a podcast looking back at historical crimes, criminals and social stories that created the world we now live!
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episode 12: The Notting Hill Riots
Notting Hill is one of London's most desirable locations to live with all the charm of a Hugh Grant Film. However, 1958 it was essentially a slum which housed many Caribbean Immigrants. It was in this area that we saw the Notting Hill riots.
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episode 11: The Bobbed Haired Bandit
10 years before Bonnie Parker because the most famous female robber in America's history, another woman caused a sensation in New York, with her series of robberies. She was called Celia Cooney but the Newspapers called her the Bobbed Haired Bandit.
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episode 10: Half hanged Smith(and other stories)
Hanging was the traditional execution throughout England and Scotland for Centuries, but it wasn't always successful. In todays episode we look at some who survived the process. They were known as the 'Half-Hanged'.
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episode 9: The D-Day Crossword Puzzle
In 1944 during WW2 codenames for the D-Day operation started appearing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. Was this a German spy at work? M15 were determined to find out.
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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/05/d-day-clues-hitler-had-done-telegraph-crossword/
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/crossword-puzzle-nearly-ended-dday.html
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episode 8: Belle Gunness
Belle Gunness is one of the United States most infamous serial killers, yet her story remains shrouded in mystery. In todays episode we look at the story behind this monster.
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episode 7: (More) Statues of London
London is a city of Statues. In todays episode we will look at some more of these.
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episode 6: The Convict Hulks
After the American colonies fought independence in 1775, it caused one big problem for Great Britain...we had nowhere to send our convicts. So, what was the answer?
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episode 5: George Orwell's 'The Spike'
In 1931 George Orwell wrote an essay on his life as a tramp and a Spike he stayed in overnight. Spikes were the slang name for Workhouses.
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episode 4: London's grave issue
By the 19th century Londons population had exploded and it simply had no more space for its dead...
episode 3: The Rev Hackman
A Tale of obsession, stalking and Murder in Georgian era London.
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www.historyextra.com/period/modern/how-to-carry-off-a-great-hoax/
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fatal-triangle-77291407/
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