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#188 - The Bearded Man - Part Two (Paddington, London, UK)

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This is Part Two of Two of The Bearded Man. At 12:45am on Saturday 14th January 1956, Ruby a local sex-worker was dropped off at this spot by her husband and pimp called Ernest. In his own words, “it was the last time I saw her alive”, as when he returned to their flat at 32 Westbourne Terrace, Ruby had been hatchetted to death in their bed. As the police’s prime suspect, Ernest would lay the blame for her murder on a mysterious man he had neither seen, met and had only heard about from his dead wife in passing. Unable to provide a single shred of evidence that this suspect even existed, his only description was that he was ‘a bearded man’. But was this the truth, a lie, or a shaky alibi? Date: Saturday 14th January 1956 at 12:45am (last seen alive)Location: Flat 7, 32 Westbourne Terrace. Paddington, London, W2Victims: 1 (Rosina Bolton/Pattinson, known as Ruby)Culprits: 1 (Leonard Vincent Atter? Ernest Bolton?) Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-188-the-bearded-man-part-two-of-two Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile Walks 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. For LINKS CLICK HERE Links to HUBTONE'S 'That Change': Youtube SpotifyGot 5 mins? Fill in the Always True Crime survey for a chance to win a £100 restaurant voucher https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/MMk0718T Closes 31st Oct 2026 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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