# #354 - The Strangler's Excuse (Matthew Kavanagh & Isaiah Dixon, Rugby)

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Podcast: [Murder Mile UK True Crime](https://stenobird.com/podcast/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-635698)
Published: 2026-06-25T03:00:00+00:00
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Saturday the 12th of April 1958, two men – 60-year-old Isaiah Dixon and 32-year-old Matthew Kavanagh – returned to their boarding house at 11 Hillmorton Road in Rugby. Kavanagh strangled Dixon with his own tie, stole 34 10s from his pockets, went shopping, and confessed to his murder. But then in court, he denied murder, and used an alibi which had got many 1950s killers off a murder charge. Location: Ground floor bedsit, 11 Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, Date:  Saturday the 12th of April 1958, evening, Victims: Isaiah Dixon (and Evelyn Ullah) Culprit: Matthew Kavanagh Seven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer . #rugby #warwickshire #truecrime #crime #ukcrime #robbery #theft #killing #law Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·       Instagram ·       FaceBook ·       Threads SUBSCRIBE via Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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