Beste The Backtracker podcaster (2024)

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The Lemonade Murder 29:35

6d ago29:35

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The Lemonade Murder Season: 5 Episode: 16 Kind and generous Ethel Worth was alone at home when Edward Woodfield came over. She thought he was going to repay her the money she'd loaned him, but he had other ideas. Find out more about this opportunist crime and what happened next. CAST J. D. Casswell. K.C (Defence) - Steve Sheperd Edward Isaac Woodfi…

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St Peter's Hospital: Workhouse and Asylum 27:14

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St Peter's Hospital: Workhouse and Asylum Season: 5 Episode: 15 Situated between St Peter's churchyard and the River Avon, the building occupied a strategic location. Tragically, on the fateful night of November 24, 1940, the entire area fell victim to devastating bombing raids. If you'd walked the narrow roads before the raids though, you would ha…

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James Holloway & The Rye House Plot 28:30

20d ago28:30

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James Holloway & The Rye House Plot Season: 5 Episode: 14 In May 1684, authorities in Bristol received a package from London. They never dreamed that it would be the head dismembered body of a Bristolian linen draper. James was hard working and strove to make the most of his business but during his endeavours, he begad mixing with a crowd who had o…

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The Stroud Paricide 25:30

27d ago25:30

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The Stroud Paricide Season: 5 Episode: 13 The murder of James Wyndham on October 19th 1893, shocked the local community and garnered significant media attention due to the family's prominent position in the area. What made it even more sensational was the fact that he was murdered by his own son. CAST Clerk of Arraigns - Joe Wilson Frederick Wyndha…

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Samuel Plimsoll: The Sailor's Friend 26:00

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Samuel Plimsoll: The Sailor's Friend Season: 5 Episode: 12 Samuel Plimsoll was a British politician and social reformer who lived from 1824 to 1898. He is primarily remembered for his efforts to improve the safety of seafaring vessels and the conditions of sailors during the 19th century. CAST Samuel Plimsoll - Molly Jefferies Vanity Fair Article -…

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The Murdering Cousin 25:14

1M ago25:14

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The Murdering Cousin Season: 5 Episode: 11 Cyril Victor Tennyson Saunders a former lance corporal in the Royal Engineers and he had been in a relationship with his cousin, Dorothy May Saunders, nicknamed Bubbles, for two years and they had plans to marry. After a pregnancy scare and the death of her father, Dorothy changed her mind about marriage. …

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R.N.L.I: Celebrating 200 Years 35:05

2M ago35:05

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R.N.L.I: Celebrating 200 Years Season: 5 Episode: 10 In Part Two of our celebration of this national institution, we take a look at some of the biggest rescues they have been a part in, the SS Suevic in 1907 and the S.S Rohilla in 1914. We also take a look at the latest statistics released as well as talk to current volunteers from the Portishead L…

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200th Anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution 21:01

2M ago21:01

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200th Anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Season: 5 Episode: 9 In total, across the UK and Ireland, 146,452 lives have been saved by the RNLI – this equates to an average of two lives saved every day for 200 years. Founded in a London tavern on 4 March 1824 following an appeal from Sir William Hillary, who lived on the Isle of Ma…

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The Babbacombe Murder Mystery (Part Two) 32:21

2M ago32:21

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The Babbacombe Murder Mystery (Part Two) Season: 5 Episode: 8 Saturday, the 15th February 1884 saw the fateful murder of 68 year old, Emma Anne Whitehead Keyse at The Glen in Babbacombe in Devon. All the evidence pointed to just one suspect, 21 year old John Henry George Lee, the Butler and general handyman. Listen to the account of his trial and d…

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The Babbacombe Murder Mystery (Part One) 27:37

2M ago27:37

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The Babbacombe Murder Mystery (Part One) Season: 5 Episode: 7 Emma Anne Whitehead Keyse was a single lady of 68 years old. She was born in Edmonton, London, in 1816. She lived at The Glen with four helpers. One of them was John Lee, who did various jobs. Elizabeth Harris was the cook, and she had asked Emma to give her half-brother, John Lee, a job…

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Valentine's Day Special 22:17

3M ago22:17

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Valentine's Day Special Season: 5 Episode: 6 Valentine's Day is steeped in history, but what exactly do you know about it? In this special episode, we take a look at this unusual holiday and an even closer look at the Valentine card, commonly used to express love and affection. Did you know that there used to be an alternate though? CAST Duke of Or…

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Reginald Burt: A Soldier's Regret 23:43

3M ago23:43

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Reginald Burt: A Soldier's Regret Season: 5 Episode: 5 Whilst he was away serving in the army, Reginald Burt’s wife, Lily, was having a baby by another man. He did everything to save his marriage, offering to adopt the baby, but in the end, something snapped. CAST Reginald John Frederick Burt - Joe Wilson Mr Justice Morris (Judge) - Steve Sheperd M…

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The Amazing Victoria Drummond (Part Two) 29:12

3M ago29:12

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The Amazing Victoria Drummond (Part Two) Season: 5 Episode: 4 Victoria Drummond was the first female marine engineer in the UK and the first British woman to serve as chief engineer with the Merchant Navy, but all this was earned through sheer determination and a driving force to spend her life doing what she loved, regardless of the perceived boun…

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The Amazing Victoria Drummond (Part One) 25:46

3M ago25:46

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The Amazing Victoria Drummond (Part One) Season: 5 Episode: 3 Drummond was the first woman to qualify as a marine engineer and she managed to have a successful career at sea despite encountering prejudice and discrimination. In this episode, we look at her early life and the difficulties she had trying to start her chosen career in marine engineeri…

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The Murderous Bank Robber 22:40

4M ago22:40

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The Murderous Bank Robber Season: 5 Episode: 2 It was a normal Friday afternoon in Knowle, Bristol, when a man was spotted acting suspiciously near the Lloyds Bank. Little did they know that the day would end with a robbery of £1,444 which would spark a nationwide manhunt, and a murder still unsolved 66 years later CAST John Rowe - Tony Allen Murde…

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New Year's Day Special 33:05

4M ago33:05

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New Year's Day Special Season: 5 Episode: 1 In this episode, we take a look at what has happened on New Year’s day in the past. The events that have shaped history and changed our world THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment a…

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Christmas 2023 23:38

4M ago23:38

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Christmas 2023 Season: 4 Episode: 42 To celebrate the festive season, we delve into a few things that only seem to appear at this time of year. We discover what's so special about mistletoe? Why are they called Mince pies and the special ingredients in a Christmas pudding? THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Rad…

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Crossroad Burials 20:29

5M ago20:29

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Crossroad Burials Season: 4 Episode: 41 William Birt was supposed to be the first man hanged on the gatehouse of the new Gloucester Prison, but he had other ideas. Find out more about William's story and the custom of burials at crossroads. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If y…

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Emmeline Pethick Lawrence: The Bristol Suffragette 32:24

5M ago32:24

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Emmeline Pethick Lawrence: The Bristol Suffragette Season: 4 Episode: 40 Bristol born Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence was one of the leaders of the ‘suffragette’ campaign. Imprisoned six times, she was treasurer of Mrs Pankhurst’s Women’s Social and Political Union and jointly edited ‘Votes for Women’ magazine. In this episode, we delve into the life and…

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The Bristol Blitz 26:26

5M ago26:26

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The Bristol Blitz Season: 4 Episode: 39 Bristol was bombed heavily between June 1940 and May 1944. The longest period of regular bombing, known as the ‘Bristol Blitz’ began in autumn 1940 and ended the following spring. The first bombs of the Bristol Blitz fell at around 6 pm on Sunday 24 November 1940. A further six bombing raids took place until …

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Murder in Austria 34:26

5M ago34:26

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Murder in Austria Season: 4 Episode: 38 It was a marriage made in hell. The 35 year old Montague Cyril Williams and the 21 year old Private Margaret Laughlan Williams spent more time drinking and fighting than anything else. She had never wanted to get married but couldn't find. way out. Things had to change and on 4th July 1949, they did. THIS POD…

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Remembrance Day Special 2023 27:51

6M ago27:51

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Remembrance Day Special 2023 Season: 4 Episode: 37 Remembrance day is a time to reflect on the lives of those who gave their today's for our tomorrows. I always try to respectfully highlight the achievements of some of those whom you may never have heard of. Here we have just three, Thomas Edward Rendle, Walter Ayles and Clifford Granville Shaw. If…

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Halloween Special: Thomas Thorneycroft & Tettenhall Towers 31:25

6M ago31:25

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Halloween Special: Thomas Thorneycroft & Tettenhall Towers Season: 4 Episode: 36 In this special seasonal episode, we explore Tettenhall Towers in Wolverhampton and find out more about it's most famous resident, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Thorneycroft. We also hear from well known and very well respected Paranormal Investigator, Karin Beasant. She t…

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Murder of a Taxi Driver: The Hunt for Percy Toplis (Part Two) 23:26

6M ago23:26

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Murder of a Taxi Driver: The Hunt for Percy Toplis (Part Two) Season: 4 Episode: 35 Francis Percy Toplis was a British criminal and imposter active during and after the First World War and well known to the police. He became the main suspect in the murder of Salisbury taxi driver Sidney Spicer on Saturday 24th April 1920. He fled the scene and the …

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Murder of a Taxi Driver (Part One) 58:02

7M ago58:02

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Murder of a Taxi Driver (Part One) Season: 4 Episode: 34 On the morning of Sunday 25th April 1920, the body of Sidney George Spicer was found in a hedgerow on a quiet country road near Thruxton Down, Andover. He had been shot in the head and it was quickly established that Spicer was a taxi driver from nearby Salisbury who had collected a fare the …

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England V Wales: When International Football came to Town 25:35

7M ago25:35

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England V Wales: When International Football came to Town Season: 4 Episode: 33 It’s clear now that if England is chosen to stage the 2028 European football championships, none of the matches will be played in Bristol. (They won’t be played anywhere in the South outside the capital, in fact, but that’s a different story.) And yet, there was a time …

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His Masters Voice: Nipper The HMV Dog & other tails 27:49

7M ago27:49

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His Masters Voice: Nipper The HMV Dog & other tails Season: 4 Episode: 32 When you think of famous dogs there are quite a few that spring to mind: Scooby doo or Toto for instance, there are few as instantly recognisable as Nipper, the terrier from Bristol. The cute little Jack Russell's face puzzling over the sound coming from the horn of an early …

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The Body in the Chest 27:23

7M ago27:23

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The Body in the Chest Season: 4 Episode: 31 Brian Hocking aged 24, his wife Elizabeth, aged 25 and Norman Bamber were a friendly threesome, then Brian went missing. Gambling, greed, passion and sex were the ingredients to this unbelievable true tale of cold blooded murder. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Rad…

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The Tragic Death of Leslie Howard 30:41

7M ago30:41

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The Tragic Death of Leslie Howard Season: 4 Episode: 30 He starred in one of the most successful movies of all-time and was a world-famous actor. But Leslie Howard’s glittering career and complex personal life was cut tragically short when he was lost in a mysterious plane crash aged 50, the victim of a suspected Nazi anti-spy attack during WWII. T…

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The Circus Of Varieties 29:54

8M ago29:54

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The Circus Of Varieties Season: 4 Episode: 29 An unassuming building in the centre of Bristol was host to some of the greatest entertainers Europe had to offer. It was the site of a very popular past time and regularly had major exhibitions and balls. It even played a part in the development of the area's aviation industry, but you wouldn't think i…

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The Unsolved Murder of Gertrude O'Leary 28:46

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The Unsolved Murder of Gertrude O'Leary Season: 4 Episode: 28 Gertrude O'Leary had no enemies and very few intimate friends, although she nevertheless had a reputation among her neighbours and those who did business with her as being a kindly and generous woman. Yet, on 30th July 1949, when the shop was still found to be closed at 10.30pm, her regu…

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Sarah Guppy: The Victorian Female Inventor 25:20

9M ago25:20

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Sarah Guppy: The Victorian Female Inventor Season: 4 Episode: 27 Sarah Guppy achieved amazing things in Bristol back in 1811. Whilst women of the time were expected to be carrying out domestic duties, Sarah Guppy was inventing new products and creating unique designs, including a design for a bridge to cross the River Avon. Sarah Guppy THIS PODCAST…

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The Dean Lane Pit Disaster 26:11

9M ago26:11

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The Dean Lane Pit Disaster Season: 4 Episode: 26 If you happen to be strolling around Dame Emily Park in Bedminster and you see, by the skate park, a large concrete slab that used to be the base of a bandstand, you may be intrigued to know that it covers the pithead of the Dean Lane Coal Mine. The site of Bristol's worst mining disaster. It was a n…

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The Evil in her Eyes 22:50

10M ago22:50

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The Evil in her Eyes Season: 4 Episode: 25 Noreen O’Connor aged 46, former nurse, was charged with murdering Miss Friederika Alwine Maria Buls, known as Marie aged 77, whose body was found in a bedroom at “Gardeen,” a cottage shared by the two women at Loxton, Somerset. They had been living together quite pleasantly for a while. Even after Marie ha…

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The Charitable Railway Ladies 24:24

10M ago24:24

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The Charitable Railway Ladies Season: 4 Episode: 24 Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol and was opened on 31 August 1840, as the western terminus of the Great Western Railway. Thousands of Victorians were employed by railway companies, from the locomotive driver on the footplate to the booking clerk in the stat…

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The Legend of Maude's Elm 31:02

10M ago31:02

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The Legend of Maude's Elm Season: 4 Episode: 23 A huge elm tree north of Cheltenham was felled in 1906 as it had become so dangerous. It used to be a favourite resting place for the Duchess of Devonshire, but this tree had a terrible origin story. Full of mystery, love and betrayal. This show is about a tale that has become embellished over time to…

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The Sad and Tragic Life and Death of Alice Woodman 34:42

10M ago34:42

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The Sad and Tragic Life and Death of Alice Woodman Season: 4 Episode: 22 In their shabby cottage in Cheltenham, Alice Woodman was found with her head nearly severed from her body, and lying by her side was a young man named Sydney George Smith, who was also suffering from a terrible wound in his throat, but what exactly happened? THIS PODCAST This …

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The Bristolian Creator of Penguin Books 25:20

10M ago25:20

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The Bristolian Creator of Penguin Books Season: 4 Episode: 21 Sir Allen Lane was a 20th-century pioneer of paperback publishing in England, whose belief in a market for high-quality books at low prices helped to create a new reading public and also led to improved printing and binding techniques. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited …

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The Beatles and Bristol 21:34

11M ago21:34

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The Beatles and Bristol Season: 4 Episode: 20 It was 1964 and they were the biggest stars on the planet. Mobbed by screaming fans wherever they went. Here’s what happened when the Fab Four came to Bristol THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If you liked it please leave a rating an…

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The Devizes Workhouse Murder 26:31

11M ago26:31

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The Devizes Workhouse Murder Season: 4 Episode: 19 On the morning of 30th January 1882, Charles Gerrish, who was sentenced to death at the Wilts Hilary Assize for the murder of an old man named Stephen Coleman, in the Devizes Workhouse, paid the extreme penalty of the law in Devizes prison. This was the first private execution which took place with…

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The S.S Great Western and the Hero Engineer 29:09

11M ago29:09

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The S.S Great Western and the Hero Engineer Season: 4 Episode: 18 Seven adventurous souls were grouped the Great Western's bows, talking excitedly, their, hearts beating faster. They were on an adventure that would bring them either ephemeral fame, or disappointment, ridicule, maybe death. And they had paid 35 guineas for the privilege. They were t…

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Dickie Valentine: The Forgotten Fifties Singing Icon 28:26

11M ago28:26

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Dickie Valentine: The Forgotten Fifties Singing Icon Season: 4 Episode: 17 On May 6, 1971, popular 1950s singer Dickie Valentine, his pianist Sidney Boatman and drummer Dave Pearson were killed in a car crash in Glangrwyney near Abergavenny. They were travelling along the bridge to a gig at the Diamond Club in Caerphilly when it happened. Here was …

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The Doomed Fiancée 20:21

12M ago20:21

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Season: 4 Episode: 16 Three people were killed and three injured when the Imperial Airways liner, City of Washington, bound from Bourget for Croydon, crashed at Neuf Chatel near Boulogne, the North of France on 30th October 1930. One of the victims was 29 year old Bristolian, Conrad James, a successful engineer who was coming home from Cairo to mar…

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The Butler's Revenge 26:20

12M ago26:20

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Season: 4 Episode: 15 45 year old Charles Houghton had been convicted of the murders of two elderly sisters, Eleanor and Martha , for whom he worked as a butler. They had given him notice after 22 years working for them due to his drinking problem. He shot them both on the 7th of September 1926. Listen to the events that led up to his despicable de…

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John The Painter: Britain's First Terrorist 32:07

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Season: 4 Episode: 14 James Aitken, nicknamed 'John the Painter', was a Scottish radical and arsonist who went around the major Royal Navy dockyards in 1776 in an attempt to burn them down in an act of sympathy with the American Revolutionaries. Listen to this incredible tale of one man's mission to gain notoriety and wealth. THIS PODCAST This podc…

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The Inventor of the Easter Egg 27:40

1y ago27:40

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Season: 4 Episode: 13 The arrival of Easter has been associated with eggs for centuries, The egg, an ancient symbol of new life, has been associated with pagan festivals celebrating spring, but it was a Bristol chocolate company that first came up with the bright idea to make them out of cocoa. Hear the story of this devout Quaker family and the cr…

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The Rescue at Robin Hood's Bay 23:06

1y ago23:06

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Season: 4 Episode: 12 A plaque at the top of The Bank at Robin Hood’s Bay tells the story of a heroic rescue which took place 19th January 1881, when a collier brig the ‘Visiter’ foundered in a violent storm whilst carrying a cargo of coal from Newcastle to London. The vessel, registered at Whitby and locally owned, was by then elderly, having been…

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The Punch Drunk Murder 27:49

1y ago27:49

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Season: 4 Episode: 11 Bousquet, who boxed under the name of Del Fontaine, was convicted and sentenced at the Old Bailey. His subsequent appeal, on the grounds that he was " punch drunk" through boxing, and insane at the time of the crime was dismissed. The good-looking Fontaine was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death. The execution in …

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Operation Red Trek (Part 2) 34:58

1y ago34:58

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Season: 4 Episode: 10 In this episode, we continue with the fascinating tale of the exploits of Captain Augustus Agar and his crew during the Russian Civil War when, during a mission to transport agents, they saw an opportunity to attack the enemy. All they had was a small motor boat and one torpedo. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edi…

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Operation Red Trek (Part 1) 31:05

1y ago31:05

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Season: 4 Episode: 9 The British campaign in the Baltic 1918–1919 was a part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The codename of the Royal Navy campaign was Operation Red Trek. In this episode we hear from Captain Augustus Agar VC DSO RN (1902-03) and his recollections of his part in this great campaign which played a key role in e…

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