True Crime
by Dark Stories
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals is a true crime podcast unlike any other; because every word of it was written nearly 300 years ago. Each week, we read aloud one chapter from a remarkable book first published in London in 1735: a sprawling collection of murderers, highwaymen, coiners, housebreakers, pirates and worse, recorded in vivid and unsparing detail. The crimes are real. The voices are authentic. And the world they reveal, brutal, strange, and surprisingly familiar, has been waiting three centuries to be heard again. True crime did not begin with podcasts. It began here by…
Episode 021 presents the story of John Thomson, an 18th-century criminal whose life arc moves from poverty-stricken London apprentice to naval sailor to highway robber. The episode is drawn from 'Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals,' one of the earliest English-language true crime works, nearly 300 years old and…
Worth it if you're a devoted fan of 18th-century true crime history or want a quick historical snippet, but too short to satisfy most listeners seeking real narrative or analysis.
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