In this gripping episode of Crimes of History, we take you back to 17th-century England to uncover the story behind one of the most audacious plots in British history — the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. What drove a group of educated and devout Catholic men, led by Robert Catesby and aided by the infamous Guy Fawkes, to attempt to blow up the English Parliament and assassinate King James I?

Through political intrigue, religious persecution, and a desperate act of rebellion, this episode explores how a single failed explosion reshaped the course of English history and gave birth to a centuries-old tradition still observed today — Guy Fawkes Night.

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