Exploding Kings & Red Hot Pokers: Gruesome Deaths of Monarchs
Edward II died by red-hot poker. William the Conqueror exploded on his way into the coffin. Mary II went down covered in so many pustules she was unrecognisable.Kings and Queens are more much more lik...
1 Jan 202438min
Blood Countess of Hungary: Sixteenth Century Serial Killer
The inspiration behind countless gothic novels, Countess Elizabeth Báthory is said to be one of the most prolific serial killers of all time, accused of the murder of 600 girls during the late 16th ce...
28 Dec 202337min
Christmas Day Strangler: the murder of Gwen Ellen Jones
On Christmas Day 1909, Gwen Ellen Jones was murdered by William Murphy in the Welsh town of Holyhead. Anthony and Maddy tell the story with an appearance from Dr Hazel Pierce at the end. The episode w...
25 Dec 202327min
Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghosts
Like Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve, we are visited by three Dickensian ghosts today. One rattling chains, one made out of dark memories, and one tapping out messages on a train. Did Dickens himsel...
20 Dec 202331min
Palmer the Poisoner: Victorian England's Doctor of Death
In a century of poisoners, William Palmer stands out as the prince of them all. Charles Dickens called him "the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey".Maddy tells Anthony the story this w...
18 Dec 202337min
Why Do People Kill at Christmas?
Why do people kill in the season of goodwill? Why are we fascinated when they do? And what does it say about us?Professor David Wilson, leading criminologist and bestselling author, joins Maddy and An...
13 Dec 202339min
Ghost That Solved Its Own Murder: Red Barn Murder
The Red Barn Murder in 1827 was ground zero for true crime podcasts. It become one of the first cases to explode in the media and caused a national sensation. It had everything - sex, murder and a gho...
10 Dec 202351min
The Ghost of Anne Boleyn
We talk the ghost of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England before Henry VIII chopped off her head, with the marvellous Tracy Borman.Where can Anne Boleyn's ghost be seen? What form does it take? And why does ...
7 Dec 202332min
