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Coin clipping for Centuries was a capital crime, but it didn't stop what was a lucrative business.

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www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/naughty-money-clippers-and-coiners-in-16th-century-england

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1278-all-english-jews-arrested-by-crown-1.5291031

crimeandcoins.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/making-money-go-further-clipping/

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/living-in-the-17th-century/

https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2015/10/coins-clipping-and-condemnation.html

In the first of a 3 part trilogy of seperate crime stories from Los Angeles we will look at the life, crimes and execution of Barbara Graham.

Many thanks to Katja Anderson for writing this story. Find more of Katja's work:

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1. O'Shea, Kathleen A., Women and the Death Penalty in the United States, 1900 - 1998 (1999); Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 70.

2. Brennan, Elizabeth A., Clarage, Elizabeth C., Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners (1999);  Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 387.

3. American Film Institute https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/52606

4. Los Angeles Daily Mirror, 'Barbara Graham case revisited, November 28, 1958'.

5. Bernstein, Matthew, Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent (2000); pp. 336 - 337.

6. Osborne, Robert, telecast of I Want to Live! with commentary on Turner Classic Movies, 20 February 2009.

7 - 10: www.familysearch.org

11. United States federal census, 1930.

12. Davis, Bernice Freeman with Hirshberg, Al, Assignment San Quentin (1962); Peter Davies Ltd., London.

13 - 14: Bailey, Frankie Y. and Chermak, Steven, Famous American Crimes and Trials Vol. III, 1913 - 1959.

15 - 22: Cairns, Kathleen A., Proof of Guilt: Barbara Graham and the Politics of Executing Women in America (2013); University of Nebraska Press.

23. Cairns, ibid; Los Angeles Times, 8 June 1987: 'It's Sally Stanford not Sanford - and also for the record, Errol Flynn didn't need to be spelled'.

24. Cairns, ibid.

25. Keller, Robert, Murder Most Vile, Volume Twenty (2018).

26. Cairns, ibid.

27. Keller, ibid.

28 - 30: Drexler, Paul, San Francisco Examiner, 27 August 2017: '"Bloody Babs” and the robbery gone wrong'.

31 - 32: Renner, Joan, Los Angeles Magazine, 4 June 2013: 'The Mob-Style Murder of Burbank Widow Mabel Monahan'.

33. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135618443/baxter-shorter

34 - 35: Renner, ibid.

36 - 37: Cairns, ibid.

38. Gillespie, L. Kay, Dancehall Ladies: The Crimes and Executions of America's Women (1997).  University Press of America, p. 77.

39. Los Angeles Times, 28 March 1990: 'Last Steps, Last Words on the Row: California has put 501 men and women to death since the state took charge of executions.  Not all of them went quietly.'

40. Stout, Martha, The Sociopath Next Door (2006); Random House, p. 97.

In Todays Episode we look at what Londoners eat during Elizabethan times.

Thank you for the subject matter and article from Liza Picard

www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/food-in-elizabethan-england

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In 1814, a Tsunami of Beer hit central London killing 8 people....

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https://www.anchorbrewing.com/blog/much-ado-about-small-beer/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_beer

www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/snowcricketarticle.html

https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood

https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/life/article-163-a-short-history-of-london-beer.php

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814

londonist.com/2015/12/a-history-of-public-shaming-in-london-part-2

In todays episode we travel back to the London in the Elizabethan era (1558-1603) for a snapshot of London life.

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Many thanks to Professor Eric Rasmussen and Dr Ian DeJong for their article and source for this episode: www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/shakespeares-london

In 1965 a Morbidly obese Scottish man went to hospital to lose weight: his subsequent fast was over 1 year with no solid food. This is the incredible true story of Angus Barbieri.

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www.diabetes.co.uk/blog/2018/02/story-angus-barbieri-went-382-days-without-eating/

www.sciencealert.com/fasting-could-prevent-ageing-and-weight-gain-but-it-goes-against-everything-we-think-of-as-healthy

www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/02/germ-f27.html

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast

www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/tale-angus-barbieri-fasted-year-lost-21-stone/

In 1941, Due to the War, Whisky was in short supply. For the islanders of Eriskay the ship that had shipwrecked on their island must have been a dream. It contained over 250,000 bottles of Whisky. This is the true story of Whisky Galore.

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www.isle-of-south-uist.co.uk/isle-of-eriskay/whisky-galore-and-the-ss-politician/

scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/8384/the-true-story-behind-whisky-galore/

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12363591

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Politician

In 1923, Susan Newell was the last woman hanged in Scotland.

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www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/the-devil-woman-who-killed-paper-984 

113murderousmonday.blogspot.com/2012/06/www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/susan.html

www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/susan.html

oldappin.com/susan-mcallister-hung-for-murderfuneralcakes.blogspot.com/2009/08/madeleine-smith-poisoned-cocoa.html

wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Newell

oldglasgowmurders.blogspot.com/2014/12/susan-newell-last-woman-hanged-in.ht

Immurement from the Latin means 'Walled in'. It has been used as a historical punishment.

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allthatsinteresting.com/immurement-history

en.my-greenday.de/3841210/1/immurement.html

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immurement

www.ranker.com/list/people-who-were-immured/cheryl-adams-richkoff