

Gavin Whitehead
- Feb 15
- 15 min
Arthur Conan Doyle, Consulting Detective (S1BE4)
Arthur Conan Doyle rose to fame as the inventor of Sherlock Holmes. Not unlike his literary creation, Doyle had a knack for making...


Gavin Whitehead
- Feb 1
- 15 min
Toynbee Hall and Jack the Ripper (S1BE3)
In 1884, the Reverend Samuel Barnett and his wife, Henrietta, founded Toynbee Hall, a charitable institution meant to improve the lives...


Gavin Whitehead
- Jan 18
- 15 min
Inquest Scenes (S1BE2)
In 1913, Marie Belloc Lowndes published her novel, The Lodger, inspired by a story that painter Walter Sickert heard from his landlady....


Gavin Whitehead
- Jan 4
- 17 min
The Men Who Caught Crippen (S1BE1)
In 1910, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen poisoned his wife, Cora, and fled to Canada with his mistress in disguise. Detective Walter Dew, who...


Gavin Whitehead
- Dec 14, 2022
- 17 min
Verdict: Not Guilty (S1E8)
We look back at the artists we’ve covered this season and consider what we’ve learned about the Whitechapel murders and the theories...