A horrific day trip to Georgian London!
A day trip to Georgian London could have involved going to see a prisoner put to death or watching a live amputation by a well known surgeon
2017
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Filming with the “Forbidden History” team this week
I was in the Gore Hotel’s lovely Tapestry Room this week filming for the fifth series of Forbidden History presented, as ever, by Jamie Theakston. It’ll be aired in the Spring of 2018. I’ll be appearing in all six episodes and some great topics will be featured: Here I am filming at the Gore Hotel…
What links the Freemasons and Knights Templar?
Templar expert Tony McMahon examines the many theories that claim to evidence links between the Knights Templar with the Freemasons
Filming with the History Channel in Templar Tomar
In August 2017, Tony McMahon filmed with History for a programme called Buried about the Knights Templar hiding their treasure in Tomar, Portugal
Forbidden History examines the Knights Templar
Tony McMahon appeared on the TV documentary series Forbidden History to discuss the secrets of the Knights Templar with presenter Jamie Theakston
Top medieval TV series!
The top ten medieval TV series as selected by historian Tony McMahon including Pillars of the Earth and Game of Thrones even if the latter is pure fantasy
Ten places of execution in London
Ever wanted to know where people were beheaded or hanged in London then Tony McMahon is guiding you to the city’s places of execution
London plague pits – the locations!
Wherever you go in central London there are plague pits under your feet – literally thousands of skeletons of those who died in a horrific way
Was Queen Victoria a drug addict?
Tony McMahon investigates whether Queen Victoria was a drug addict. Tony McMahon talked about this in the UKTV series Private Lives of the Monarchs
Was King George really a tyrant?
King George III was characterised by the US Constitution as a tyrant but in reality he was no worse than other monarchs as Tony McMahon discovers