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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
24th September 1924 Born today: Sheila MacRae, London England, actress (Jackie Gleason Show)
24th September 1918 Born today: Richard Hoggart, author/warden (Goldsmith's College London)
24th September 1917 Born today: William Putnam Bundy, London, editor (Lvaggerier and Vagaries)
24th September 1853 Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London
24th September 1717 Horace Walpole, art historian and gothic author was born in London.
The Goat
John George Haigh met William McSwann here, then murdered him.
Location: 3a Kensington High Street, W8 5NP
Description: Murderer John George Haigh met his first victim, William McSwann, here before luring him off, killing him, and dissolving his body in a bath of acid.
Crime
Murder
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