#19 - Norah Upchurch and her Lonely Death in the Empty Shop Part 2 (Bloomsbury, London, W1)
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Show notes
On Tuesday 25th July 1933, 27 year old Frederick Field fully confessed to the murder of West End prostitute Norah Upchurch who was found strangled inside a locked empty shop in Shaftesbury Avenue. And yet – in a bizarre twist of fate - even today, her murder remains unsolved.
Date: Tuesday 29th October 1931Location: 177 Shaftesbury Avenue (now demolished), Bloomsbury, London, W1Victims: 1 (Annie Louise Norah Upchurch)Culprit: Frederick Herbert Charles Field
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