In 1886, shootings in London were rare - even more so in broad daylight. In this episode, we explore the murder and robbery committed in a quiet Kentish Town road by George Finch, a would-be performer whose stage ambitions had faltered. Finch would avoid execution and go on to live a long life after his release from Broadmoor.

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Sources:
Popular Science Monthly (1875)
The People — Sunday 13 June 1886
Banbury Beacon — Saturday 19 June 1886
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette — Thursday 05 August 1886
St James's Gazette — Wednesday 04 August 1886
Jersey Express and Channel Islands Advertiser — Tuesday 10 August 1886
Kenilworth Advertiser — Saturday 25 November 1905
Old Bailey Online
Ancestry.co.uk

85 | The Brecknock Road Murder | The True Crime Case of George Vincent Heneage Finch