The historical crimes and criminals podcast

In the first of a 3 part trilogy of seperate crime stories from Los Angeles we will look at the life, crimes and execution of Barbara Graham. Many thanks to Katja Anderson for writing this story. Find more of Katja's work: Blog:  missnightterrors.wordpress.com twitter: missnightterrors For pictures from todays episode see the twitter page: the historical crimes and criminals podcast   1....

In todays episode we travel back to the London in the Elizabethan era (1558-1603) for a snapshot of London life. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Many thanks to Professor Eric Rasmussen and Dr Ian DeJong for their article and source for this episode: www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/shakespeares-london

In 1941, Due to the War, Whisky was in short supply. For the islanders of Eriskay the ship that had shipwrecked on their island must have been a dream. It contained over 250,000 bottles of Whisky. This is the true story of Whisky Galore. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast www.isle-of-south-uist.co.uk/isle-of-eriskay/whisky-galore-and-the-ss-politician/ scotchwhisky.com/magazine/f...

Samuel Upham destabilised the confederate currency during the American Civil war. Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/silent-crimes/samuel-curtis-upham/ sierrasmissionburrito.com/samuel-upham-the-counterfeiter-who-helped-win-the-civil-war/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_C._Upham https://www.msn.com/en-g...

Cockfighting and bloodsports have always been popular in Britain. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com metro.co.uk/2017/11/16/cockfighting-gang-guilty-after-detectives-found-blood-stained-fighting-pit-7085701/ allthatsinteresting.com/animal-blood-sports#15 georgianlondon.com/post/49461276531/elizabeth-stokes-lady-bare-knuckles www.histori...

Edward Dando was a criminal, but one of those unique criminals who endear themselves to public sentiment. Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Many Thanks to the Poet Luke Wright for kind permission to use 'The Ballard of Edward Dando' in this episode twitter: Luke Wright  www.lukewrightpoet.bigcartel.com http://londnr.com/forgotten-londoners-1-edward-dando/ http://georgianera...

In 1942 a burnt body was found in a bombed church in South London. It turned out to be anything but a bomb victim. a bonus lockdown episode this week pictures on twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Many thanks to Dr Amy Bell  www.amyhelenbell.com www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.29.2.265 www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/criminals-of-the-blitz/ https://di...

a lockdown bonus episode this week The world has known some brutal punishments for crimes. In todays episode we look at some of these Twitter: the historical crimes podcast www.toptenz.net/10horrifying-and-cringeworthy-corporal-punishments.php list verse.com/2016/03/27/10-forgotten-and-intruiging-punishments-from-history/ www.mentalfloss/article/63819/15-historical-terms-crimes-and-punishment-defi...

In todays episode we look at the history of Monopoly and how the game helped thousands of allied prisoners to escape and rejoin the fight to help win WW2 twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast www.history online.com/instant-articles/Germanys-pow-camp.html www.armedforcesmuseum.com/monopoly-in-world-war-ii/ www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/how-monopoly-games-helped-allie...

History has given us many accounts of Mistresses. In todays episode we look at some. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast listverse.com/2013/12/23/10-royal-mistresses-who-had-their-men-by-the-crown-jewels/ www.factinate.com/people/43-seductive-facts-historical-mistresses/ https://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/blog/sex-life-samuel-pepys

Headhunting has occurred throughout the world for various reasons. In todays episode we will look at some of these peoples. see pics on- twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast www.ripleys.com/weird-news/shrunken-head/ www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/ten-creepy-images-shrunken-heads-ecuador-003785 www.zmescience.com/science/head-shrinking-tsantsa-05244/ jacquelinezot...

In 1864 Britains first train murder took place: it led to a cross Atlantic chase to apprehend the Killer. Email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279102/Thomas-Briggs-murder-train-Franz-Muller-gripped-Victorian-Britain.html http://www.mernick.org.uk/thhol/murdernl.html http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.o...

The first of a few episodes over the coming months when we look at Victorian Jobs. Email:thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast http://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/31/dog-feces/ http://www.blackstockleather.com/history-of-the-leather-tanning-industry/ Peter Ackroyd. London Under. London: Vintage, 2012 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quite-...

In 1809 the most audacious hoax ever happened in London.  pictures on the twitter group: historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com http://www.victorianweb.org/history/leisure/pubgambling.html https://www.abouttimemagazine.co.uk/london/about-time-discovered-history-gambling-london/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/e...

A look at 1940's London and the murder of a Black marketeer.... follow me on twitter on the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/donald-hume-the-setty-case www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/10-facts-about-crime-on-the-home-front-in-the-second-world-war/ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3165954/How...