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Gavin Whitehead
Jun 817 min read
Trial by Playbill: The Murder of William Weare (S3BE3)
In 1823, John Thurtell murdered the gambler William Weare while the two were riding in a horse-drawn gig. Cashing in on public...
Gavin Whitehead
May 271 min read
Murder at the Wax Museum (S3BE2)
A surprising number of crime stories from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction take place in wax museums. Today, we're joined by Caroline...
Gavin Whitehead
May 414 min read
Marie Antoinette, The Marriage of Figaro, and the Diamond Necklace Affair (S3BE1)
Beaumarchais’s madcap comedy, The Marriage of Figaro , smashed box-office records when it opened in Paris in 1784. The following year, a...
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