#183 - Captain J A Ritchie and the End of the War (Soho, London, Britain)

At a little after 11:30pm on Friday 14th September 1945, Captain John Ritchie of the Canadian Army was attacked on Bourchier Street by two British soldiers clutching half a brick. But why? This is a case less about the man who died, or the men who did it, but how a war had shaped and then broke them?Date: Friday 14th September 1945 at 11:30pmLocation: Bourchier Street, Soho, London, UK, W1 (incorrectly marked in the press as Romilly Street)Victims: 1 (Captain John Alexander Ritchie)Culprits: 2 (Robert Blaine and Charles "Jock" Connolly)Keywords: WW2, AWOL, robbery, money, Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-183-captain-j-a-ritchie-and-the-end-of-the-warMurder 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 HERETickets to How to Plan the Perfect Murder (Manchester) CLICK HERESupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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