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Bittisode 015: Sex Worker Brides and the Creation of the Millionaire
France was in crippling debt and a Scotsman of all people had the ultimate plan to save the country, all he needed was a bank, some drunk soldiers an…
3 years ago
66. Catherine Eddowes - The Penultimate Victim
Episode 66
Catherine Eddowes is the penultimate victim of the so-called "canonical five" during the infamous Whitechapel Murders. Being moved from pillar to pos…
3 years ago
Bittisode 014: King Charles' Disastrous Disguise
King Charles I of England was not the most efficient of monarchs and as a result plunged England into a Civil War that would lead to an odd situation…
3 years ago
65. Elizabeth Stride - The Ripper's Third Victim?
Episode 65
Elizabeth Stride was a lot of things, from Nymphs Row to the Poplar Workhouse and the lodging house on Flower & Dean Street. Elizabeth Stride lived m…
3 years ago
Bittisode 013: The Chastity Belt Myth
A little bit of brevity never hurt anyone (well it did, but we won't talk about that...yet) in this week's bittisode Katie discusses the myths surrou…
3 years, 1 month ago
64. Annie Chapman - The Ripper's Second Kill
Episode 64
Annie Chapman, also known as "Dark Annie" had everything going for her, she had a husband with a good job, a family and she was in a social sense, up…
3 years, 1 month ago
63. Polly Nichols - The Ripper's First Victim
Episode 63
Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly to friends, family and the law, was the first canonical victim of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. One of…
3 years, 2 months ago
62. Gráinne O Malley - Ireland's Pirate Queen
Episode 62
An amazing woman from Irish history who once divorced her husband by shouting at him through a window, shocked the entirety of Queen Elizabeth I's co…
3 years, 2 months ago
61. Let's Get Divorced
Episode 61
Getting married is all fine and well, but what happens when you (historically) want to dissolve your relationship, well my friends question no more a…
3 years, 3 months ago
60. The Impotence Trials
Episode 60
In Medieval Europe, especially France and England, it was basically illegal not to have sex with your spouse! In order to ensure that a marriage coul…
3 years, 3 months ago