another (shot a long while ago) showing you the former heaadquarters of the Special Opertion Executive (SOE) who 'Christine Granville' worked for, based at 64 Baker Street. These videos are a link to youtube, so it won't eat up your data.

I've also posted some photos to aid your "enjoyment" of the episode. These photos were taken by myself (copyright Murder Mile) or granted under Government License 3.0, where applicable.
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