The historical crimes and criminals podcast

There are many curiously named pubs in the world, many with interesting stories. in todays episode we look at a few of these. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/11-brilliant-funny-stories-straight-14927009 deadpubs.co.uk/Lodges/index.shtml www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/stories-behind-liverpool-pub-names-12930917 www.historic-uk.com/Blog/Twelve-Oldest-Inns-In-England/ www.turnersoldstar.co.uk/history www.roundaboutharlow.co.uk/the-history-of-the-marquis-of-granby/ www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/december/best-london-pubs-for-book-lovers-literary-history.html

Notting Hill is one of London's most desirable locations to live with all the charm of a Hugh Grant Film. However, 1958 it was essentially a slum which housed many Caribbean Immigrants. It was in this area that we saw the Notting Hill riots. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/hwj/dbac012/6568867?login=false warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/studying/docs/racism/riots/ www.mynottinghill.co.uk/the-1958-race-riots-of-notting-hill/ libcom.org/article/1958-notting-hill-race-riots

10 years before Bonnie Parker became the most famous female robber in America's history, another woman caused a sensation in New York, with her series of robberies. She was called Celia Cooney but the Newspapers called her the Bobbed Haired Bandit. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast cattstruecrimecorner.com

Hanging was the traditional execution throughout England and Scotland for Centuries, but it wasn't always successful. In todays episode we look at some who survived the process. They were known as the 'Half-Hanged'. Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast  email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com ko-fi.com/historicalcrimespodcast www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/24/1705-john-half-hanged-smith-half-hanged/comment-page-1/ bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting www.executedtoday.com/category/what/not-executed/pardons-and-clemencies/reprieved-at-the-last-moment/page/2/ Seddon, Peter, Crime's Strangest Cases, portico, 2012 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/half_hanged.html

In 1944 during WW2 codenames for the D-Day operation started appearing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. Was this a German spy at work? M15 were determined to find out. Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Ko-fi.com/historicalcrimespodcast www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/05/d-day-clues-hitler-had-done-telegraph-crossword/ www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/crossword-puzzle-nearly-ended-dday.html www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2014/may/12/crossword-unsolved-mystery-d-day-puzzles-leonard-dawe www.history.co.uk/articles/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-d-day-puzzles wargaming.com/en/news/jasper_maskelyne

Belle Gunness is one of the United States most infamous serial killers, yet her story remains shrouded in mystery. In todays episode we look at the story behind this monster. Thanks to Catt Smith for todays story. find her blog- cattstruecrimecorner.com twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast

London is a city of Statues. In todays episode we will look at some more of these. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com

After the American colonies fought independence in 1775, it caused one big problem for Great Britain...we had nowhere to send our convicts. So, what was the answer? twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com www.digitalpanopticon.org/Convict_Hulks Henry Mayhew and John Binny, The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of London Life, (London: 1862), seasaltercross.com/2015/03/18/life-inside-the-prison-hulks-staying-alive-2/ blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/floating-hell-life-early-19th-century-convict-hulks/ www.eastridingmuseums.co.uk/museums-online/convict-connections/convict-journey/ staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/10/a-day-in-the-life-convicts-on-board-prison-hulks/

In 1931 George Orwell wrote an essay on his life as a tramp and a Spike he stayed in overnight. Spikes were the slang name for Workhouses. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast

By the 19th century Londons population had exploded and it simply had no more space for its dead. What was to be the answer? twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Amadei, gian Luca Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London; Spatial Consequences to the Reordering of London’s Burials in the Early 19th Century, routledge, 2022 Brooke, A & Brandon D London city of the dead,the history press, 2008 Muinzer,Thomas,  L,  A Grave Situation: An Examination of the Legal Issues Raised by the Life and Death of Charles Byrne, the “Irish Giant” , International Journal of Cultural Property, Feb 2013 “Harding, V., ‘Location of Burials in Early Modern London’, in London Journal, No. 14, 1989.” “Ackroyd, P., London: The Biography, London, 2000.” “Arnold, C., Necropolis: London and its dead, London, 2006.” Knight charles, london burials