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So I Acquitted An Axe Murderer
Episode 1160
Lizzie Borden’s murder trial began on June 5, 1893 in New Bedford Courthouse, Massachusetts. The 32 year-old was accused of killing her father, wealt…
7 months, 1 week ago
The 'Ten Cent Beer Night' Riot
Episode 1159
Twice the usual crowd turned up to see the Cleveland Indians take on the Texas Rangers on June 4th, 1974 - drawn in not by the baseball match, but by…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Woman Who Shot Andy Warhol
Episode 1158
Radical playwright Valerie Solanas, author of the SCUM Manifesto (for the ‘Society of Cutting Up Men’) attempted to assassinate pop artist Andy Warho…
7 months, 1 week ago
When UEFA Banned England
Episode 1157
Arion, Rebecca and Olly recall the shocking events of the Heysel Stadium disaster, which lead to all English football clubs being banned from Europea…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Peasants Are Revolting
Episode 1155
The most significant rebellion of the Medieval era, the so-called Peasant’s Revolt, kicked off in Brentwood, Essex on 30th May, 1381, when tax collec…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The First Bank Holiday
Episode 1154
Whit Monday became the first of the new ‘Bank Holidays’ on 29th May, 1871, as millions of Britons got an officially-sanctioned paid day off.
The bra…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Here Comes The Spanish Armada
Episode 1153
A naval juggernaut of 137 ships, 10,000 sailors, 2,500 guns, and 20,000 soldiers was launched at England by Philip II of Spain on May 28th, 1588: the…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Fan-Dancing, Dwarfism and Microwaves
Episode 1152
Microwave cookery was first demonstrated by Ross Kilgore of Westinghouse at the Chicago World’s Fair, which opened on 27th May, 1933. But the event w…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Exposing Italy's Puppet Masters
Episode 1151
The major political upheaval that befell Italy happened on 26th May, 1981, when Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his entire cabinet resigned.
This…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Captain Kidd: Pirate or Privateer?
Episode 1149
Hanged for piracy and murder, sea captain William Kidd was executed in Wapping on 23rd May, 1701. From the gallows he proclaimed to the large assembl…
7 months, 3 weeks ago