Case 144: The Muswell Hill Murderer (Part 1)

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[Part 1 of 3]
On the morning of Saturday, February 5 1983, plumber Mike Welch arrived at Cranley Gardens, a long, wide residential street in the north London suburb of Muswell Hill...
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[@maleficentpangolin4445]

So glad to see this is being split into three parts, there's no way all the details of what this guy did could be covered in a single episode. Thanks for always doing things right, Casefile.

[@jeremypaxton4135]

One of my friends lived in a bedsit in Cranley Gardens at the time and was one of the people who reported the blocked drains. He was a refugee from a war torn country and said the smell was like rotting bodies long before anything was discovered ... sadly he died in a cycling accident shortly after ... RIP

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Sorry about your friend that's terrible

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Bet your through them all now :) check out trace evidence podcast another similar one

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[@zarlei6048]

There’s something especially disgusting about making someone unconscious and then dropping their head in a bucket so they drown while unconscious. It’s just so much worse than shooting someone or stabbing someone.

[@Jolenesmart1980]

Yeah it is weird

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I just discovered this channel and it's awesome. Honestly I've put way too much time into listening to these and its started to get to my head 😭🤣. I've gotten super paranoid about people. The other night I came home late and scoped around my apartment complex looking to see if anyone was creepin on me I was trippin out 🤣unlocked my door real quick and ran inside 🤣🤣🤣

[@josellascriven8012]

Amazing! Have always loved this podcast... and now a story from the area I grew up in! (I was 5 at the time). A proper feature too. Now I will hear the facts as well as the hearsay. Walked past there loads, a rather nice street, you wouldn't know if you didn't know! well done Casefile!

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There's a Facebook group too, check it out if you were unaware. Cheers from Australia.

[@Stopthisrightnow560]

I had the same weird thing happen! I hadn't seen any vids from him in a while and just got back to him through recommended videos only to see that I was already subscribed too!

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[@charlieangkor8649]

after hearing that dead bodies piled in his apartment to the extent he had no place for them anymore, I recognized this episode is not​ suitable for me.

[@loum1226]

You are great at your fact finding and narration, so glad your channel came up in my recommendations. I live about an hour away from Fraserburgh and fishermen and their wives are no-nonsense folk. Back when his grandad died, it wouldnt have been unusual to take bairns to see the deceased. In fact, the dead were often kept at home until it was time for the funeral. It's just what was done back then.

[@coletrain3178]

Hello from Canada. Why didn’t anybody complain about the smell? All those bodies would have emitted a foul odour beyond belief. Maggot ridden bodies in advanced stages of decomposition could hardly be ignored. Yet, nobody noticed. Am I the only one to find that highly improbable?

[@jeanne6961]

London in the 80s i guess lol. You'd be surprised, some of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims lay undiscovered for weeks, and that was in bustling cities.

[@Johnconno]

London ain't Canada...

[@danrobinson572]

Great podcast can’t wait for part 2!!!

[@lovedogshatepeople4340]

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The accent so familiar it’s nice to relate 🇦🇺 makes listening a real pleasure Despite the dark subject matter I guess I can focus on story rather than the unfamiliar accent

[@thebarky1988]

Thank you for another great podcast. This story is new to me but eerily similar to Jeffrey Dahmer.

[@calamityj3634]

Ikr .. it’s like Gacy meets Dahmer😱

[@ering.3978]

I was literally thinking the same thing while listening to this and wondered if anybody else thought so! Didn't think of Gacy but I can see a resemblance to him too.

[@zoeyb]

Start: 2:05 Also: 45:30

[@shamodonnelly6215]

Killing for company. Fantastic oratory 💯🍀🏴‍☠️

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Put these 3 all together in a playlist to drift off to :)

[@ilkkarautio2449]

Every single time when sex and violence get too mixed, something bad is gonna happen. 🤔😥

[@lilyanne8806]

amazing podcast, this happened 18 minutes from my house

[@carolgoergens9275]

You make my week ! I’ve gone back and listened to all cases again, I would love to hear cases from other countries , or would it be hard to get the info you need?

[@Jolenesmart1980]

Well this very one is from the uk and the rest are mostly Australian but he does do a few others

[@Jolenesmart1980]

He never murdered anyone sober - same as dahlmer and even Joanna denehey- you gotta think how much less crime in general there would be without alcohol (yes it’s not an excuse I know but the fact is that it’s true some things wouldn’t happen without the drink)

[@charlieangkor8649]

dead bodies piled to that extent that they did not fit into a single episode. the whole London sewer system must be dismantled and cleaned of human vertebrae, skull fragments, half boiled heads, knuckles, strange unbearably stinking gray porridge like matter and plastic bags and suitcases full of human organs.

[@Jolenesmart1980]

Haha Jesus Christ that’s some scary cleaning comment haha

[@shannonlucas4434]

Another great episode! Had to laugh at “Duggle-less” though. My little sister used to pronounce some words like that.

[@rogerpattube]

And that country ‘Arden’!

[@Jolenesmart1980]

He puts A before some words to like he wouldn’t just say- as Shannon walked down the road - he says as A Shannon walked down the road , randomly adds A in it’s a bit irritating lol

[@VladRadu-tq1pg]

the no lifer 43 years old weirdo, crying about nonsense again..so pathetic.@@Jolenesmart1980

[@andreamarshall911]

5:00 + I literally gagged. Good job! HORK!

[@jspekter8410]

I really hope we aren't making excuses for this man because he "lived in a homophobic society" ......honestly, being sexually repressed is NO EXCUSE TO KILL PEOPLE!! HOW SELFISH CAN YOU BE???

[@Johnconno]

He was lonely. Have some empathy. 🤔☠️

[@mattwayne9128]

@@Johnconno If he was lonely, he shouldn't have killed em. Checkmate, atheist.

[@Jolenesmart1980]

@@mattwayne9128 haha atheist - how is your sky daddy that allows bone cancer etc in children etc -

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You should do a Casefile episode about BetterHelp. A huge scandal went down with them and a lot of people got screwed over. Surprised people are still accepting sponsorships from them after what happened!!

[@jspekter8410]

You're saying a podcast that specifically focuses on gruesome murders, serial killers, mass murderers.....you're saying they should do an episode on....a "dodgy business"

[@Jolenesmart1980]

@@jspekter8410 hahaha yeah like wtf lol

[@ering.3978]

Dude I literally just heard about the shady shit people have been through with them. It's crazy anyone still mentions them.

[@VladRadu-tq1pg]

wow this one is hard to listen to.

[@geediddi6007]

As someone who is from Rotherham, I'm impressed an Australian knows how to pronounce it considering some English people can't

[@Jolenesmart1980]

Wonder what happened to poor bleep

[@SamHainScott]

I believe he was put down because nobody would adopt the killers dog. Poor wee Bleep

[@5eilat5]

i was born at muswell hill. yikes!

[@jennklein1917]

😮😮😮😮😢

[@ludovica8221]

you should learn the difference between "frequent" (*FREEK* went) meaning "often" ,and "frequent" (fri *KWENT*) meaning to habitually attend a place. The pronunciation depends on context. Also you should learn the difference between "disinterested" which ONLY means "impartial" and "uninterested" which only means "not interested"

[@courtneyfrost915]

Weird, the information that you gave earlier is being repeated, word for word. Not a recap.

[@remnant0888]

Ugh!!!!

[@katrinabrie3514]

Decent podcast, but he never takes a break from his very obvious leftist ideology, which he manages to infuse throughout his podcasts.

[@shannonlucas4434]

In what way?

[@TaurusWitch29]

How would you describe that yourself?

[@mattwayne9128]

Cry more, boomer.

[@GatesOfAvalon1]

It's heartbreaking to hear the story of this man being driven into madness from living in a homophobic society. If only he had a more supportive environment early on, this would not have happened. That being said, there's really no way to excuse his actions... He let himself become a monster.

[@jspekter8410]

Ahahahahahahahaha

[@jspekter8410]

I tell you what, I'm being driven to madness by being forced to live in a homosexual society

[@jspekter8410]

It even says that the Killer went to gay pubs, and had multiple boyfriends who he lived with.....hardly driven insane by homophobia....Jeffrey Dahmer did they exact same thing and he wasn't sexually repressed either lmao

[@Jolenesmart1980]

Yeah I’m being oppressed by the exact opposite all this he she or her him Bollox

[@jerrymarbury9365]

Homophobia is a bully word of the leftist. Homophobia should be used to describe a person afraid of homosexuals,not approving or embracing homosexuals is not fearing them it is a persons feeling toward an abnormal situation being participated in by others.We all have likes and dislikes concerning the behavior of our fellow human beings.I might have behaviors others don't approve of and that's fine,I woundnt say others are in fear of my behavior just because they might think it odd or repulsive.

[@robertritchey1060]

Boring