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87. The Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels
Episode 87
At the turn of the 20th Century, four days before the King and Queen are due to visit Ireland for the Great Expedition, the country is rocked by Irel…
2 years, 8 months ago
86. De Valera's Prison Break
Episode 86
Eamon De Valera, the long fellow, was to become the President and first Taoiseach of the Irish Republic, but before that he was locked up in an Engli…
2 years, 8 months ago
85. Mary Shelley - The Original Goth Girl
Episode 85
Mary Shelley was a force to be reckoned with, an intellectual mastermind, fuelled by passion and who lived a life rife with death and creativity. As …
2 years, 8 months ago
84. Edgar Allan Poe
Episode 84
Edgar Allan Poe was the original goth boy, emo well before that G note made everyine with 45degree fringes and spray on trousers stop in their tracks…
2 years, 9 months ago
83. Elizabeth Bathory - The Blood Countess REDUX
Episode 83
Erzébet Báthori, history's most prolific female serial-killer, who exsanguinated her victims and the bathed in the blood of virgins, out of villainy?…
2 years, 9 months ago
82. Sawney Bean And His Cannibal Clan
Episode 82
In the 16th Century Sawney Bean and his bloodthirsty brood ambushed, killed and consumed weary travellers as they traversed the log, narrow roads of …
2 years, 10 months ago
81. Roald Dahl - Soldier, Writer, Cheater, Spy
Episode 81
Roald Dahl has created worlds within pages that live in the minds and hearts of children (and some grown-ups) worlds that are chaotic, complicated, d…
2 years, 10 months ago
80. The Great Fire of London
Episode 80
Over 350 years ago, the City of London was razed when a tiny spark on Pudding Lane ignited a fire hotter than lava, that would ravage the city for fo…
2 years, 10 months ago
79. Princess Alice of Battenberg
Episode 79
Princess Alice of Battenberg had a far more interesting life than most royals in recent history, she was a princess, a wife, a mother, a nurse, a ref…
2 years, 10 months ago
78. J. M. Barrie - The Man Behind Peter Pan
Episode 78
James Matthew Barrie, a Scottish novelist and playwright, best known for being the creator of Peter Pan, brought joy, childhood fantasies and the nam…
2 years, 11 months ago