
The historical crimes and criminals podcast
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a podcast looking back at historical crimes, criminals and social stories that created the world we now live!
Latest episodes

Sep 11, 2023 • 28min
The Case of the absconding Solicitor
Another case from Scotland Yard and it reads like a mix between a Sherlock Holmes short story and around the world in 80 days, with the detective chasing the suspect across the world.
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Aug 27, 2023 • 5min
The Liquid Mathew Murder
In 1983 Miami Police found a body which they suspected to be a gang related killing...but then the case took a twist
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Aug 26, 2023 • 10min
The Pig Faced Lady of Manchester Square
1815 in London, the talk of the town was of a rich, young Pig Faced Lady in Manchester Square. In this Regency Era she wasn't short of Suitors....
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the story of the Spaghetti trees....https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU?si=W8z4gdAZhk9eSMES

Aug 16, 2023 • 17min
The Favourite
A tale of favourites, romance and murder in the Court of James I
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Aug 3, 2023 • 27min
The Eltham Common Murder
On the 9th of February, 1918, Nellie Trew walked across Eltham Common and was never seen alive again. Scotland Yard Detective, Francis Carlin solved the crime and this is his account of the case.
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Francis Carlin: Reminiscences of a Scotland Yard Detective (1927)

Jul 20, 2023 • 27min
The Bloody Benders
In the Old Wild West travellers were going missing. suspicion fell on the Bender Family who owned an Inn. Legend now knows them as the Blood Benders.
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Special thanks to Cat at catstruecrimecorner.com

Feb 25, 2023 • 28min
Britain's first 'Wanted' Poster
Percy Lefroy Mapleton holds an important part in British Criminal History: In 1881, He was the first man to appear in the newspapers as a composite sketch as a 'Wanted' man. Moreover, his execution was graphically detailed by one newspaper.
If you are a Sherlock Holmes fan, like me, check out my new YouTube channel. Search 'Sherlock Holmes beyond the stories'.

Jan 18, 2023 • 20min
The Rotherham Transvestite Murder
On August 1st, 1950, a body of a woman was found dead in Rotherham....but it turned out not to be a woman.
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Margaret Drinkall, Rotherham Murders, Wharncliffe books (2011)

Dec 25, 2022 • 56min
The Mistletoe Murder
Merry Christmas to all the listeners.
PD Jame's Classic short story of murder at Christmas.

Dec 15, 2022 • 8min
Historical Pickpockets
In todays episode we will look at historical Pickpockets, the Artful dodgers of the world of crime
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Palk, Deirdre (2006). "Pickpocketing". Gender, Crime and Judicial Discretion 1780–1830. Great Britain: The Boydell Press.
Hitchcock, Tim; Shoemaker, Robert (2010). Tales from the Hanging Court. Bloomsbury Acadaemic
unlacethevictorians.blogspot.com/2011/04/mayhew-files-pickpockets.html
www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/juvenile-crime-in-the-19th-century