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Marie Antoinette, The Marriage of Figaro, and the Diamond Necklace Affair (S3BE1)
Beaumarchais’s madcap comedy, The Marriage of Figaro , smashed box-office records when it opened in Paris in 1784. The following year, a...
Gavin Whitehead
May 4, 202414 min read


Risky Business (S3E9)
This episode, we consider Madame Tussaud's unique contribution to the true crime genre. Full transcript below. TRANSCRIPT Victor Tussaud...
Gavin Whitehead
Apr 30, 202417 min read


The True Crime Controversy of 1849 (S3E8)
In 1849, George and Maria Manning murdered a guest in their London home and fled the British capital. A dramatic hunt for the killers...
Gavin Whitehead
Apr 16, 202431 min read
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