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Episode 199 - Guilty By Association (With a Pig) - Medieval Crimes and Punishments

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Brew Crime is back with the latest theme of Medieval Crimes and Punishment. This week Mike brings you some fun ridiculous Guilty By Association cases with animals. Sources Anon. (n.d.). Animal Trial. Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trial Anon. (n.d.). Ducking Stool. Wikipedia. Retrieved from(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking_stool) Anon. (n.d.). Shepherd Fleece Their Masters: Middle Ages – The Golden Age of Fraud. Medium. Retrieved from https://vyongewa.medium.com/middle-ages-the-golden-age-of-fraud-f2907125e483 Anon. (n.d.). Unusual Medieval Laws You Won’t Believe! Medieval Justice Explored. Modern History TV. Retrieved from(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmTXiVfas7Q) Anon. (2023, June 29). Strange Medieval Courts: Animals on Trial in the Middle Ages. Medieval Torture Museum. Retrieved from https://medievaltorturemuseum.com/blog/strange-medieval-courts-animals-trial-middle-ages/ Black, E. (n.d.). 8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History. Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/story/8-unusual-punishments-inflicted-on-women-throughout-history Duffett, J. (n.d.). The Scold’s Bridle. Lancaster Castle. Retrieved from https://www.lancastercastle.com/history-heritage/further-articles/the-scolds-bridle/ MacLeod, V. (n.d.). The Scolds Bridle: A Terrifying and Haunting Tool of Punishment. Reddit. Retrieved from(https://www.reddit.com/r/SnapshotHistory/comments/1hkwtde_the_scolds_bridle_a_terrifying_and_haunting_tool/) Miller, B. (2023, August 30). The Dark History of Animal Trials. All That’s Interesting. Retrieved from https://allthatsinteresting.com/animal-trials Skoda, H. (2018, June 7). Students raising hell since the Middle Ages.  Times Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/students-raising-hell-since-middle-ages   Stanford University. (2013). Regarding an outrageous incident at the University of Paris.  Global Medieval Sourcebook. Retrieved from https://sourcebook.stanford.edu/text/regarding-outrageous-incident-university-paris   Szabo, V. E. (2022, January 25). Whaling and the North Atlantic right whale. WCU News. Retrieved from https://www.wcu.edu/stories/posts/News/2022/01/history-project-is-helping-inform-a-documentary-on-endangered-right-whales.aspx Tandfonline. (n.d.). ‘Noctivagione et pertubacione pacis’ (wandering about at night and disturbing the peace).  Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23801883.2023.2201956   University of Oxford. (n.d.). St Scholastica’s Day Riot.  Oxford History. Retrieved from https://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/government/scholastica.html   Wyatt, K. (2021, February 2). The Basel rooster and the oversized egg. MythFolks. Retrieved from https://www.mythfolks.com/animal-trials-middle-ages Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  You can support us on Patreon!  Available on all major podcast platforms! Leave a review and share to support more true crime content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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