Joe Meek and Violet Shenton: The murder at 304 Holloway Road

Podcast: REDRUM true crime · redrumpodcast

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

On the morning of the 3rd of February 1967, Violet Shenton, a London shopkeeper and landlady, climbed the stairs above her leather-goods shop at 304 Holloway Road. Her tenant was Joe Meek, the pioneering record producer behind “Telstar,”, and a man NME later ranked the greatest producer of all time. Joe's makeshift studio had produced hit after hit while Violet banged a broom on her ceiling. But by 1967 his career was collapsing. He was in debt, increasingly paranoid and living in fear of the police after the unsolved Tattingstone suitcase murder of 17 year old Bernard Oliver. Within minutes of Viol...