The Strange Deaths of Britain’s Kings, Nobles and Actors

This episode untangles odd tales of British figures dying under bizarre circumstances – from a monarch supposedly succumbing to lampreys, to a noble whose corpse reportedly exploded, to an actor falling through a trapdoor. We weigh contemporary accounts against later folklore to see what historians can actually confirm and where myth takes hold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices