The historical crimes and criminals podcast: Recent Episodes
steven connelly
a podcast looking back at historical crimes, criminals and social stories that created the world we now live!
For Many criminal cases one person has a role of uttermost importance.....that of Pathologist. in todays episode we look at what Police and Criminals lawyers need from Pathologists.
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Today we look at John 'Swift Nick' Nevison, a 17th Century Highwayman who's famous 200mile ride was attributed to Dick Turpins Legend in a later book. However Nevison also had a most ingenious Prison Escape from Leicester Gaol.
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In the first part of the 18th Century, the south coast of England had many Smuggling gangs; perhaps the most notorious was the Hawkhurst Gang. Today we read a chapter from Joseph Dragovich's book 'Hawkhurst Murder, corruption and Britains most notorious Smuggling Gang'
Many thanks to Joseph for permission to read from his book and it is available in bookshops.
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In English Law during the 1920s and 30s gaining a Divorce wasn't easy, but a technique was devised to secure one. It became known as a Brighton Quickie
In the 1960's a book was published which took a sideways glance at London life. One of the area's it looked at was the life of Prostitutes in their many varied forms.
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England in 1971 saw an 19 year old man convicted of Burglary with intent to commit rape on an 18 year old woman. The case and subsequent appeal has been studied and debated by students of Law ever since.
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Samuel Pepys Diaries give us an insight to Daily life through the early Restoration period and he documents life during a Plague and the Great Fire of London....but his Diaries also contain his accounts of his sexual activities and they paint a picture of what we would now view as a Sexual predator.
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www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/women-and-the-history-of-samuel-pepyss-diary/8470046189D88A8805F8B1ACC886475F
Pimm, G. The Dark Side of Samuel Pepys,
Pen and Sword History (2018)
Merry Christmas dear listeners and as is now custom we have a fictional Christmas crime story.
This year its Cyril Hare's 1949 short story about a man who is being Blackmailed and is determined to find and gain revenge on his Blackmailer.
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The Old Bailey in 1902 saw the trial of a woman accused of killing her lover. She did it in plain sight and we follow the trial transcripts and witnesses who proved her guilty of Murder.
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Just a few days after the US entered into WW2 a German Spy network of 33 Spies were tried and sentenced to combination of over 300 years in Prison.
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Jack Sheppard was one of the most famous criminals of 18th Century London. But it is not for his criminal exploits is he best known, but for his numerous Escapes.
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Story from: The procession to Tyburn, William McAdoo (1927)
In 1964 a footballing match fixing and betting scandal was uncovered in the UK. Football fans were appalled at such corruption in their beloved sport.
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After the last Battle on British soil at Culloden in 1746, the British Government had a huge amount of Prisoners held in Prison waiting for trial. They came up with a unique way to deal with this problem.
Shirley Jackson's magnificent short story, The Lotteryhttps://youtu.be/Eo6Xyaw3xGg?si=QJl4rEQ2iYWssbaz
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Another case from Scotland Yard and it reads like a mix between a Sherlock Holmes short story and around the world in 80 days, with the detective chasing the suspect across the world.
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In 1983 Miami Police found a body which they suspected to be a gang related killing...but then the case took a twist
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1815 in London, the talk of the town was of a rich, young Pig Faced Lady in Manchester Square. In this Regency Era she wasn't short of Suitors....
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the story of the Spaghetti trees....https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU?si=W8z4gdAZhk9eSMES
A tale of favourites, romance and murder in the Court of James I
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On the 9th of February, 1918, Nellie Trew walked across Eltham Common and was never seen alive again. Scotland Yard Detective, Francis Carlin solved the crime and this is his account of the case.
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Francis Carlin: Reminiscences of a Scotland Yard Detective (1927)
In the Old Wild West travellers were going missing. suspicion fell on the Bender Family who owned an Inn. Legend now knows them as the Blood Benders.
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Percy Lefroy Mapleton holds an important part in British Criminal History: In 1881, He was the first man to appear in the newspapers as a composite sketch as a 'Wanted' man. Moreover, his execution was graphically detailed by one newspaper.
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On August 1st, 1950, a body of a woman was found dead in Rotherham....but it turned out not to be a woman.
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Margaret Drinkall, Rotherham Murders, Wharncliffe books (2011)
Merry Christmas to all the listeners.
PD Jame's Classic short story of murder at Christmas.
In todays episode we will look at historical Pickpockets, the Artful dodgers of the world of crime
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Palk, Deirdre (2006). "Pickpocketing". Gender, Crime and Judicial Discretion 1780–1830. Great Britain: The Boydell Press.
Hitchcock, Tim; Shoemaker, Robert (2010). Tales from the Hanging Court. Bloomsbury Acadaemic
unlacethevictorians.blogspot.com/2011/04/mayhew-files-pickpockets.html
www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/juvenile-crime-in-the-19th-century
1848 in Glasgow saw an audacious Jewellery robbery. No-one could work out how it had been perpetrated: it was a Real locked room mystery
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Glasgow: The real mean City: true crime and punishment from the second city of the empire, 2013, Black and white publishing, Malcolm Archibald:
There are many curiously named pubs in the world, many with interesting stories. in todays episode we look at a few of these.
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www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/11-brilliant-funny-stories-straight-14927009
deadpubs.co.uk/Lodges/index.shtml
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/stories-behind-liverpool-pub-names-12930917
www.historic-uk.com/Blog/Twelve-Oldest-Inns-In-England/
www.turnersoldstar.co.uk/history
www.roundaboutharlow.co.uk/the-history-of-the-marquis-of-granby/
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/december/best-london-pubs-for-book-lovers-literary-history.html
Notting Hill is one of London's most desirable locations to live with all the charm of a Hugh Grant Film. However, 1958 it was essentially a slum which housed many Caribbean Immigrants. It was in this area that we saw the Notting Hill riots.
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academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/hwj/dbac012/6568867?login=false
warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/studying/docs/racism/riots/
www.mynottinghill.co.uk/the-1958-race-riots-of-notting-hill/
libcom.org/article/1958-notting-hill-race-riots
10 years before Bonnie Parker became the most famous female robber in America's history, another woman caused a sensation in New York, with her series of robberies. She was called Celia Cooney but the Newspapers called her the Bobbed Haired Bandit.
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cattstruecrimecorner.com
Hanging was the traditional execution throughout England and Scotland for Centuries, but it wasn't always successful. In todays episode we look at some who survived the process. They were known as the 'Half-Hanged'.
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www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/24/1705-john-half-hanged-smith-half-hanged/comment-page-1/
bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting
www.executedtoday.com/category/what/not-executed/pardons-and-clemencies/reprieved-at-the-last-moment/page/2/
Seddon, Peter, Crime's Strangest Cases, portico, 2012
https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/half_hanged.html
In 1944 during WW2 codenames for the D-Day operation started appearing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. Was this a German spy at work? M15 were determined to find out.
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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/05/d-day-clues-hitler-had-done-telegraph-crossword/
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/crossword-puzzle-nearly-ended-dday.html
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2014/may/12/crossword-unsolved-mystery-d-day-puzzles-leonard-dawe
www.history.co.uk/articles/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-d-day-puzzles
wargaming.com/en/news/jasper_maskelyne
Belle Gunness is one of the United States most infamous serial killers, yet her story remains shrouded in mystery. In todays episode we look at the story behind this monster.
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London is a city of Statues. In todays episode we will look at some more of these.
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After the American colonies fought independence in 1775, it caused one big problem for Great Britain...we had nowhere to send our convicts. So, what was the answer?
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www.digitalpanopticon.org/Convict_Hulks
Henry Mayhew and John Binny, The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of London Life, (London: 1862),
seasaltercross.com/2015/03/18/life-inside-the-prison-hulks-staying-alive-2/
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/floating-hell-life-early-19th-century-convict-hulks/
www.eastridingmuseums.co.uk/museums-online/convict-connections/convict-journey/
staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/10/a-day-in-the-life-convicts-on-board-prison-hulks/
In 1931 George Orwell wrote an essay on his life as a tramp and a Spike he stayed in overnight. Spikes were the slang name for Workhouses.
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By the 19th century Londons population had exploded and it simply had no more space for its dead. What was to be the answer?
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Amadei, gian Luca Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London; Spatial Consequences to the Reordering of London’s Burials in the Early 19th Century, routledge, 2022
Brooke, A & Brandon D London city of the dead,the history press, 2008
Muinzer,Thomas, L, A Grave Situation: An Examination of the Legal Issues Raised by the Life and Death of Charles Byrne, the “Irish Giant” , International Journal of Cultural Property, Feb 2013
“Harding, V., ‘Location of Burials in Early Modern London’, in London Journal, No. 14, 1989.”
“Ackroyd, P., London: The Biography, London, 2000.”
“Arnold, C., Necropolis: London and its dead, London, 2006.”
Knight charles, london burials
A Tale of obsession, stalking and Murder in Georgian era London.
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https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng355.htm
www.historyextra.com/period/modern/how-to-carry-off-a-great-hoax/
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fatal-triangle-77291407/
http://hysterical.foxearth.org.uk/2005/02/rev-edward-drax-free.html
Capital crimes max decharne arrow books 2012
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/6978/summary
https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hackman-james.htm
Charles Dickens had a considerable amount of pets and he generally gave them the same unusual names reserved for his literary creations....
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unbelievable-facts.com/2016/10/facts-about-famous-historical-figures.html/4
https://www.rd.com/list/bizarre-historical-coincidences/
https://unbelievable-facts.com/2018/03/funny-stories-from-history.html/2
https://www.openculture.com/2016/06/when-charlie-chaplin-entered-a-chaplin-look-alike-contest-and-came-in-20th-place.html
www.wonderslist.com/10-people-with-bizarre-history/
https://www.historyhit.com/historical-figures-who-died-unusual-deaths/
thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2013/10/50-people-on-the-most-r-rated-historical-fact-i-know
New York in the 1930's saw a gang trying to kill an Irish Drunk for his life insurance: but the plan didn't go as expected.
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listverse.com/2008/04/22/top-10-amazing-people-who-cheated-death/
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wouldnt-die-89417903/
funfactz.com/weird-facts/mike-headless-chicken/
https://medium.com/the-crime-historian/meet-the-man-who-survived-5-murder-attempts-to-the-frustration-of-his-killers-6469d0c1f7b
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/03/the-curious-case-of-the-man-who-wouldnt-die
www.history.co.uk/article/killing-hitler-the-many-assassination-attempts-on-adolf-hitler
Cattstruecrimecorner.com
theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/there-were-eight-assassination-attempts-on-queen-victoria/
Jonathon Wild had reached the top by 1725. He controlled London's Criminal networks. In todays episode we see his downfall.
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We continue our story in 18th century London with the criminal who would inspire Sherlocks Moriarty.
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In 18th Century Londons crimimal doings one man stands out. He was the organiser of half that was evil and half of infected crimes in London and became the inspiration for Sherlocks Moriarty. This is the story of Jonathon Wild.
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www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng175.htm
Merry Xmas everyone and its a Christmas bonus episode in the shape of the classic Sherlock Holmes christmas tale 'The Blue Carbuncle', first published in 1892. Its a tale of christmas forgiveness and a wonderful tale unfolds of criminal events.
In 1942 Robert S James was the last man hanged in California. He was found guilty of the murder of his wife in a very unique way.
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medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/rattlesnake-james-the-last-man-to-be-hanged-to-death-in-california-da63551fc2d2
www.geocities.ws/princessdiisdead/hangingb.html
www.lamag.com/culturefiles/rattlesnake-killer-los-angeles-robert-s-james/
medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/rattlesnake-james-the-last-man-to-be-hanged-to-death-in-california-da63551fc2d2
www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-18-me-47332-story.html
cattstruecrimecorner.com/rattlesnake/
murderpedia.org/male.J/j/james-robert.htm
The world is full of curiously named streets, none more so in historical Britain. In todays episode, we look at a few of these!
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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/british-street-names
londontopia.net/site-news/featured/streets-london/
www.southernliving.com/travel/unique-street-names?
https://lookup.london/weird-london-street-names-2/
Pickup Gilly, The A-Z of curious London: strange stories of mysteries, crimes and eccentrics, the history press, 2013
https://www.theintrepidguide.com/31-fascinating-origins-london-street-names/
https://livinglondonhistory.com/10-bizarre-but-brilliant-london-street-names/
In 1933 an England sporting team caused controversy with their tactics, sparking a diplomatic incident and damaging relations with Australia for many years. This is the story of 'Bodyline'
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cricketlife.co.uk/the-bodyline-series-the-ashes-1932-1933/
www.itsonlycricket.com/bodyline-bowling
cricketopinions.com/bodyline-bowling-bouncers-ashes-cricket-history/
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/bodyline-cricket-series-1932-33
En.Wikipedia.org/bodyline
www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/bodyline
Frederick Bailey Deeming was a man of many alias's. He was suspected by some of being Jack the Ripper and he was certainly a murderer and a conman.
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The world has known many different types of clubs. In todays episode we dive in for a look at a few of these.
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The history of the london clubs, Edward ward. London 1709
patrickspedding.blogspot.com/2009/08/english-aphrodites-part-1.html
https://www.hebergementwebs.com/top/top-10-strangest-clubs-in-history-the-club-sandwich-is-not-in-the-top
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/unusual-clubs-in-history
nineteenteen.blogspot.com/2010/11/where-boys-were-four-horse-club.html
listverse.com/2016/08/08/top-10-bizarre-clubs-from-the-past/
pipiwiki.com/wiki/Gentleman%27s_Clubs
vcz.s5.xrea.com/18th-century-london-club-for-beggars-who-faked-injury-and-sickness-to-avoid-work/
During WW2 the Allies devised an incredible plan to fool German Intelligence into thinking they would invade Greece instead of Italy.
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During WW2 the Allies devised an incredible plan to fool German Intelligence into thinking they would invade Greece instead of Italy.
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Operation mincemeat, Ben Macintrye, Bloomsbury books, 2016
Deadly Deception, Denis Smyth, OUP Oxford, 2010
militarywiki/operationmincemeat
In 1605 a plot to blow up the houses of parliament was thwarted and the Catholic conspirators executed.
*apologies for the sound recording in this episode. I had problems with my microphone
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www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolu tionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/the-gu npowder-plot-of-1605/
www.history.com/topics/british-history/gunpo wder-plot
www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-s tories/guy-fawkes-and-the-gunpowder-plot/#gs .eh2b8c
englishhistory.net/stuarts/the-gunpowder-plot/ Wikipedia.org/gunpowder_plot
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/coughton-court/feat ures/gunpowder-plot
Whilst serving as an imperial police officer in British occupied Burma (now Myanmar) in the 1920's Orwell witnessed a hanging which he later wrote about in his book of Essays.
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Orwell, George Essays, Penguin reprint 2000
We have some curiously named pubs in the UK and the world. Many have interesting stories and today we will look at a few.
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heritagecalling.com/2020/06/24/11-listed-pubs-with-fascinating-histories/
www.rte.ie/lifestyle/travel/2020/0824/1160911-some-of-the-most-remarkable-irish-pubs-from-around-the-world/
https://www.kickassfacts.com/pub-facts/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/inside-princess-diana-themed-pub-24931466
www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/glasgow-old-pubs-bars-history-16910255
http://www.scotlandspubsandbars.co.uk/location/the-worlds-end/
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/ghosts-famous-owners-22-notorious-2055480
www.on-magazine.co.uk/yorkshire/history/historic-hull-pubs
A chess Computer beat both Nopoleon and Benjamin Franklin....in todays episode, hear the story!
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www.chessequipments.com/history-of-chess/
users.adam.com.au/bstett//SkepticsTurk104.htm
www.ststworld.com/the-turk/
www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/murder.html
www.thevintagenews.com/2016/05/08/the-turk-was-аn-18th-century-mechanical-chess-player-that-conned-napoleon-bonaparte-2/
www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/jewel-royale-chess-set
Wife selling was once a very common practice. In todays episode we will look at some of these stories.
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Thompson, E. P. (1991), "The Selling of Wives", Customs in Common, Merlin Press
Ackroyd, Peter london, the biography, chatto and windus, 2000
www.ourcitytogether.london/inspire/wife-selling-at-smithfield-market
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_selling_(English_custom
www.geriwalton.com/wife-selling/
joolzguides.com/videos/smithfield-wife-selling/
www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/20/the-strange-english-custom-of-wife-selling/
In Victoria era Britain a court case divided opinions like no other: it was a case of a Baronet thought lost at sea returned to claim his title and estate. in the second part, we look at the court cases ensuring.
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In Victorian era Britain a court case divided opinions like no other: it was a case of a Baronet thought missing at sea returned to claim his title and estate.
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www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/tichborne-case-victorian-melodrama
brightonmuseums.org.uk/discover/2020/05/06/the-tichborne-case-a-case-of-identity-fraud/?_escaped_fragment_#!
freiherrvonquast.wordpress.com/tag/the-tichborne-case/
the-east-end.co.uk/the-tichborne-claimant/
mediawiki.feverous.co.uk/index.php/Tichborne_case
In the northeast of England there is a town best known for one infamous event. During the Napoleonic wars they hanged a Monkey, mistaking it for a Frenchman.
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www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartlepoolmonkey.asp
thehobbledehoy.com/2019/03/03/the-hanging-of-the-hartlepool-monkey/
www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-dickin-medal
www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Dickin-Medal/
www.forces.net/news/meet-brigadier-sir-nils-olav-iii-worlds-highest-ranking-penguin
In the village of Oddingley, the finding of a body led to the solving of a previous murder almost 25 years previously.
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www.telegraph.co.uk/only-in-britain/strange-british-laws/
www.mysteriesofmercia.com/post/the-tithe-system-oddingley
www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Oddingley_Murders
www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2191582/A-murderous-village-gutters-run-gore-DAMN-HIS-BLOOD-BY-PETER-MOORE.html
www.oddingleychurch.org/history/truth/
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www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/10-ridiculous-scottish-laws-you-wont-believe/
Many British pub names have curious stories behind their names....in todays episode we look at a few of these.
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Decharne Max: Capital crimes, seven centuries of London life and murder, London, Random house, 2012
lookup.london/weird-london-pub-names/
getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/guides/the-history-of-pub-names/
www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/business/who-pub-named-after-reveal-589031
www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t16960227-44
www.spookyisles.com/bucket-of-blood-pub/
metro.co.uk/2012/08/22/the-story-behind-one-london-pub-the-only-running-footman-3818215/
foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/the-story-behind-edinburgh-and-the-lothians-oldest-pub-names/
During WW2 a Dutch Artist sold a forgery to the Nazi Party. In todays episode we look at the forger Han Van Meegeren and his legacy.
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allthatsinteresting.com/lee-israel-true-story
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11415893/Lee-Israel-literary-forger-obituary.html
www.theartnewspaper.com/archive/van-meegeren-s-secret-supplies
www.historyhit.com/nazi-sympathiser-or-national-hero-the-strange-story-of-han-van-meegeren/
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/27/wasnt-cock-a-hoop-fooled-experts-britains-master-art-forger
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4230476/Master-forger-selling-imitations-legally-auction.html
www.thecollector.com/han-van-meegeren/
En.Wikipedia.org/wiki/han_van_meegeren
www.essentialvermeer.com/misc/van_meegeren.html
news.artnet.com/art-world/shaun-greenhalgh-notorious-art-forger-974735
The Olympics have seen many strange events over the years, including Art. In todays episode we look at a few.
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www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2169255/Dirtiest-Olympics-race-history-1988s-100m-final-year-steroids-turned-sport-sour.html
www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/allan-wells/
www.balls.ie/athletics/1904-olympic-marathon-466679
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/
We have grown up loving any number of fictional characters and animals. Many of them have their origins in real people. In todays episode we will look at a few.
*please note I made an error in recording( don’t record 4 episodes in a row) naming CS Lewis as the author of Alice in Wonderland instead of Lewis Carroll. Apologies S
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historycollection.com/wont-believe-true-historical-figures-inspired-worlds-favorite-fictional-characters/5/
listverse.com/2014/03/01/10-real-life-inspirations-for-famous-literary-characters/
www.factinate.com/instant/45-facts-about-the-real-people-behind-fictional-characters/amp/
Paris has always been a magnet for foreigners. In todays episode we will look back at 20th century Paris with stories of literature, crime, lesbians and jazz.
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theculturetrip.com/europe/france/paris/articles/gay-paris-20th-century-lesbian-culture-in-the-city-of-love/
www.spectator.co.uk/article/if-only-georges-simenon-had-been-a-bit-more-like-maigret
www.trussel.com/maig/people80.htm
vintagenewsdaily.com/american-writers-janet-flanner-and-solita-solano-the-lesbian-lovers-fled-1920s-america-for-paris-and-lived-their-best-life
murderpedia.org/female.N/n/noziere-violette.htm
timeline.com/this-lesbian-power-couple-lit-up-the-left-bank-81818a35e68d
Out of the top 3 Serial killers in the UK, 2 are women.
Mary Ann Cotton is Britains 3rd most prolific with a suspected 21 kills.
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www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/Mary_Ann_Cotton.html
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/who-was-mary-ann-cotton-11503447
murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cotton-mary-ann.htm
www.maryanncotton.co.uk
It is argued by some Historian and disputed by others that a sandwich played its part in starting one of the biggest conflicts the world has ever witnessed.
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www.historic-uk.com/cultureuk/the-cornish-pasty/
justfunfact.com/interesting-facts-about-lunch/
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/20018/may/01/has-porridge-really-been-banned-from-a-prison-for-security-reasons
www.smithsonian.com/history/gavrilo-princips-sandwich-79480741
In 1927 a murder took place that would inspire the book and famous film, Double Indemnity. The case also involved a secret camera taking a famous photo of the moment of execution by electrocution. In todays episode we look at the case of Ruth Synder. see the photo on the twitter page.
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time.com/3808808/first-photo-electric-chair-execution/
allthatsinteresting.com/ruth-snyder
www.rowdiva.com/RS.html
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19280113.2.5&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1
gizmodo.com/a-torrid-affair-an-inept-murder-and-a-historic-execut-1713398954
stmuhistorymedia.org/woman-made-of-stone-the-murder-of-albert-snyder/
www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/ruth-snyder-housewife-murderer/
www.history.com/news/double-indemnity-1920s-murder-crime-tabloids
In 2019 a Victorian book called 'The Swells night time guide through the Metropolis' was sold for £4000 at Auction. it was a Victorian Guide for young men finding sexual adventures in London.
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www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-new-swells-night-guide
www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/prostitution
www.thelondoneconomic.com/entertainment/revealing-guide-to-victorian-londons-secret-brothels-and-prostitutes-unearthed-107489/
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6338867/Salacious-guide-Victorian-Londons-secret-brothels-sale.html
www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/saucy-victorian-brothel-pocket-guide-3636184
In 1971, a Bank Robbery directly inspired by a Sherlock Holmes Short story took place on exactly the same street where the great fictional Detective had lived.
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*Aplogies for the mispronunciation of John Bindon's name...slight tongue slip!
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theunredacted.com/the-baker-street-robbery-vault-of-secrets/
production.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/chapter-house-and-pyx-chamber/history-treasure-at-westminster/
https://voyagerofhistory.wordpress.com/
www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/11/film.ukcrime
infogalactic.com/info/Baker_Street_robbery
geezers2016.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/the-baker-street-bank-robbery-1971-and-princess-margaret/
flashbak.com/the-extraordinary-baker-street-bank-heist-in-1971-419724/
shadyoldlady.com/location.php?loc=1217
www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1062540/princess-margaret-affair-john-bindon-lloyds-banker-street-bank-robbery-1971-photos-michael/amp
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_robbery
London in 1944 found an American GI and a British woman go on a 6 day crime spree influenced by Gangster movies.
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www.military.com/undertheradar/2017/10/british-crime-boom-world-war-two
Arnold, Catharine, Underworld London, Simon and Schuster, London, 2012
www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/10-facts-about-crime-on-the-home-front-in-the-second-world-war/
www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/holloway.html
www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/crime-on-the-home-front.html
www.iwm.org.uk/history/tips-for-american-servicemen-in-britain-during-the-second-world-war
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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3165954/How-Blitz-sent-Britain-sex-mad-New-book-reveals-Hitler-s-bid-bomb-surrender-startling-effect.html
https://spartacus-educational.com/2WWcrime.htm
www.theguardian.com/society/2010/aug/29/blitz-london-crime-flourish-blackout
On December 15th, 1927 a man walked into a School in Los Angeles and abducted a 12 year old child. The sensational case made worldwide headlines for the brutal subsequent events.
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www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-04-me-21037-story.html
horrorhistory.net/2017/12/17/girl-murdered-dismembered-and-disemboweled-during-ransom/
malefactorsregister.com/wp/779/
www.crimemagazine.com/fox-or-“moral-imbecile”-william-edward-hickman-and-murder-marion-parker
www.cemeteryguide.com/gotw-parker.html
In 1875 a case would cause the world of the Chimney Sweeps to change forever.
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victorian-era.org/chimney-sweepers-of-the-victorian-era.html
jandarbardaily.com/journal/f3a9cc-how-much-did-victorian-chimney-sweeps-get-paid
www.ranker.com/list/victorian-chimney-sweeps/lisa-a-flowers
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chimneyboss.com/victorian-chimney-sweeps
In 1858, over 200 people were poisoned when a bag of Arsenic was accidentally mixed with their sweet mixture. The resulting case would help change the law in the UK.
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In Post war a killer was on the loose with multiple guns, including Machine guns. this is the story of Erwin 'Machine gun' Walker.
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In 1857 Londoners were treated to a Bizarre spectacle....a Tiger walking down a street with a crying boy in its jaws.
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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1313816/The-polar-bear-lived-Tower--grumpy-lion-baboon-threw-cannon-balls-Britains-bizarre-zoo.html
www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Henry-III-Polar-Bear/
www.mernick.org.uk/thhol/jamrach.html
www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1282435/Queen-Elizabeth-II-animals-sloth-corgis-pets-Royal-Family-news
Coin clipping for Centuries was a capital crime, but it didn't stop what was a lucrative business.
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www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/naughty-money-clippers-and-coiners-in-16th-century-england
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https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/living-in-the-17th-century/
https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2015/10/coins-clipping-and-condemnation.html
In the first of a 3 part trilogy of seperate crime stories from Los Angeles we will look at the life, crimes and execution of Barbara Graham.
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1. O'Shea, Kathleen A., Women and the Death Penalty in the United States, 1900 - 1998 (1999); Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 70.
2. Brennan, Elizabeth A., Clarage, Elizabeth C., Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners (1999); Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 387.
3. American Film Institute https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/52606
4. Los Angeles Daily Mirror, 'Barbara Graham case revisited, November 28, 1958'.
5. Bernstein, Matthew, Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent (2000); pp. 336 - 337.
6. Osborne, Robert, telecast of I Want to Live! with commentary on Turner Classic Movies, 20 February 2009.
7 - 10: www.familysearch.org
11. United States federal census, 1930.
12. Davis, Bernice Freeman with Hirshberg, Al, Assignment San Quentin (1962); Peter Davies Ltd., London.
13 - 14: Bailey, Frankie Y. and Chermak, Steven, Famous American Crimes and Trials Vol. III, 1913 - 1959.
15 - 22: Cairns, Kathleen A., Proof of Guilt: Barbara Graham and the Politics of Executing Women in America (2013); University of Nebraska Press.
23. Cairns, ibid; Los Angeles Times, 8 June 1987: 'It's Sally Stanford not Sanford - and also for the record, Errol Flynn didn't need to be spelled'.
24. Cairns, ibid.
25. Keller, Robert, Murder Most Vile, Volume Twenty (2018).
26. Cairns, ibid.
27. Keller, ibid.
28 - 30: Drexler, Paul, San Francisco Examiner, 27 August 2017: '"Bloody Babs” and the robbery gone wrong'.
31 - 32: Renner, Joan, Los Angeles Magazine, 4 June 2013: 'The Mob-Style Murder of Burbank Widow Mabel Monahan'.
33. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135618443/baxter-shorter
34 - 35: Renner, ibid.
36 - 37: Cairns, ibid.
38. Gillespie, L. Kay, Dancehall Ladies: The Crimes and Executions of America's Women (1997). University Press of America, p. 77.
39. Los Angeles Times, 28 March 1990: 'Last Steps, Last Words on the Row: California has put 501 men and women to death since the state took charge of executions. Not all of them went quietly.'
40. Stout, Martha, The Sociopath Next Door (2006); Random House, p. 97.
In Todays Episode we look at what Londoners eat during Elizabethan times.
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www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/food-in-elizabethan-england
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In 1814, a Tsunami of Beer hit central London killing 8 people....
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https://www.anchorbrewing.com/blog/much-ado-about-small-beer/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_beer
www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/snowcricketarticle.html
https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood
https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/life/article-163-a-short-history-of-london-beer.php
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814
londonist.com/2015/12/a-history-of-public-shaming-in-london-part-2
In todays episode we travel back to the London in the Elizabethan era (1558-1603) for a snapshot of London life.
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In 1965 a Morbidly obese Scottish man went to hospital to lose weight: his subsequent fast was over 1 year with no solid food. This is the incredible true story of Angus Barbieri.
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www.diabetes.co.uk/blog/2018/02/story-angus-barbieri-went-382-days-without-eating/
www.sciencealert.com/fasting-could-prevent-ageing-and-weight-gain-but-it-goes-against-everything-we-think-of-as-healthy
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/02/germ-f27.html
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www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/tale-angus-barbieri-fasted-year-lost-21-stone/
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck used lonelyheart ads to find victims in 1940’s America.
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In 1941, Due to the War, Whisky was in short supply. For the islanders of Eriskay the ship that had shipwrecked on their island must have been a dream. It contained over 250,000 bottles of Whisky. This is the true story of Whisky Galore.
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www.isle-of-south-uist.co.uk/isle-of-eriskay/whisky-galore-and-the-ss-politician/
scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/8384/the-true-story-behind-whisky-galore/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12363591
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Politician
In 1923, Susan Newell was the last woman hanged in Scotland.
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www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/the-devil-woman-who-killed-paper-984
113murderousmonday.blogspot.com/2012/06/www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/susan.html
www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/susan.html
oldappin.com/susan-mcallister-hung-for-murderfuneralcakes.blogspot.com/2009/08/madeleine-smith-poisoned-cocoa.html
wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Newell
oldglasgowmurders.blogspot.com/2014/12/susan-newell-last-woman-hanged-in.ht
Immurement from the Latin means 'Walled in'. It has been used as a historical punishment.
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www.sacred-texts.com/ame/cig/cig06.htm
allthatsinteresting.com/immurement-history
en.my-greenday.de/3841210/1/immurement.html
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immurement
www.ranker.com/list/people-who-were-immured/cheryl-adams-richkoff
In post War USA an American woman of Japanese descent was tried for Treason. This is the Story of Iva Toguri aka Tokyo Rose
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In the 18th century, homosexual men would meet in Molly houses: but participating in sexual acts was against the law and you could be Hanged.
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Rictor Norton. "The Gay Subculture in Early Eighteenth-Century London". Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England: A Sourcebook. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
www.prisonersofeternity.co.uk/mother-claps-molly-house/
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/taboo-molly-house-strange-history-georgian-londons-secret-gay/
www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/8/bailey_trumbach.php
blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/06/19/18th-century-molly-houses-londons-gay-subculture/
eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/miss-muffs-molly-house-in-whitechapel
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/sexuality/bulletins/sexualidentityuk/2018
Rictor Norton, Ed., "The Mollies Club, 1709-10", Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England: A Sourcebook. 1 Dec. 1999, updated 16 June 2008
Cruikshank, Dan, The Secret History of Georgian London, Windmill books, London, 2010
In the Early 1960's a sexual affair rocked politics and threatened to overthrow the Government ...this would be known as the Profumo affair.
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www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/real-h istory-profumo-affair-christine-keeler-who-what- happened/
www.historyhit.com/the-scandal-that-rocked-the- british-establishment-facts-about-the-profumo-af fair/
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/the-pro fumo-affair-a-sex-scandal-that-rocked-british-pol itics-38667179.htmlen.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profumo_affair
In the Early 20th century a burglar perpetrated robberies for over 15 years....he became an infamous cult figure
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www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/heritage/downfall-of-the-thin-man-cat-burglar-1-6866558
en.mwikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Edward_Vickers
In a new Series of Episodes we will look at some cases that caused changes to the Judicial system.
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www.julianburnside.com.au/the-adolf-beck-case
Historybytheyard.co.uk/adolf_beck.htm
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the_strange-Case_of_Adolf_beck
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Samuel Upham destabilised the confederate currency during the American Civil war.
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www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/silent-crimes/samuel-curtis-upham/
sierrasmissionburrito.com/samuel-upham-the-counterfeiter-who-helped-win-the-civil-war/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_C._Upham
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-catch-me-if-you-can-counterfeiter-and-other-famous-forgers/ss-BB1aSBIP#image=5
Cockfighting and bloodsports have always been popular in Britain.
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metro.co.uk/2017/11/16/cockfighting-gang-guilty-after-detectives-found-blood-stained-fighting-pit-7085701/
allthatsinteresting.com/animal-blood-sports#15
georgianlondon.com/post/49461276531/elizabeth-stokes-lady-bare-knuckles
www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Cockpit-Steps/
www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeares-theatres/globe-theatre-entertainment/
www.history.com/news/the-gruesome-blood-sports-of-shakespearean-england
www.pubhistorysociety.co.uk/bloodsports.html
Homan, M. (2000). A Complete History of Fighting Dogs, Howell Book H
In 1942 Basil Banghart escaped from Joliet Penitentury. This is the tale of that escape
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Edward Dando was a criminal, but one of those unique criminals who endear themselves to public sentiment.
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http://londnr.com/forgotten-londoners-1-edward-dando/
http://georgianera.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/dando-the-celebrated-gormandizing
seasaltercross.com/2014/11/16/edward-dando-360-oysters-at-one-sitting-ca ll-it-a-good-lunch/
theturnaroundblog.com/2019/06/17/the-house-on-the-hill-by-christopher-im pey-the-fascinating-tale-of-londons-oldest-lockup/
http://www.therichest.com/most-shocking/5-of-historys-most-shocking-gluttons/
www.mentalfloss.com/article/88937/9-famous-people-supposedly-killed-foo d-or-drink
In 1942 a burnt body was found in a bombed church in South London. It turned out to be anything but a bomb victim.
a bonus lockdown episode this week
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www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.29.2.265
www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/criminals-of-the-blitz/
https://dirkdeklin.net/2016/09/06/harry-dobkin-blitz-murderer/
A look back to hangings in the 18th century.
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a lockdown bonus episode this week
The world has known some brutal punishments for crimes. In todays episode we look at some of these
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www.toptenz.net/10horrifying-and-cringeworthy-corporal-punishments.php
list verse.com/2016/03/27/10-forgotten-and-intruiging-punishments-from-history/
www.mentalfloss/article/63819/15-historical-terms-crimes-and-punishment-defined
www.ncbi.nim.gov/pmc/articles/pmc2689568
The Football World Cup has been stolen on two occasions. In todays episode we will examine these robberies.
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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5764905/world-cup-theft-mystery-solved-52-years.html
dickiebet.com/-1983-curious-case-stolen-jules-rimet-trophy/
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/world-cup-heist-solved-52-12586650
coolinterestingstuff.com/the-jules-rimet-trophy-the-story-of-the-missing-world-cup
www.fourfourtwo.com/features/missing-30-years-what-happened-jules-rimet-trophy
www.historytoday.com/archive/england-loses-world-cup
In Hyde Park lies London's strangest cemetery.
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www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Hyde-Park-Secret-Pet-Cemetery/
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Inside-Hyde-Parks-secret-pet-cemetery/
https://johnjohnson.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/the-life-and-adventures-of-toby-the-sapient-pig/
In todays episode we look at the history of Monopoly and how the game helped thousands of allied prisoners to escape and rejoin the fight to help win WW2
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www.historyonline.com/instant-articles/Germanys-pow-camp.html
www.armedforcesmuseum.com/monopoly-in-world-war-ii/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/how-monopoly-games-helped-allied-pows-escape-during-world-war-ii/266996/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2013/jan/08/history-monopoly-waddingtons-victor-watson-stalag-prisoners-of-war
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/wwii-monopoly-game-escape-version.html
History has given us many accounts of Mistresses. In todays episode we look at some.
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listverse.com/2013/12/23/10-royal-mistresses-who-had-their-men-by-the-crown-jewels/
www.factinate.com/people/43-seductive-facts-historical-mistresses/
https://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/blog/sex-life-samuel-pepys
Headhunting has occurred throughout the world for various reasons. In todays episode we will look at some of these peoples.
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www.ripleys.com/weird-news/shrunken-head/
www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/ten-creepy-images-shrunken-heads-ecuador-003785
www.zmescience.com/science/head-shrinking-tsantsa-05244/
jacquelinezote.blogspot.com/2016/02/10-fascinating-tribes-with-headhunting.html
www.nihonto-yoroi.com/2017/12/20/head-collectors/
listverse.com/2014/06/27/10-ways-samurai-were-nothing-like-you-thought/
www.britannica.com/topic/headhunting
www.aidandoyle.net/2009/06/03/who-would-have-thought-collecting-severed-heads-would-be-so-difficult
In 1864 Britains first train murder took place: it led to a cross Atlantic chase to apprehend the Killer.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279102/Thomas-Briggs-murder-train-Franz-Muller-gripped-Victorian-Britain.html
http://www.mernick.org.uk/thhol/murdernl.html
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/muller.html
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/victorian-railways/
http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/our_history/crime_history/the_first_railway_murder.aspx
http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/377815/Murder-on-the-railway
The first of a few episodes over the coming months when we look at Victorian Jobs.
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http://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/31/dog-feces/
http://www.blackstockleather.com/history-of-the-leather-tanning-industry/
Peter Ackroyd. London Under. London: Vintage, 2012
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quite-likely-the-worst-job-ever-319843/
Henry mayhew, london labour and the London poor, oxford press 2010
The real life inspiration for Tinker Tailor soldier spy was a spy ring in British intelligence. this is the story of their cover being blown and their escape to Moscow.
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http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2015/09/guy-burgess-cambridge-spy-who-bet-soviet-future
www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/635823/Cold-War-thriller-Guy-Burgess-Express-Russia-Cambridge
media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/stalins-englishman-lives-guy-burgess/
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3216458/The-promiscuous-man-lived-New-biography-Guy-Burgess-reveals-Cambridge-spy-sleep-17-75-real-passion-treachery.html
spartacus-educational.com/SSburgessG.htm
Baker, Rob Beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics, Amberley publishing, 2015
Historically there were no lawyers present in courtrooms. in todays episode we will look at the movement towards a modern criminal system that we are familiar with now.
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www.digitalpanopticon.org
In 1684 over 100 Lawyers took part in a street battle on Londons streets.....
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www.historic-uk.com/historymagazine/destinationsuk/red-lion-square/
londonheritagehotspots.com/red-lion-square
www.secret-bases.co.uk/wiki/red_lion_square
A bonus episode this week and the curious story of Mary Toft
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www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/month/aug2009.html
brewminate.com/the-rabbit-birthing-hoax-of-mary-toft-in-the-18th-century/
Deacon Brodie was an 18th Century Scottish Criminal and the real life inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Novella Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde(1886).
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www.deaconbrodie.com/
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/deaconbrodie.html
deaconbrodie.com/8-april-1788-brodie-leter.html
reedomfactsandstories.com/tag/deacon-brodie/
In 1911 the Mona Lisa was stolen. the subsequent 2 year search would make it the most famous painting in the world.
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The mysterious theft of the Mona Lisa, Scotti R.A, vintage 2010
www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/202008/21/august-1911the-mona-lisa-20200821113243-v.html
www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting
thedayswelivefor.com/the-mona-lisa-theft-and-vandalism/
samsoriginalart.com/mona-lisa-stolen/
www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/20/how-theft-mona-lisa-made-it-worlds-most-famous-painting/
In 1809 the most audacious hoax ever happened in London.
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http://www.victorianweb.org/history/leisure/pubgambling.html
https://www.abouttimemagazine.co.uk/london/about-time-discovered-history-gambling-london/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/surprising-history-of-london-chocolate-houses/
bizarrevictoria.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/berners-street-hoax/
husheduphistory.com/post/181564571593/special-delivery-the-bet-and-bedlam-on-berners
https://jimcofer.com/2013/02/04/the-berners-street-hoax/
A look at 1940's London and the murder of a Black marketeer....
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www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/donald-hume-the-setty-case
www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/10-facts-about-crime-on-the-home-front-in-the-second-world-war/
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3165954/How-Blitz-sent-Britain-sex-mad-New-book-reveals-Hitler-s-bid-bomb-surrender-startling-effect.html
www.nickelinthemachine.com/2013/04/warren-street-and-the-murder-of-stan-the-spiv-setty-by-brian-donald-hume-in-1949/
London is a City of many statues. Many have interesting stories. In this episode we look at 4 of these statues.
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www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/our-places/statues/
lookup.london/philpot-lane-londons-tinest-sculpure/
londonremembers.com/memorials/queen-anne-st-pauls-s
a Gristly tale of Cannibalism in 19th Century Australia....
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www.thestatworld.com/2016/08/death-of-richard-parker-shipwreck-cannibalism
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/we-ate-each-other-by-one-the-gruesome-story-of-alexander-pearce-the-cannibal-convict/news-story/5795fecf611d6194e3d187ce1c71ee11
Collins, Paul Hells gates:the terrible journey of Alexander Pearce, Van Diemans land cannibal. south Yarra 2002
www.theage.com.au/national/a-journey-through-hells-gate-20021029-gduqih.html
www.historic-uk.com/historyuk/historyofscotlannd/sawney-bean-scotlands-most-famous-cannibal/
The story of the Winchester Geese: prostitutes in medieval Londons south bank
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www.smithsonianmag.com/history/london-graveyard-s-become-memorial-citys-seedier-past-180953104
pastinthepresent.net/2012/11/22/remembering-the-winchester-geese-on-bankside/
thetemplarknight.com/2012/09/09/the-winchester-geese-medieval-prostitution/
The story of coffee, coffee shops and the south seas bubble
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https://www.bl.uk/restoration-18th-century-literature/articles/newspapers-gossip-and-coffee-house-culture
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_coffeehouses_in_the_17th_and_18th_centuries
Henri Misson, M. Misson’s Memoirs and Observations in his Travels over England(1719)
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/history-coffee-facts-discovery-use-drink-social-revolution/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/South-Sea-Bubble/
https://www.managementstudyguide.com/south-sea-bubble.htm
https://sites.google.com/site/davesmant/monetary-economics/famous-first-bubbles/south-sea-bubble
The dentists plundered the battlefields of Europe looking for the teeth of the dead...all to make false teeth!
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www.historyhome.co.uk/c-eight/france/teeth.htm
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/brace-yourself-painful-terrifying-history-25906
Dick Turpin is Englands most famous highwayman, yet most of what we know about him is based on legend. this is the true story of Dick Turpin
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stand-and-deliver.org.uk/highwaymen/dick-turpin
www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/bynpwllr/roads3.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/living-in-the-17th-century