Strange Stories UK. Organised crime in London 1975, murder of Biddy Gold part 1

Send a text1975 was a time of corruption in Central London. There was a power struggle taking place over the vice trade in Soho. The Bernie Silvers led Syndicate was losing control of the area after investigations into corruption had exposed it. Although Silvers was in jail there may have been attempts to silence those who may have know of other crimes. Bent police were a complication in trying to understand what was going on. Different OCGs had different corrupt police helping them. It seemed that the killing of Biddy Gold was almost certainly ordered by an organised crime group.I will upload part 2 in two days time.

Send a textThis podcast is about events and a mystery that took place in London during 1950. A very different London than exists today. The story centres on a small cafe in Paddington. Told in one take and without editing.

Send a textThis is a story you have not heard before. It comes from the unpublished papers of Eric Dingwall. It concerns an incident at Ham Hill in Somerset that was investigated by Dingwall. Not much happens and not much is resolved but it has some interest of the type of investigation, the state of knowledge and the history of the area in 1950s Uk.The podcast is recorded in one take, there is no editing and I am chasing animals in and out of the recording studio which is a room in the attic at the top of the house.

Send a textWarning. This episode is not suitable for children. The police files on this case  were released to the public in 1924. It tells of a dreadful event in Blackburn during 1948.The podcast is recorded in one take and has not been edited.

Send a textThis is another podcast looking at some investigations by the Society of Psychical Research during 1915 and 1916 during World War 1.  So not a podcast to interest everyone.This podcast examines some premonition and myths during the war, perhaps the best known being the Angels of Mons. It also looks at some other strange events and makes an evaluation on them.

Send us a textPlease be advised that this is not a podcast but an announcement.I feel sorry that I have to make this boring and tedious announcement, but I feel I have to  stand up to a fellow podcaster who I find an arrogant bully. 

Send a textTwo murders unconnected within a mile and three days of each other in Plumstead, a district in South East London.This podcast is recorded in one take without editing.

Send a textPlease be advised that the podcast starts after about six minutes when I share with you an accusation made by another podcaster who has called me a disgusting plagiarist.The story when it starts,  is a forgotton story about  an affray at the Duke of York public house when some South African black nationalist exiles start an affray which ends in murder.

Send a textI thought I would try something a little different for the podcast during 2026. Each month (in conjunction with the usual podcast content) I shall broadcast a podcast giving selected stories from SPR’s journal as they have been bound together (two years at a time) in the British Library. I am starting with the journals from 1913/14 and will continue in chronological order. I have started with World War 1 being the start of the modern world.I can spare the time to make an SPR podcast each month as they are easy to research.I record the podcast in one take with no editing. This is not a professional podcast, I make nothing from the podcast, it is a pastime in which I enjoy the research but not presenting the podcast

Send a textThis is the last podcast of 2025, calling it William Hepper of Chelsea and Brighton. painter, spy, BBC employee and child killer. A case you are unlikely to have ever known about. An unpleasant story,  I try not to comment, please listen and make up your own mind.