Taphophobia is the fear of being buried alive and was perhaps more likely to happen than you believe, especially in the Victorian Era. In todays episode we look at cases and the innovative inventors who invented Safety coffins to prevent premature burials.
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Burning at the Stake was probably one of the most horrific forms of Execution, yet many Countries performed it as a Means of Punishment. In todays episode of the HCCP we look at some of these practices, reasons and cases.
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1898 saw the a USA first: Murder through the Mail. A parcel of poisoned Candies were sent by a rejected woman.
Story from Thomas Samuel Duke, Celebrated Criminal cases of America
The World has many Pubs with unusual and quirky stories behind their names, and nowhere is this more true than the UK and Ireland. In todays episode we look a few of these stories.
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In English Law during the 1920s and 30s gaining a Divorce wasn't easy, but a technique was devised to secure one. It became known as a Brighton Quickie
Merry Christmas dear listeners and as is now custom we have a fictional Christmas crime story.
This year its Cyril Hare's 1949 short story about a man who is being Blackmailed and is determined to find and gain revenge on his Blackmailer.
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1815 in London, the talk of the town was of a rich, young Pig Faced Lady in Manchester Square. In this Regency Era she wasn't short of Suitors....
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the story of the Spaghetti trees....https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU?si=W8z4gdAZhk9eSMES
A tale of favourites, romance and murder in the Court of James I
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On the 9th of February, 1918, Nellie Trew walked across Eltham Common and was never seen alive again. Scotland Yard Detective, Francis Carlin solved the crime and this is his account of the case.
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Francis Carlin: Reminiscences of a Scotland Yard Detective (1927)
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.
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On August 1st, 1950, a body of a woman was found dead in Rotherham....but it turned out not to be a woman.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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/
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.
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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'.
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www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/24/1705-john-half-hanged-smith-half-hanged/comment-page-1/
bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting
Seddon, Peter, Crime's Strangest Cases, portico, 2012
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.
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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.history.co.uk/articles/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-d-day-puzzles
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-
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