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This is Part D of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath, about the killing of Leslie Frank Goodman.

Thursday 13th of June 1974, six months after Stephanie Britton & Christopher Martin’s double murder, 64-year-old Leslie opened his shop on Rock Street in Finsbury park at just shy of 7am. At 5pm, he planned to close-up early to watch the World Cup, but was beaten to death by his last customer. But was this Patrick MacKay? He confessed to the robbery, but not the murder.

This series explores the killings he confessed to, and which he committed. 

• Location: ‘L Goodman’, Rock Street (number unknown), Finsbury Park, London, UK, N14
• Date: Thursday 13th of June 1974 at 5pm
• Victims: Leslie Frank Goodman
• Culprit: Patrick David MacKay? 

This is Part C of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath, about the killing of Stephanie Britton and Christopher Martin.

On the night of Friday 11th of January 1974, inside the six-bedroomed home called ‘The Mercers’ on Hadley Green Road in Barnet, north-west London, the bodies of 58-year-old window Stephanie Britton and her 4-year-old grandson Christopher Martin were found. This was two of the additional eight murders that British serial killer Patrick MacKay was suspected of, but why would he deny it?

This series explores the killings he confessed to, and which he committed. 

• Location: ‘The Mercers’, Hadley Green Road, Barnet, London, UK, EN5
• Date: Friday 11th of January 1974, time of killing between 8:30pm and 10pm
• Victims: Stephanie Elizabeth Britton (was Nunn) & Christopher Jan Nicholas Martin
• Culprit: Patrick David MacKay? 

This is Part B of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath, about the killing of Mary Hynds.

On Friday the 20th of July 1973, a kind and frail 75-year-old spinster called Mary Hynds was last seen entering her ground floor lodging at 4 Willes Road in Kentish Town, London. The next morning her body was discovered; she had been strangled and beaten violently about the head in a killing which has similarities to the murders of Adele Price, Isabella Griffiths and Father Anthony Crean. Police linked it to serial killer Patrick MacKay, and he confessed to the crime. But was he guilty?

This series explores the killings he confessed to, and which he committed. 

• Location: Ground floor/rear, 4 Willes Road, Kentish Town, London, UK, NW5
• Date: Friday the 20th of July 1973, time of killing unknown
• Victims: Mary Brigid Hynds
• Culprit: Patrick David MacKay? 

This is Part A of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath (Heidi Mnilk).

On Sunday the 8th of July 1973, 17-year-old German tourist Heidi Mnilk boarded the 4:57pm train to Hayes at Charing Cross station. At 5:08pm, just 90 seconds outside of London Bridge station, a scream was heard, she was stabbed and her body was thrown onto the tracks at Bermondsey. 

Her murder has never been solved. But on Thursday 17th of April at Brixton Prison, serial killer Patrick MacKay (awaiting trial for the murders of Adele Price, Isabella Griffith and Father Anthony Crean) confessed to "killing eleven people". One of them, he claimed, was Heidi Mnilk. But did he? This series explores the killings he confessed to, and which he committed. 

• Location: Abbey Street bridge in Bermondsey, London, UK (body found)
• Date: Sunday the 8th of July 1973 at 5:08pm (time of murder)
• Victims: Heidi Ann-Marie Mnilk
• Culprit: Patrick David MacKay? 

In a ten part crossover series, Mike of Murder Mile and Paul from The True Crime Enthusiast join forces to bring you the full story; from MacKay’s disturbed childhood, his crime spree, his methods and his motives, as well as the three murders he was convicted of and the eight additional killings he was suspected of, and confessed to.

Having previously covered in-depth multi-part series such as; paedophile Sydney Cooke, serial killer Robert Black, Robert Napper ‘The Green Chain Rapist’, The Blackout Ripper, necrophile John Reginald Christie and cannibal Peter Bryan, Murder Mile and True Crime Enthusiast bring you ‘Patrick MacKay: Two Sides Of A Psychopath beginning on Thursday 13th of November. Listen both series at the same time with Parts 1 to 4 on True Crime Enthusiast and Parts A to F on Murder Mile.