The historical crimes and criminals podcast

Historically there were no lawyers present in courtrooms. in todays episode we will look at the movement towards a modern criminal system that we are familiar with now.

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The inspiration for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: The For many years Guy Burgess and the Cambridge five had spied for Russia whilst serving in British intelligence. This is the story of the last day he spent in London before defecting to Russia to live out his life.

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www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2015/09/guy-burgess-cambridge-spy-who-bet-soviet-future

www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/635823/Cold-War-thriller-Guy-Burgess-Express-Russia-Cambridge

media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/stalins-englishman-lives-guy-burgess/

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3216458/The-promiscuous-man-lived-New-biography-Guy-Burgess-reveals-Cambridge-spy-sleep-17-75-real-passion-treachery.html

spartacus-educational.com/SSburgessG.htm

Baker, Rob Beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics, Amberley publishing, 2015

In 1684 over 100 Lawyers took part in a street battle on Londons streets.....

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www.historic-uk.com/historymagazine/destinationsuk/red-lion-square/

londonheritagehotspots.com/red-lion-square

www.secret-bases.co.uk/wiki/red_lion_square

A bonus episode this week and the curious story of Mary Toft

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www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/month/aug2009.html

brewminate.com/the-rabbit-birthing-hoax-of-mary-toft-in-the-18th-century/

Deacon Brodie was an 18th Century Scottish Criminal and the real life inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Novella Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde(1886).

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www.deaconbrodie.com/

www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/deaconbrodie.html

deaconbrodie.com/8-april-1788-brodie-leter.html

reedomfactsandstories.com/tag/deacon-brodie/

In 1911 the Mona Lisa was stolen. the subsequent 2 year search would make it the most famous painting in the world.

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The mysterious theft of the Mona Lisa, Scotti R.A, vintage 2010

www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/202008/21/august-1911the-mona-lisa-20200821113243-v.html

www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting

thedayswelivefor.com/the-mona-lisa-theft-and-vandalism/

samsoriginalart.com/mona-lisa-stolen/

www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/20/how-theft-mona-lisa-made-it-worlds-most-famous-painting/

In 1809 the most audacious hoax ever happened in London. 

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http://www.victorianweb.org/history/leisure/pubgambling.html

https://www.abouttimemagazine.co.uk/london/about-time-discovered-history-gambling-london/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/surprising-history-of-london-chocolate-houses/

bizarrevictoria.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/berners-street-hoax/

husheduphistory.com/post/181564571593/special-delivery-the-bet-and-bedlam-on-berners

https://jimcofer.com/2013/02/04/the-berners-street-hoax/

A look at 1940's London and the murder of a Black marketeer....

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www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/donald-hume-the-setty-case

www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/10-facts-about-crime-on-the-home-front-in-the-second-world-war/

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3165954/How-Blitz-sent-Britain-sex-mad-New-book-reveals-Hitler-s-bid-bomb-surrender-startling-effect.html

www.nickelinthemachine.com/2013/04/warren-street-and-the-murder-of-stan-the-spiv-setty-by-brian-donald-hume-in-1949/

London is a City of many statues. Many have interesting stories. In this episode we look at 4 of these statues.

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www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/our-places/statues/

lookup.london/philpot-lane-londons-tinest-sculpure/

londonremembers.com/memorials/queen-anne-st-pauls-s

a Gristly tale of Cannibalism in 19th Century Australia....

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www.thestatworld.com/2016/08/death-of-richard-parker-shipwreck-cannibalism

www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/we-ate-each-other-by-one-the-gruesome-story-of-alexander-pearce-the-cannibal-convict/news-story/5795fecf611d6194e3d187ce1c71ee11

Collins, Paul Hells gates:the terrible journey of Alexander Pearce, Van Diemans land cannibal. south Yarra 2002

www.theage.com.au/national/a-journey-through-hells-gate-20021029-gduqih.html

www.historic-uk.com/historyuk/historyofscotlannd/sawney-bean-scotlands-most-famous-cannibal/