

Medieval Murder
Hannah S Purtymun
Medieval Murder is an educational podcast bringing historical murders from the medieval and early modern period to life.
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Apr 28, 2025 • 27min
Catherine Howard: The Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII
Today we will be talking about the fifth wife of King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard. Now when we last left the Tudor world, Henry had annulled his marriage to Anne of Cleves and in a way she got away scott free from a man who had a history of taking out his insecurities and his furies on his wives - thus the rhyme to remember his wives, Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced. And we’ll find the next part of that rhyme by the end of this episode.
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Mar 31, 2025 • 25min
Anne of Cleves: The Wife Who Lived
Today we will be discussing the fourth wife of King Henry VIII, Anne of Cleves.
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Mar 3, 2025 • 55min
London's Coroners Rolls with Peter Konieczny from Medievalists.net
Today we will be discussing some events that were documented in London’s Coroner’s rolls back in the late 13th and early 14th century, as well as the murder of Janus Imperial with the co-founder and owner of Medievalists.net, Peter Konieczny.

Feb 11, 2025 • 37min
Jane Seymour: The Other Woman
Today we are continuing our dive into Tudor history and are going to be discussing the wife that came after, or maybe even during, King Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour.
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Jan 20, 2025 • 33min
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
Today we are branching a little later on than the medieval period to the Tudor period and we will be discussing one of the most famous women in history, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII.
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Dec 30, 2024 • 30min
The Murder of Thomas Becket
Happy holidays from everyone here at Medieval Murder! To celebrate the holidays we’re doing a second holiday special featuring the murder of Thomas Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Dec 23, 2024 • 49min
Medieval and Early Modern Holiday Traditions
Happy holidays from everyone here at Medieval Murder! To celebrate the holidays we’re doing a special episode covering some of our favorite Medieval and Early Modern Holiday Traditions and folktales including the Icelandic Yule Lads, Krampus, the Yule Log, and Hogmanay.

Dec 3, 2024 • 34min
Medieval and Modern Serial Killers in Iceland and Beyond
Today we are discussing the story of Axlar-Bjorn the only medieval Icelandic serial killer and the bloody Bender serial killers of 19th century Kansas.

Nov 12, 2024 • 38min
A Vengeful Widow: St. Olga of Kiev feat. Murder Birds
Welcome to one of the craziest stories we’ve had on the Medieval Murder Podcast! Today we are talking about Saint Olga of Kyiv.
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Oct 30, 2024 • 35min
Ghost Stories of Scotland and Ireland
Welcome to our Halloween Special ooooo! Today we have found some of the scariest ghost stories from Ireland and Scotland to share with you! Just a little house keeping before we begin. To celebrate Halloween and reaching 8,000 listens on the Medieval Murder Podcast we are offering a discount on our entire Medieval Murder Merchandise store! Just enter the code “Murder” for 10% off! Also, please leave us a review anywhere podcasts can be found and let us know that you like the podcast!
Now, on with the spookiness! First, we will be discussing the history and hauntings of Falkland Palace and then we will be covering some ghost from Ireland!