The Creole Mutiny - A rare occasion when the British took on the role of 'good guys'
Today it is the promise of free healthcare that tempts Americans to move north to Canada, but in the 1800s for slaves toiling in the plantations of Virginia it was the promise of freedom in general th...
14 Jan 202253min
Louisa May Merrifield - Oh I do like to be beside the seaside (when committing crimes)
To start the new year we are heading to the classic English resort of Blackpool to talk about a woman who just wanted to retire to a nice bungalow in the sunshine. Never mind that Louisa Merrifield wa...
7 Jan 20221h 9min
Black Agnes - I'm the Queen of the Castle, you're a dirty Earl of Salisbury
A shorter but still very sweet episode this week so as not to interrupt your New Year's Eve merrymaking too much.We are covering the tale of a Scottish noblewoman who was singularly unimpressed with t...
31 Dec 202136min
Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe - I'm dreaming of the whitest Christmas
This Christmas Eve why not get snuggly in front of a roaring fire and join us to listen to the tale of Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe. Despite his Antarctic scientific mission falling apart almost immediately ...
24 Dec 202141min
Tom Bawcock - Let's see about getting you a lucky seven shall we?
This week it is a Mutiny Episode with Emma telling the story and Joe being completely clueless to what is going on. We are going to the tip of Cornwall and the 16th century to discuss the legend that ...
17 Dec 202143min
Thomas Darling - How do I keep getting into these 'scapes?
This week we travel to Burton to reflect on the strange tale of Thomas Darling, a young boy who found himself plagued by witches and demons. Was he really cursed? Was he just trying to get out of chor...
10 Dec 20211h 11min
Eadweard Muybridge - Don't listen to my lawyers, I am clearly sane.
This week we are covering a man who definitely lived his life in two distinct phases with three different names. An Englishman who wanted to see the world, Edward Muggeridge risked it all to emigrate ...
3 Dec 20211h
The Anglo-Zanzibar War - Can we wrap this up? I have things to do this afternoon.
Everyone knows that the British were ruthless in maintaining order in the Empire and today we will be talking about possibly the most egregious example, the Anglo-Zanzibar war.A standoff between a wan...
26 Nov 20211h 11min
