More would-be assassins of Queen Victoria (part 2 of 2) - Blunt force and ignorance
We are back to conclude our breakdown of the eight attempts on the life of Queen Victoria during her reign. This time the motives for regicide range from Irish Nationalism to underappreciated poetry a...
16 Kesä 20241h 9min
Attempts to kill Queen Victoria (part 1 of 2) - Shooting for notoriety
This week we are discussing the first four attempts on the life of Queen Victoria, which all took place during a two year span from 1840-42.While most of her subjects seemed to love the young Queen, t...
2 Kesä 202459min
Catherine Hayes - A red hot affair in Georgian England
It has been a long time, but we are back to the world of true crime this week with the tale of Catherine Hayes, a disgruntled wife who saw a convenient solution to all of her marital problems.... Murd...
17 Touko 20241h 15min
The Queen Mum - From Victorian to Millennium and everything in between
This week we are talking about one of the longest lived of all royals as part of our ongoing series focused on queen consorts of England and the UK. When little Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon ...
10 Touko 202453min
Princess Caraboo - A Georgian tale of 'fake it 'til you make it'
This week we are meeting Mary Willcocks, a young woman from a poor family who didn't want to accept her lot as a future housewife scraping an existence in a tiny rural village.Armed only with her own ...
26 Huhti 20241h 8min
John Evans - Claiming the wild west for the Welsh
This week we are heading Stateside with a young Welshman who was determined to prove that the continent had been discovered by a Welsh Prince. Convinced that somewhere in the shadow of the Rocky Mount...
19 Huhti 20241h 18min
Arthur English - Retiring in Canada involves a lot of hanging around
Deciding what to do with your retirement is always difficult. But for Arthur English an advertisement from Canada provided him with a chance to fulfil a lifelong dream at the age of 48.That lifelong d...
5 Huhti 20241h 5min
Hertha Ayrton - Breaking into a male dominated industry is a gas
This week we are discussing a woman who broke multiple glass ceilings in the world of Victorian Science.The daughter of a Jewish Watchmaker, Phoebe Marks couldn't have expected to climb too far social...
29 Maalis 202454min
