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Podcast: Murder Mile UK True Crime
Episode: #36 - Love, Loss and the Lingering Death of Helen Mary Pickwoad (Oxford Street, London, W1)
Description: Love, Loss and the Lingering Death of Helen Mary Pickwoad: 27 year old Helen Mary Pickwoad thought she’d fallen in love with the man of her dreams, an Army Captain called Edward Tickell, but on Wednesday 20th May 1942, in Room 365 of the Mount Royal Hotel (now called Amba Hotel) at 508/540 Oxford Street, she died a very slow, painful and lingering death, and her boyfriend wasn't even in the room.Date: Wednesday 13th to 20th May 1942Location: Room 365, Mount Royal Hotel, 508/540 Oxford Street, London, W1Victims: 1 (Helen Mary Pickwoad)Culprit: Captain Edward Tickell * & George Frederic Montagu de Fossard