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Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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The History of the Electric Telegraph

John Tall was caught by a telegraph line between Slough and London in 1845. He thought it would be easy because nobody had been caught before, says the author. It wouldn't have occurred to him to wear anything other than his everyday clothing, he adds. "It wasn't a given that you commit a crime and you get caught"

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