In 1483, twelve year old Edward V and his younger brother Richard were placed inside the Tower of London during one of the most dangerous political struggles in English history. Their uncle soon became King Richard III. By the end of that year, the two boys had disappeared from public view. ([Historic Royal Palaces][1])

This episode examines what is actually known about the disappearance, why Richard III became the principal suspect, and how later accounts shaped the popular story of murder inside the Tower. Two children's skeletons discovered there nearly two centuries later added another clue, but their identities have never been conclusively established. ([Historic Royal Palaces][2])

Were the princes murdered, secretly removed from the Tower, or did political history turn an uncertain disappearance into a story whose ending was never proven?