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Folk Olympics: The Cursed Pool Of Epping Forest

Ruairidh Anderson investigates a mysterious pool in the Olympic borough.

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Putney Double Suicide Raises Questions

Photo by Tomb Land from the Londonist Flickr pool An apparent double suicide in Putney is being touted as a ‘copycat’, following the suicide in Essex of two people who met online. After being saddened by the tragedy, two things leaped out at us: firstly, …

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Extra, Extra

This is sad: a lawyer is found to have committed suicide over the pressures of work and motherhood. So’s this: another London baby has died of suspected abuse. The price of Olympic tickets hangs in the balance. Did Amy steal coke from Kate? And do …

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Cabbie Decapitated In Southwark

Christ, this one’s grim. A black cab driver apparently killed himself via the novel expedient of a motorised noose in Southwark today. The unnamed cabbie, believed to be in his thirties, tied one end of a rope around his neck and the other around a …

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Extra, Extra

The Mayday Hospital in Croydon had a real mayday today: a fire, triggering patient evacuation. A stockbroker who feared redundancy has jumped to his death from a city restaurant. Gilbert and George got married. St. Pauls is to get video installations as altar pieces. Gus, …

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The Saturday Strangeness

114. Mystery House Mystery House is the actual name of a haunted house that once stood in a by-road close to old Crystal Palace. It was called Mystery House because it had its fair share of bizarre incidents, which plagued every tenant that moved in, …

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Weekend Round-Up

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been dancing round the maypole: Gang warfare broke out at Ealing Hospital following the stab death of a young man on Friday. Anna Friel is NOT NOT NOT Holly Golightly. Nope. Not having it. Britney wants to …

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The Saturday Strangeness

94. Saving The Life Of A Ghost? Despite the hidden alleyways, dark crevices, and secret crannies of the city, it comes as a surprise that the area around Cleopatra’s Needle, on the Victoria Embankment, remains one of the most haunted. The Needle, brought to the …

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Tube Death Comedy Upsets Drivers

Tube drivers are irked by a new film that takes a light-hearted look at one of the more harrowing aspects of working for London Underground: the “person under a train”, TfL-speak for a suicide. Members of the Aslef union plan to picket the premier and …

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Extra, Extra

Mr. Thin of Ilford is donating his body to science to help weight-related research. Shock story just in: drugs are apparently rife on the streets of Croydon. That won’t do nicely: a police officer is charged with improper use of his credit card. A new …

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Extra, Extra

The bus stop killer is banged up for life. Yay! Some of the capital’s best music venues are to get the protection of the law. A Surrey town council backs the Heathrow expansion plans. This is really sad: a depressed mother-of-three commits suicide in an …