

The historical crimes and criminals podcast
steven connelly
a podcast looking back at historical crimes, criminals and social stories that created the world we now live!
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Mar 22, 2022 • 20min
(More) Statues of London
London is a city of Statues. In todays episode we will look at some more of these.
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Mar 15, 2022 • 25min
The Convict Hulks
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?
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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/

Mar 8, 2022 • 15min
George Orwell's 'The Spike'
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.
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Mar 1, 2022 • 28min
London's grave issue
By the 19th century Londons population had exploded and it simply had no more space for its dead. What was to be the answer?
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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

Feb 22, 2022 • 18min
The Rev Hackman
A Tale of obsession, stalking and Murder in Georgian era London.
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https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng355.htm
www.historyextra.com/period/modern/how-to-carry-off-a-great-hoax/
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fatal-triangle-77291407/
http://hysterical.foxearth.org.uk/2005/02/rev-edward-drax-free.html
Capital crimes max decharne arrow books 2012
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/6978/summary
https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hackman-james.htm

Feb 15, 2022 • 17min
Charles Dickens pets(...and other stories)
Charles Dickens had a considerable amount of pets and he generally gave them the same unusual names reserved for his literary creations....
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unbelievable-facts.com/2016/10/facts-about-famous-historical-figures.html/4
https://www.rd.com/list/bizarre-historical-coincidences/
https://unbelievable-facts.com/2018/03/funny-stories-from-history.html/2
https://www.openculture.com/2016/06/when-charlie-chaplin-entered-a-chaplin-look-alike-contest-and-came-in-20th-place.html
www.wonderslist.com/10-people-with-bizarre-history/
https://www.historyhit.com/historical-figures-who-died-unusual-deaths/
thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2013/10/50-people-on-the-most-r-rated-historical-fact-i-know

Feb 8, 2022 • 29min
The Rasputin of Manhattan
New York in the 1930's saw a gang trying to kill an Irish Drunk for his life insurance: but the plan didn't go as expected.
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Thanks to Catt Smith for this episode. Read Catts blog on Cattstruecrimecorner.com
listverse.com/2008/04/22/top-10-amazing-people-who-cheated-death/
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wouldnt-die-89417903/
funfactz.com/weird-facts/mike-headless-chicken/
https://medium.com/the-crime-historian/meet-the-man-who-survived-5-murder-attempts-to-the-frustration-of-his-killers-6469d0c1f7b
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/03/the-curious-case-of-the-man-who-wouldnt-die
www.history.co.uk/article/killing-hitler-the-many-assassination-attempts-on-adolf-hitler
Cattstruecrimecorner.com
theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/there-were-eight-assassination-attempts-on-queen-victoria/

Feb 1, 2022 • 27min
Jonathon Wild, Part 3
Jonathon Wild had reached the top by 1725. He controlled London's Criminal networks. In todays episode we see his downfall.
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Jan 25, 2022 • 21min
Jonathon Wild (Part 2)
We continue our story in 18th century London with the criminal who would inspire Sherlocks Moriarty.
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Jan 17, 2022 • 31min
Jonathon Wild (Part 1)
In 18th Century Londons crimimal doings one man stands out. He was the organiser of half that was evil and half of infected crimes in London and became the inspiration for Sherlocks Moriarty. This is the story of Jonathon Wild.
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