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

A Tale of obsession, stalking and Murder in Georgian era London. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast 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

Charles Dickens had a considerable amount of pets and he generally gave them the same unusual names reserved for his literary creations.... twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast 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

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. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast 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/

Jonathon Wild had reached the top by 1725. He controlled London's Criminal networks. In todays episode we see his downfall. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Ko-fi.com/historicalcrimespodcast

We continue our story in 18th century London with the criminal who would inspire Sherlocks Moriarty. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com

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.   twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng175.htm

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/