The historical crimes and criminals podcast

Merry Xmas everyone and its a Christmas bonus episode in the shape of the classic Sherlock Holmes christmas tale 'The Blue Carbuncle', first published in 1892. Its a tale of christmas forgiveness and a wonderful tale unfolds of criminal events.   

In 1942 Robert S James was the last man hanged in California. He was found guilty of the murder of his wife in a very unique way. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/rattlesnake-james-the-last-man-to-be-hanged-to-death-in-california-da63551fc2d2 www.geocities.ws/princessdiisdead/hangingb.html www.lamag.com/culturefiles/rattlesnake-killer-los-angeles-robert-s-james/ medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/rattlesnake-james-the-last-man-to-be-hanged-to-death-in-california-da63551fc2d2 www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-18-me-47332-story.html cattstruecrimecorner.com/rattlesnake/ murderpedia.org/male.J/j/james-robert.htm

The world is full of curiously named streets, none more so in historical Britain. In todays episode, we look at a few of these! twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/british-street-names londontopia.net/site-news/featured/streets-london/ www.southernliving.com/travel/unique-street-names? https://lookup.london/weird-london-street-names-2/ Pickup Gilly, The A-Z of curious London: strange stories of mysteries, crimes and eccentrics, the history press, 2013 https://www.theintrepidguide.com/31-fascinating-origins-london-street-names/ https://livinglondonhistory.com/10-bizarre-but-brilliant-london-street-names/

In 1933 an England sporting team caused controversy with their tactics, sparking a diplomatic incident and damaging relations with Australia for many years. This is the story of 'Bodyline' twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com cricketlife.co.uk/the-bodyline-series-the-ashes-1932-1933/ www.itsonlycricket.com/bodyline-bowling cricketopinions.com/bodyline-bowling-bouncers-ashes-cricket-history/ www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/bodyline-cricket-series-1932-33 En.Wikipedia.org/bodyline www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/bodyline

Frederick Bailey Deeming was a man of many alias's. He was suspected by some of being Jack the Ripper and he was certainly a murderer and a conman. Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Todays story told with permission and thanks to Andrew Jago.  Follow his blog and twitter: Twitter: a janner darkly blog: ajannerdarkly.wordspress.com

The world has known many different types of clubs. In todays episode we dive in for a look at a few of these. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast buy me a beer on ko-fi.com/historicalcrimespodcast The history of the london clubs, Edward ward. London 1709 patrickspedding.blogspot.com/2009/08/english-aphrodites-part-1.html https://www.hebergementwebs.com/top/top-10-strangest-clubs-in-history-the-club-sandwich-is-not-in-the-top www.atlasobscura.com/articles/unusual-clubs-in-history nineteenteen.blogspot.com/2010/11/where-boys-were-four-horse-club.html listverse.com/2016/08/08/top-10-bizarre-clubs-from-the-past/ pipiwiki.com/wiki/Gentleman%27s_Clubs vcz.s5.xrea.com/18th-century-london-club-for-beggars-who-faked-injury-and-sickness-to-avoid-work/

During WW2 the Allies devised an incredible plan to fool German Intelligence into thinking they would invade Greece instead of Italy.  twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com Operation mincemeat, Ben Macintrye, Bloomsbury books, 2016 Deadly Deception, Denis Smyth, OUP Oxford, 2010 militarywiki/operationmincemeat

In 1605 a plot to blow up the houses of parliament was thwarted and the Catholic conspirators executed.  *apologies for the sound recording in this episode. I had problems with my microphone twitter: the historical crimes podcast  www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolu tionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/the-gu npowder-plot-of-1605/ www.history.com/topics/british-history/gunpo wder-plot www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-s tories/guy-fawkes-and-the-gunpowder-plot/#gs .eh2b8c englishhistory.net/stuarts/the-gunpowder-plot/ Wikipedia.org/gunpowder_plot www.nationaltrust.org.uk/coughton-court/feat ures/gunpowder-plot

George Orwell, former imperial police officer in British Burma, describes his experience witnessing a hanging in the 1920s. Topics include the jail yard, preparations for execution, unexpected dog interruption, observations before the hanging, and the execution and aftermath. A humorous moment of a man clinging to the bars is also recounted.

We have some curiously named pubs in the UK and the world. Many have interesting stories and today we will look at a few. Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast heritagecalling.com/2020/06/24/11-listed-pubs-with-fascinating-histories/ www.rte.ie/lifestyle/travel/2020/0824/1160911-some-of-the-most-remarkable-irish-pubs-from-around-the-world/ https://www.kickassfacts.com/pub-facts/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/inside-princess-diana-themed-pub-24931466 www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/glasgow-old-pubs-bars-history-16910255 http://www.scotlandspubsandbars.co.uk/location/the-worlds-end/ www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/ghosts-famous-owners-22-notorious-2055480 www.on-magazine.co.uk/yorkshire/history/historic-hull-pubs