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April 1, 2023
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    J. Edgar Hoover – the LGBT FBI boss?

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Jack the Ripper

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Jack the Ripper and Walter Sickert!

Tony McMahon4 weeks ago4 weeks ago011 mins

How did the artist Walter Sickert come to be a suspect in the Jack the Ripper killings? TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.

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True Crime – Unsolved 19th Century Murders!

Tony McMahon4 weeks ago4 weeks ago010 mins

True crime stories from the 19th century with several gruesome unsolved murders investigated by Tony McMahon

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Francis Tumblety – Abraham Lincoln plotter and Jack the Ripper

Tony McMahon11 months ago11 months ago016 mins

Quack doctor Francis Tumblety was accused of plotting to assassinate Abraham Lincoln and being Jack the Ripper as historian Tony McMahon investigates

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Jack the Ripper – what did Londoners make of him?

Tony McMahon3 years ago13 mins

We’ve heard all sorts of theories about the identity of Jack the Ripper but what did Londoners at the time make of this grisly serial killer?

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