157. The Battle of Castle Itter

Elizabeth Stride was a lot of things, from Nymphs Row to the Poplar Workhouse and the lodging house on Flower & Dean Street. Elizabeth Stride lived many lives, some her own, some others and some... an...

3 Touko 20231h 6min

A little bit of brevity never hurt anyone (well it did, but we won't talk about that...yet) in this week's bittisode Katie discusses the myths surrounding the medieval torture device in a well-needed ...

27 Huhti 202322min

Annie Chapman, also known as "Dark Annie" had everything going for her, she had a husband with a good job, a family and she was in a social sense, upwardly mobile. Everything that a Victorian lady des...

25 Huhti 202349min

Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly to friends, family and the law, was the first canonical victim of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. One of many women who would lose their lives in Whitechap...

17 Maalis 20231h 21min

An amazing woman from Irish history who once divorced her husband by shouting at him through a window, shocked the entirety of Queen Elizabeth I's court besieged more than one castle to avenge a loved...

28 Helmi 20231h 4min

Getting married is all fine and well, but what happens when you (historically) want to dissolve your relationship, well my friends question no more as Katie takes you through Celtic Ireland, Medieval ...

21 Helmi 202349min

In Medieval Europe, especially France and England, it was basically illegal not to have sex with your spouse! In order to ensure that a marriage could be dissolved the couple had to go through the Tri...

7 Helmi 202347min

While the Great War rages on across the Channel, tragedy strikes on a chilly afternoon in London where a newlywed is found dead in the bathtub, a mere day into her honeymoon. But not all is as it seem...

31 Tammi 202356min