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Dec 2017
40m 22s

The "Human Torch" Murders

Always True Crime
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Please join The True Crime Enthusiast back in 1989 for this week's episode - to London's Soho district. It was there that the evil and callous actions of one man were to have devastating and long reaching consequences for a number of people......

Music used in this episode:"Wasn't What I Expected" by Lee RosevereAvailable from Happy Puppy RecordsAll music used is sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)


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