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. Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com Special thanks to Cat at catstruecrimecorner.com

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'.

On August 1st, 1950, a body of a woman was found dead in Rotherham....but it turned out not to be a woman. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Margaret Drinkall, Rotherham Murders,  Wharncliffe books (2011)

Merry Christmas to all the listeners. PD Jame's Classic short story of murder at Christmas.

In todays episode we will look at historical Pickpockets, the Artful dodgers of the world of crime Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast 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

1848 in Glasgow saw an audacious Jewellery robbery. No-one could work out how it had been perpetrated: it was a Real locked room mystery twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Glasgow: The real mean City: true crime and punishment from the second city of the empire, 2013, Black and white publishing, Malcolm Archibald:  

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