Archive Sleuth Podcast

07/07/2022

A new episode is out now! This week, we head over to 1850s New York to cover the celebrity divorce trial of the 19th century, a spectacle with remarkable foreshadowing of the Depp-Heard case.

Edwin and Catherine Forrest and the scandal that gripped a nation

30/06/2022

Apologies to my listeners, there is no new Archive Sleuth episode today. Work and life have got in the way this week, so the next ep - on a celebrity scandal from 19th century America - will now be out on Thursday 7th July. It's a goodie, look out for it! Sorry again.

16/06/2022

A new podcast episode is out now! This week, I look back at the time I came across a rather famous letter from Alan Turing to Winston Churchill. A letter that may well have helped change the course of World War II. An episode about codebreakers, Enigma, and a few of the many things The Imitation Game got wrong.

The letter that helped change the course of World War II

02/06/2022

What were Jane Austen, Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton all doing in May 1799? And who is the mystery person X who links them with a single letter? Find out in my latest podcast episode!

One letter, four lives, a moment in time

12/05/2022

This week on the podcast: part 2 of the grisly true story of mutiny and murder on an 18th century ship.

Episode 2 of 3

05/05/2022

Mutiny! Murder! Pirates! It's all happening in today's true crime story from the 18th century, on the podcast now!

Episode 1 of 3

09/04/2022

Three months after launching my first podcast episode, I've this week reached a big milestone: 1,000 downloads! Thank you so much to everyone who is listening, supporting and encouraging me, it is a labour of love and very pleasing and flattering to know people are listening.

07/04/2022

My latest episode is out now! This week, I discover the fascinating letters and life of an international volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, a conflict with resonance for today.

The letters of John Cornford

24/03/2022

The second part of A Royal Scandal is out now! In 1810, a royal prince is found wounded and his page is found dead. The jury decreed that the page had attacked the prince and then killed himself. But, was that true? There were so many gaps and inconsistencies in the witness statements that rumours and accusations dogged the scandal-ridden prince for decades. Check out my latest podcast episode to decide for yourself what really happened!

Crime and mystery in the palace: episode 2 of 2

10/03/2022

The latest episode is out now! Today, a two for the price of one: a true crime mystery and a scandal.

It is 1810, and a royal prince is violently attacked in his sleep.... Or is he? As I go over all the evidence, I find gaps, inconsistencies, unanswered questions. I can't help thinking a Hercule Poirot would not be satisfied with the easy solution.

‎Show Archive Sleuth, Ep A Royal Scandal - 9 Mar 2022

24/02/2022

A new episode is out now! This week, letters I discovered at The British Library reveal the remarkable life of an English nun who lived in Paris during the French Revolution. Have a listen for amazing descriptions of momentous events in history, and a window into the private thoughts of this C18th woman.



https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-nun-in-the-french-revolution/id1602926595?i=1000552070968

Picture:
Prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1789 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp from Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 16.
Found on the LOC Public Domain Archive.

17/02/2022

Thursday is usually new episode day, but I am moving to fortnightly releases. Next episode will be dropping on Thursday 24th of February! Can't wait for a forgotten history fix till then? Check out my page for all past episodes - true crime, scandal, and Jane Austen era gossip.

Uncovering forgotten stories from history

10/02/2022

The final part of the story of Seduction and Scandal in Edwardian high society is out now! An extraordinary tale of government involvement in an affair, discovered in UK National Archives files.

https://shows.acast.com/archive-sleuth/episodes/scandal-in-high-society-part-2

03/02/2022

The latest episode of the Archive Sleuth is out now!

1909: when a young diplomat falls for a married woman, the Foreign Office take a curious interest in the affair. A story of lust, control, and scandal from UK National Archives files.

https://shows.acast.com/archive-sleuth/episodes/seduction-and-scandal-in-high-society

And here is a portrait of the diplomat in question...
("Portrait of Dorian Gray" by Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1904. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

27/01/2022

and fans pay heed! In today’s I unearth letters at the National Maritime Museum of a woman from the age of and . Dancing, dining, sea voyages, and the dark truths of the times.

Photo taken by me of item MDT/1 from the collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

Available wherever you like to listen, including:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/archive-sleuth/id1602926595

25/01/2022

A fan of or ? Coming up on the this Thursday: the letters of a woman who could have stepped out of the pages of an Austen novel. Dancing, gossip, dashing officers... & the darker truth of her time.

20/01/2022

The final episode of the Mary Blandy story is out NOW! This week, Mary stands trial for murdering her father. Check out Archive Sleuth wherever you get your podcasts to find out if she will walk… or hang.

‎History · 2022

18/01/2022

The final episode of the Mary Blandy story is coming this Thursday! This week, Mary stands trial for the murder of her father. Will she hang… or walk?

Catch up on the first two episodes now where ever you get your podcasts.

11/01/2022

Episode 2 of the Mary Blandy story is coming this Thursday! This week: Mary believes that murder is her only path to marriage. But can she really go through with it?

Catch up on episode 1 now here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/archive-sleuth/id1602926595 and all major podcast aps.

06/01/2022

Episode 1 of Archive Sleuth is out now! In 1740s England, romance takes a sinister turn when a woman discovers her dashing fiancé is already married… Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 1 of 3

04/01/2022

The Archive Sleuth is launching on Thursday! This week: in 1740s England, a young woman falls in love with a dashing army officer. Yet romance takes a sinister turn when she discovers the man is already married…