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68. Dr James Barry - the Medical Pioneer with a Secret!
Episode 68
Dr James Barry was the very first European doctor to perform a caesarean section in which both mother and baby survived, he was a pioneer in preventa…
3 years, 1 month ago
67. Mary Jane Kelly - The Ripper's Final Kill...?
Episode 67
Mary Jane Kelly has been an enigma of sorts for over a century, as well as being an exception to the rule. So much of Kelly's life is seeped in myste…
3 years, 1 month ago
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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 4 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, 5 months ago