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Podcast: Office Hours with David Meltzer
Episode: Don Spillane, Mitch Francis, Gene Slade
Description: Don SpillaneDon Spillane, born and raised on the South Coast of England, served as a young detective with Scotland Yard in the 1960s and 1970s, working in the Whitechapel and Bethnal Green areas—Jack the Ripper's old territory. During his career, he investigated numerous crimes, including murders and robberies, while gaining invaluable experience from senior officers who had been involved in major cases like the Great Train and Bank of America robberies. His final arrest was of a contract killer, with the support of the Yard's elite "Flying Squad." Now a dual U.S.-UK citizen, Do...