In the early 1600s, the city of Würzburg stood at the crossroads of faith and fear. As famine, plague, and war closed in, suspicion took root... and soon, neighbor turned against neighbor. Witch trials spread like wildfire across Franconia, fueled by rumor, zealotry, and the iron grip of the Counter-Reformation. 

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It's London in 1888...Fear has already gripped the East End. In the wake of the “Double Event,” the hunt for Jack the Ripper intensifies, but the killings only get worse, and theories seem to multiply. In this episode, we trace the investigation through the early days until modern times.

We’ll explore the suspects who seem to have been hiding in plain sight.

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Before the murders began, London was already unraveling. Poverty, overcrowding, and disease turned Whitechapel into a place of desperation...The uneasy mix of empire, industry, and inequality paved the way for darkness.

Part I explores the world of late Victorian London and the real lives of the women who became the victims in this story. This isn’t just the tale of a killer, it’s the story of the city that created him.

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By Philip Sugden

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By Hallie Rubenhold

Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History

By Paul Begg

Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates

By Stewart P. Evans & Donald Rumbelow

The Jack the Ripper A–Z

By Paul Begg, Martin Fido & Keith Skinner

Jack the Ripper

By Donald Rumbelow

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Bleak House | PBS

The Mystery of Edwin Drood | PBS

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Little Dorrit | PBS

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As tensions in Tombstone reach a breaking point, uneasy truces give way to open threats. In Part II, the line between law and vengeance begins to blur, and the cost of order grows dangerously high...

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Tombstone was a boomtown built on silver, ambition, and blood in the wild west. The Earps arrive in a town teetering between law and lawlessness where fortunes rise fast, grudges run deep, and a single spark could ignite a war.

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Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride From Hell

By Tom Clavin

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Edward Plantagenet, the 17th Earl of Warwick, was born into royal power...and forgotten behind the walls of the Tower of London. Living in the shadow of his infamous cousins, the missing Princes in the Tower, his story unfolds during the infamous Wars of the Roses.

Yet, his life was more than a footnote to their mystery. As the last male Plantagenet with a considerable claim to the English throne, Edward’s story is one of innocence, bloodline, and betrayal in a kingdom still haunted by civil war and transitioning into Tudor England.

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In Part II, the walls close in. The disappearance of two royal children would echo through five centuries of history. We trace how politics, rumor, and legacy intertwined to shape one of England’s most enduring legends

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Richard III

By Paul Murray Kendall

Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

By A. J. Pollard

The Wars of the Roses

By Dan Jones

The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors

By Dan Jones

A Song of Ice and Fire Series

By George R. R. Martin

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https://amzn.to/4sBEHGm

 In a tumultuous medieval England, two young princes vanished inside the Tower of London... and history has never stopped asking what happened to them.

Part I explores the turbulent backdrop of the Wars of the Roses. There were intense family rivalries between Lancaster and York that shook the English throne and resulted in the rise of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the man who would become Richard III.

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The Princes in the Tower

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The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case

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Richard III

By Paul Murray Kendall

Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

By A. J. Pollard

The Wars of the Roses

By Dan Jones

The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors

By Dan Jones

A Song of Ice and Fire Series

By George R. R. Martin

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