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True Crime Medieval — 129 episodes

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128. Anthemius Harasses Zeno With an Earthquake Machine, Constantinople, Byzantium 6th Century CE

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127. The Lepers' Plot, Southern France 1321

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Special Episode, and also April Fools' Day: The Bisley Boy, Bisley, Surrey, 1542

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125. Saint Canute IV is Murdered, Odense, Denmark 1086 AND Blessed Charles the Good is Murdered, Bruges, Flanders 1127

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124. Béla of Macsó is Murdered, Margaret Island, Hungary 1272

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123. Westminster Abbey Runs a Forgery Ring, Westminster, England 12th Century

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122. Special Winter Episode: Vikings Raid Iona, Iona, Scotland, Christmas Eve 986

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121. Special Episode: Steve Tibble Discusses Crusader Criminals, Holy Land, 12th - 13th Centuries

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120. Vikings Besiege Paris, Paris, France 845 and 885-886

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119. A Werewolf Craze Leads to Torture and Executions, Western Europe 16th-17th centuries

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118. Henry V Orders the French Prisoners Killed, Agincourt, France October 25 1415

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117. Columbus Captures Arawaks and Demands They Tell Him Where the Gold Is, Guanahani (in the Bahamas) October 12, 1492

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116. The Great German Peasants' War, Central Europe 1524-1525

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115. The Janissaries Briefly Break the Truce, December 24, 1522, Rhodes

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114. Beehive Stolen, Portugal 1435

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113. Rogallach mac Uatach Is Assasinated By Máel Brigte mac Mothlachán , Connacht, Ireland 649

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112. Sverker the Elder is Murdered, Alebäck Bridge, Sweden, December 25, 1156

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111. Massacre of the Latins, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire, April 1182

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110. St. Mikhail of Chernihiv is Assassinated by the Golden Horde, Batu Khan's Camp, Kyivan Rus, 1246

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109.King Duncan Gets Killed, Pitgaveny, Scotland 14 August 1040

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108. April Fool's Episode: Pope Joan, Rome 855-857

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107. Church Sanctuary in the Middle Ages

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106. Special Episode: Axlar-Björn Pétursson is Executed for Serial Murder, Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland 1596

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105. St. Adalbert of Prague is Martyred, Truso, Poland 997

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104. Special Episode: Abd Allah ibn Ali invites the Umayyades to a Banquet and Slaughters Them, Palestine 750

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103. Pino III Ordelaffi Poisons a Whole Lot of People, Forli, Northern Italy, 1463-1480

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102. William de Burgh Starves his Cousin Walter to Death, Greencastle, Ulster 1332

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101. Defenestrations of Prague, Prague, Bohemia 1419, 1483, 1618

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100. Retrospective: Our Favorites of the Past 100 Episodes

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99. Juliane de Fontevrault Tries to Kill Her Father (Henry I) With a Crossbow, Normandy 1110

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98. April Fool's Episode: Debunking the Chastity Belt

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97. Galeazzo Maria Sforza, the Duke of Milan, is Assassinated, Milan, Duchy of Milan 1476

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96. Leszek the White, High Duke of Poland, is Assassinated, Morcinkowo, Poland 1227

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95. Henry d'Almain is Murdered, Viterbo, Italy 1271

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94. Maddelena, a Circassian, is Bought in Crimea and Sold in Italy, Venice, Italy c. 1428

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93. Michael Servetus is Murdered, Geneva, Republic of Geneva 1553

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92. Special Episode: The New Guys Celebrate Christmas, Plymouth (Massachusetts), December 25, 1621

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91. Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck Pretend to be Kings, England 1487 and 1491

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90. The Jacquerie Smashes Property, France 1358

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89. Vasvilkas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, is Assassinated, Volodymyr, Ukraine 1267

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88. St. Scholastica Riot, Oxford England, February 10, 1355

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87. King Philip Augustus Fakes a Genealogy, Paris, France 1194

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86. Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Does Various Bad Things, Germany, Italy, and Sicily, 1169-1197

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85. Eorpwald of East Anglia is Murdered, East Anglia c. 627

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84. Melisende, Frankish Queen of Jerusalem, is Falsely Accused of Adultery, Jerusalem 1134

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83. Hugh de Lacy is Assassinated, Durrow, Ireland 1186

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82. Arthur of Brittany Disappears, Rouen, France c. 1203

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81. Johannes Ryneken is Executed for Adulterating Saffron, Nuremberg Germany, 1444

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80. William de Marisco is Executed for Treason, London England 1242

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79. Snorri Sturluson Is Assassinated, Reykholt, Iceland 1241

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78. Special Episode: April Fool's Debunking of the Myth of the Medieval Shame Flute

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77. Diarmait Mac Murchada Invites the Anglo-Normans into Ireland, Leinster, Ireland 1167

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76. Special Episode: Richard Walweyn Wears Padded Pants, London, England 1565

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75. Crime Rise in the Great Famine, Europe 1315-1322

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74. Dafydd Gam ap Llewelyn ap Hywel kills his kinsman Richard Fawr ap Dafydd, Brecon High Street, Wales late 14th Century

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73. Special Holiday Edition: The Cursed Carolers, Saxony 10th Century

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72. The Jews of York are Massacred, York, England 1190

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71.Special Episode: Guy Fawkes Attempts to Blow Up King James and Parliament, London, England November 5, 1605

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70.King Alboin is Murdered, Verona, Italy 572

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69. King Olaf Kills Klerkon in the Market Place, Novgorod, Russia 10th Century.

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Llewelyn the Great Hangs William de Braose, Aber Garth Celyn , Wales May 2, 1230

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67. Peter von Hagenbach is Convicted of War Crimes, Breisach, Germany 1474

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66. Henry of Trastámara Massacres the Jews of Toledo, Toledo Spain, 1355

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65. King Lambert is Assassinated (or not), Marengo, Italy 898

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64. Jeanne de Clisson takes up piracy, Brittany 1343

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63. The Children of Hamelin Disappear, Hamelin, Lower Saxony, 1284

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62. Leopold of Austria Kidnaps Richard the Lionheart, Near Vienna, Austria 1192

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61. King John Starves Maud and William de Braose to Death, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England 1210

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60. Jacques le Gris Rapes Marguerite de Carrouges, Normandy, January 1386

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59. Bran Ardchenn, King of Leinster, and his wife Eithne are Assassinated, Cell Cúile Duma, Ireland May 6, 795

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58. The Pazzi Conspiracy, Florence, Italy, Easter 1478

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57. Stephen of Blois Breaks His Oath, London England, December 1135

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56. Special Episode: Darnley Murders Rizzio, Edinburgh, Scotland 1566

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55. Winter Shenanigans (Lords of Misrule), Europe 500-1600

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54. Fulbert's Henchmen Attack Peter Abelard, Paris, France 1117

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53. St. Brice's Day Massacre, England November 13, 1002

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52. Special Episode: Elizabeth Bathory Commits Serial Murder, Castle of Csejte, Hungary 1590-1610

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51. Pope Stephen VI is Murdered, Rome, Italy 897

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50. Charlemagne Massacres the Saxons, Verden, Lower Saxony 782

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49.Edward I Steals the Stone of Scone, Scone, Scotland 1296

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48. Viking Child Murdered, Dublin, Ireland 9th-10th C.

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St. Olga Massacres the Drevlians, Ukraine, 945

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In Which We Explain a Brief Hiatus

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46. Battle Abbey Forges Charters, Sussex, England mid 12th Century

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45. The Sack of Constantinople, April 8-13, 1204

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44. King James Murders the Earl of Douglas, Stirling Castle, Scotland 1452

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43. St. Columba Violates Nonexistent Copyright Laws and Starts a War, Movilla Abbey, Ireland 560

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42. Special Episode: Christopher Marlowe is Assassinated, Deptford, England, 1593

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41. The Assassination of Queen Joanna of Naples, Muro Lucano, Italy 1382

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40. University of Paris Strike, Paris 1229

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39. April Fool's Episode: Ferdinand II of Aragon Abolishes the Droit de Seigneur, Spain 1486

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The Death of William Rufus, New Forest, England, August 2, 1100

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37. St. Patrick Gets Kidnapped, Roman Britain, late 5th C.

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36. The Piratical Victual Brothers, North and Baltic Seas, 1393-1440

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35. Mabel de Bellême is Murdered, Bures, Normandy 1079

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Thomas Malory Goes to Prison for Treason, London 1468

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The Theft of the Book of Kells, Kells 1006

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32. Special Episode! Peter Konieczny from Medievalists.net Explains Con Artists in Medieval London

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31.Christmas Episode: The Murder of Thomas Becket, Canterbury 1170

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30. Albigensian Crusade, Languedoc 1209-1229

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29. People's Crusade, France and Germany, 1096

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28. The Sicilian Vespers, Sicily, Easter 1282

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27. Halloween Episode: Arche the Miller and his Drunken Buddies Pretend to be Ghosts, Cambridgeshire, England 1592

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Robert the Bruce Kills John Comyn, Dumfries Scotland, 1306

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The Viking Raid on Lindisfarne, Northumbria 793

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Philip IV Slaughters the French Knights Templar, Paris, 1310

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The Sheer Dreadfulness of Hugh Despenser

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The Murder of Edward II, Berkeley Castle, England 1327

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The Murder of Marguerite Porete, Paris, France 1310

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The Massacre at Abergavenny, Wales, Christmas 1175

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The Murder of Sigebert, Vitry-en-Artois 575

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The Peasants' Revolt, England 1381

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The Murder of Joan of Arc, Rouen 1431

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Vlad Țepeș Slaughters the Transylvanian Saxons, Wallachia, 1460

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Crimes Against the Jews, Latin Europe, 1348-1349

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Accusations of Witchcraft against Alice Kyteler, Kilkenny 1324

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The Murder of Peter of Castile, Montiel, Spain, 1369

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Eustace the Monk, Battle of Sandwich, England, 1217

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The Black Dinner, Edinburgh 1440

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The Tour de Nesle Scandal, Paris, 1314

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Fra Alberigo, Faenza 1285

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Els Von Eystett, Nördlingen, 1471

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Gilles de Rais, Nantes, 1440

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The White Ship Disaster, Barfleur, Normandy, 1120

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Beatrice Cenci, Rome 1599

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The Princes in the Tower, Part 2, London, 1483

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The Princes in the Tower, Part 1, London, 1483

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The Bloodfeast of Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark, 1157

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Cangrande della Scala, Verona, 1329