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Oct 22, 2026 36 min

Castles and Corpses: The Dangerous Business of Building Medieval Castles.

from Dangerous Makes Hosted by Kerri Williams & Siobhan Louise Stevenson

Dangerous Makes is a podcast about history's most hazardous trades and inventions. In this episode of Dangerous Makes Kerri talks all things Castles with Matt Lewis, the host of History Hit's Gone Medieval podcast. On a tour of Warwick Castle, we find out when castle building became popular and how local villagers were persuaded to work 10 hour shifts for a loaf of bread or lured into apprenticeships that could ultimately see them fall to their deaths, have a very large block of stone dropped on their heads, or be thrown off the top of a castle so no one could replicate your work. Guest: Matt Lewis Matt Lewis - Home Location: Warwick Castle https://www.warwick-castle.com/ Support the show Written, researched and presented by Kerri Williams. Produced by Siobhán Stevenson. Music by Tiffany Lunn. Dangerous Makes: History's Most Hazardous Trades and Inventions with Kerri Williams.

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Dangerous Makes is a podcast about history's most hazardous trades and inventions. In this episode of Dangerous Makes Kerri talks all things Castles with Matt Lewis, the host of History Hit's Gone Medieval podcast. On a tour of Warwick Castle, we find out when castle building became popular and how local villagers were persuaded to work 10 hour shifts for a loaf of bread or lured into apprenticeships that could ultimately see them fall to their deaths, have a very large block of stone d...

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