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68. Dr James Barry - the Medical Pioneer with a Secret!
Jun 26, 2023Dr 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 preventative medicine, befriended a revolutionary and had a...
67. Mary Jane Kelly - The Ripper's Final Kill...?
Jun 19, 2023Mary 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 mystery, in fact we have known more about her death than...
Bittisode 015: Sex Worker Brides and the Creation of the Millionaire
May 11, 2023France 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 and a prostitute or two... Hosted by Katie Charlwood ...
66. Catherine Eddowes - The Penultimate Victim
May 09, 2023Catherine Eddowes is the penultimate victim of the so-called "canonical five" during the infamous Whitechapel Murders. Being moved from pillar to post for much of her life, she faced hardship from a y...
Bittisode 014: King Charles' Disastrous Disguise
May 04, 2023King 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 involving a disguise, a haircut and deliberately h...
65. Elizabeth Stride - The Ripper's Third Victim?
May 03, 2023Elizabeth Stride was a lot of things, from Nymphs Row to the Poplar Workhouse and the lodging house on Flower & Dean Street. Elizabeth Stride lived many lives, some her own, some others and some... an...
Bittisode 013: The Chastity Belt Myth
Apr 27, 2023A 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 surrounding the medieval torture device in a well-needed ...
64. Annie Chapman - The Ripper's Second Kill
Apr 25, 2023Annie 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, upwardly mobile. Everything that a Victorian lady des...
63. Polly Nichols - The Ripper's First Victim
Mar 17, 2023Mary 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 many women who would lose their lives in Whitechap...
62. Gráinne O Malley - Ireland's Pirate Queen
Feb 28, 2023An 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 court besieged more than one castle to avenge a loved...