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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Gavin Whitehead
Apr 3017 min read
Risky Business (S3E9)
This episode, we consider Madame Tussaud's unique contribution to the true crime genre. Full transcript below. TRANSCRIPT Victor Tussaud...
Gavin Whitehead
Apr 1631 min read
The True Crime Controversy of 1849 (S3E8)
In 1849, George and Maria Manning murdered a guest in their London home and fled the British capital. A dramatic hunt for the killers...
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