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

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