On 1st January 1932, in the attic room of 27 Old Compton Street in Soho, 19-year-old domestic servant Edith McQuaid gave birth to a baby boy. Whether he died of natural causes, or she took his life by infanticide will never be known. But she wasn't alone. Edith was one of 1000s of women who concealed the pregnancy, the body of the dead babies or murdered them at birth across the United Kingdom, and yet, it wasn't there fault, as this national scandal had been raging for centuries.<ul><li>Date: 1st of January 1932 (birth and death of her baby)</li><li>Location: attic, 27 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, UK, W1</li><li>Victim: 1 (name unknown)</li><li>Culprits: 1 (Edith McQuaid)</li><li>Method: infanticide / neonaticide</li></ul>Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British / English true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of <a href="https://www.cultwithnoname.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cult With No Name</a> 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 <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/category/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> and a <a href="https://www.murdermiletours.com/legal-disclaimer.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">legal disclaimer</a>.For links <a href="https://linktr.ee/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click here</a>To subscribe via Patreon, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/murdermile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click here</a> Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile">http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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