Postmans Park - Self Sacrifice In The City
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
Release Date: 05/16/2024
Death In The Palace - Trials , Murder and Execution in The Houses Of Parliament
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
Come with me to a place I know very well - the Palace Of Wesminster where I work as a tour guide and hear some of the dark tales of famous and infamous trials that took place here ....
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Postmans Park - Self Sacrifice In The City
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
In the heart of the ancient City Of London lies a small park next to a medieval church . The park is peaceful and pleasant , but in the park is a memorial wall , created in the late Victorian era and deicated to those Londoners who gave their lives trying and sometimes failing to save others . This is their story .....
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From The Tower To The Tyburn Tree - Excecutions In London
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
Its one of the cities most visited tourist spots - millions of people every year climb its ancient stairways and marvel at its imposing towers overlooking the Thames . Many come for the Crown Jewels , which have been housed in the Tower for hundreds of years . Others come for the Yeoman Warders who gaurd the Tower and the ravens for which they care . The yeoman warders also give guided tours to visitior and one of the stories they tell is the infamous execution of Ann Boleyn . Her ghost is said to walk the battlements of the tower with her head tucked underneath her arm . Ann Boleyns...
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Death By The Book - London's Literary Murders
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
In Victorian times it was the largest city in the world , a hub of industry and vice , and London inspired many authors to create dark tales of morder in its bustling streets ....
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Brookwood Cemetery and The Necropolis Railway
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
Once the largest cemetery in the world and still the largest in the UK , Brookwood is a unique place . Many of the poorest people in London ended up being buried here and to get them to the cememtery a special trainline was created , the Necroplis railway ....
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Duels In London - Fields Of Honour
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
The leafy parks and sqaures of the capital hold many secrets - for hundreds of years the gentlemen of the city would settle their differences with blade or pistol .......
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Dying Of Debt - London's Marshalsea Prison
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
Getting into debt has always been simple - the trick is getting out , and in the 19th Century that could cost you everything you owned including your life ....
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The Treacherous Thames - Death On The River
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
It's the iconic strip of blue that runs through the heart of the city - representing some of the greatest moments in London's history , but there is an undercurrent of death beneath its swirling waters , tales of filth , despair and murder.... and and murder ......
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The Bills Of Mortality And The Great Plague Of London
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
In 1665 the Great Plague Of London struck the city , killing thousands . Quacks and charlatans were rife in the city , selling useless and even dangerous remedies . The Bills Of Mortality remain one of the best known records of death in the city at the time , and two famous writers would also chronicle this terrible event .....
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Grave Encounters - The London Ressurectionists
London Kills - Tales Of Death In The Capital
For over a hundred years , from the 18th to the middle of the 19th century , London and many cities around the UK were in the grip of a crime wave . Bodies were being ripped from their graves, sold on to anatomists for huge profits and sometimes these criminals resorted to murder to get a fresh supply of corpses .....
info_outlineIn the heart of the ancient City Of London lies a small park next to a medieval church . The park is peaceful and pleasant , but in the park is a memorial wall , created in the late Victorian era and deicated to those Londoners who gave their lives trying and sometimes failing to save others . This is their story .....