Victorian Love Triangle Murder
Through the industrial fog of Victorian London, in one of the city's most notorious slums, a murder took place that shocked a nation.The Bermondsey Horror, as it was called at the time, centred around...
14 Elo 202548min
The Body In The Trunk: France's Shocking 19th Century Murder Case
It was a murder mystery that gripped 19th century France and changed crime investigation forever.Who was the body in the trunk? What were the groundbreaking techniques used in the forensics investigat...
11 Elo 202548min
Bloodiest Mutiny & Shipwreck in History: Batavia
What happens when you're left on a desert island with a psychopath? This is a story so horrendous it would be hard to believe were it not for the skeletons left behind. Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Del...
7 Elo 202548min
Britain’s Most Prolific Executioner
For Albert Pierrepoint, execution was a family affair. His father and uncle were hangmen and from the 1940s until the late 1950s Albert was Britain's "Number One" executioner. Which meant he was the o...
4 Elo 202537min
Could You Survive The Victorian Workhouse?
Today we’re going behind the foreboding doors of the Victorian workhouse to ask - ‘Could we survive it?’. From Oliver Twist's gruel to songs about flogging, from lice-ridden clothing to soul destroyin...
31 Heinä 202545min
Day In The Life Of A Plague Doctor
If you think your job is bad, have you tried being a plague doctor in 17th century Venice?Join Anthony and Maddy as they wake up on a quarantine island and take you through a day in the life of a plag...
28 Heinä 202538min
Final Days of Napoleon
Conspiracy theories swirl about the final days of Napoleon. Was he poisoned by a friend? By the British? By his wallpaper? Did he cologne himself to death? Was his penis taken away by a vengeful pries...
24 Heinä 202543min
The Great Plague of London
What was it like living in London, 1665, when the plague first crept in?Within weeks, the gruesome symptoms were being spotted around London, crosses were marked on the doors of the damned, and King C...
21 Heinä 202532min
