Red Herrings

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa tells the story of a man and his quest for naked freedom. Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: Stephen’s Youtube Channel, Naked Life and the BBC documentary on there.  The Guardian...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany asks us if we think this figure in power ever actually existed... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: Britannica Historyextra.com lincolndiocese.org discoveryuk.com EBSCO.com cat...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa tells us about a fella who puts the 'con' in 'consultant'. Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: The Cost of Trust by Deborah Douglas http://bbc.co.uk/news/artic...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany tells us about one of history's biggest mysteries... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: sothebys.com   Independent.com Buzzfeed Unsolved National Library of Medicine Britan...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa tells us the tale of a very big escape... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: The Independent Inews.co.uk Wikipedia Bankofengland website Ronniebiggs.com The Birmingham Daily Post...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa tells us the tale of a very big job... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: The British Newspaper Archive Birmingham Daily Post Daily Mirror Crewe Chronicle  Coventry Evening Teleg...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany tells us about a family that shared a gruesome hobby... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: Newspapers.com Fort Scott Daily Monitor The Daily Commonwealth The Iola Register Lawre...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany tells us about a family that shared a gruesome hobby... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com.

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany tells us about a cause that defied a court. Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources:

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa tells us about an ancient British tradition... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: Video of the rolling - https://youtu.be/cvuktushEhY?si=8C8ZKhzERUggzhtc

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany continues one of the most famous prison mysteries in history that has decades of speculation, conflicting reports, and rumors that refuse to die. Back to the case of the Anglin brothers. Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown   Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please cont...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany kicks things off with a daring escape that has haunted true crime fans for decades…high stakes and a prison no one was supposed to leave. We’re talking about the infamous Anglin brothers. Did their plan really work, or did it all go tragically wrong? Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown Edited by:...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Chris discusses the revival of an ancient court and how the modern judiciary dealt with a medieval case.  Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: Judgement of Manchester Corp v Manchester Palace...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, the Red Herrings explore the law of consent with a special guest! What happens when injury is agreed, but the law still says no? Hosted by Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host Christopher Brown Edited by Joccoaa Gray Sources: Rhiannon Frowde’s academic review in The Mason Institute blog named ‘A Painful Precedent? Crown against Brown,...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany unpacks one of America’s deadliest disasters, with floodwaters, failed warnings, and a community forever changed. We’re diving into the Johnstown Flood, a catastrophe where nature, negligence, and human error collided in a tragic, unforgettable way. Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown Edited by:...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa gives us a lesson in the law... We go through, the Definition of Murder, Unlawful and Lawful Killing, Criminal Liability, Actus Reus, Mens Rea, A Break in Causation followed by discussion of examples and 3 specific cases; R v Jordan [1956], R v Blaue [1975 and R v Pagett [1973] Hosted by Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host Chr...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa gives us some suprises along the way in the tale of the missing Lord... Lady Lucan Website here: https://web.archive.org/web/20171003195546/http://www.ladylucan.co.uk/index2.htm Hosted by Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host Christopher Brown Edited by Joccoaa Gray Sources: Wikipedia British Newspaper Archive  The British Archi...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa and Brittany discuss the 1974 Murder of Sandra Rivett and the Lord that ran away... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown Edited by: Joccoaa Gray If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: Wikipedia British Newspaper Archive  The British Archives Child...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany unpacks one of the sea’s greatest mysteries, a ship found adrift with no one aboard and no clear explanation. We’re diving into the case of the Mary Celeste, where speculation, fear, and unanswered questions have haunted historians and sailors for over a century. Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Bro...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany explores the mysterious life and death of a reclusive king whose obsession with castles and intrigue has fascinated historians for generations. We’re exploring the story of Ludwig II of Bavaria, a ruler whose death remains surrounded by questions, speculation, and a touch of legend. Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-h...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa tells us about a fire whose flames did more than destroy a building, they ignited a change in the law. We’re uncovering the story of the Woolworths Fire, a disaster that changed safety laws forever and left a lasting impact on everyone who remembers it. Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown Edited b...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany explores two strange and mysterious tales of unusual appearances that baffled both locals and historians. One involves a family in Kentucky whose skin color was unlike anything anyone had seen, and the other tells the story of two children appearing out of nowhere in medieval England with a shocking hue. We’re uncovering the stories of the Blue Fugates...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Joccoaa tells us about a marketing idea that left a company with a big mess to Hoover up... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown Thank you so much to our audio engineer Tim Lozinski for making sure we sound good in your ears every week! If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week, Brittany unpacks the peculiar demise of a writer you’ve almost certainly heard of...strange circumstances, conflicting reports, and a mystery that’s never quite been solved. We’re talking about Edgar Allan Poe, whose death is just as haunting as his stories. Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown Thank you...

Welcome to Red Herrings! This week Joccoaa takes us on an historical journey of The Gallows... Hosted by: Brittany Warren & Joccoaa Gray   Sound Engineer & Co-host: Christopher Brown Thank you so much to our audio engineer Tim Lozinski for making sure we sound good in your ears every week! If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at redherringspod@gmail.com. Sources: Hansard.co...