Murder Mile Walks - THE COCKY BARMAN OF THE WHITE HORSE
"...one of the best quirky, curious & unusual things to do in London"
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The White Horse, (Rupert Street): In the early sixties, the barman of the White Horse public house was a 37 year old Irishman called Paddy O’Keefe, Paddy loved to boast that he was a “crook tamer”, and could pacify any aggressive customers just by “staring them in the eye, like a circus-trainer would, to dominate a lion”. Unfortunately, on the night of 14th June 1964, the White Horse was robbed by 21 year old Larry Winters, who a psychiatrist would later describe in court as “an abnormal man with violent psychotic tenancies”. As Larry Winters rifled the till, seizing £47 pounds, Paddy O’Keefe confronted him, his palms flat on the bar, his back straight and fixed the robber with one of his trademark stares. Find out what happened, only on a Murder Mile Walk. |
Murder Mile Walks is a guided tour of Soho's most notorious murder cases, hailed as "one of the top three themed walks in London" - Time Out magazine, "top 100 quirky & unusual things to do in London" - Curious London, and "definitely one of the best walks in London" - TripAdvisor, with five star reviews on TripAdvisor. Check out our reviews here.