66. Catherine Eddowes - The Penultimate Victim
Catherine Eddowes is the penultimate victim of the so-called "canonical five" during the infamous Whitechapel Murders. Being moved from pillar to post for much of her life, she faced hardship from a y...
9 Touko 202354min
Bittisode 014: King Charles' Disastrous Disguise
King Charles I of England was not the most efficient of monarchs and as a result plunged England into a Civil War that would lead to an odd situation involving a disguise, a haircut and deliberately h...
4 Touko 202323min
65. Elizabeth Stride - The Ripper's Third Victim?
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
Bittisode 013: The Chastity Belt Myth
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
64. Annie Chapman - The Ripper's Second Kill
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
63. Polly Nichols - The Ripper's First Victim
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
62. Gráinne O Malley - Ireland's Pirate Queen
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
61. Let's Get Divorced
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
