Bonus episode from Patreon: The real red wedding

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🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Not everyone knows that the red wedding in the George RR Martin’s Game of Thrones is actually inspired by a real event – Stockholms blodbad which translates to Stockholm bloodbath. The Stockholm Bloodbath was a trial that led to a series of executions in Stockholm between the 7th and 9th of November, 1520. It all … Continue reading "Bonus episode from Patreon: The real red wedding"

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0:12.0	I'm Hi, and welcome to the first Patreon-only episode of True Crime Sweden. Today you are going to get a bit of a history lesson and at the same time hear about one of the worst mass executions in Swedish history.
0:56.6	This episode is researched and written by Johanna Udstol Freibai.
1:02.9	Thank you so much, Johanna.
1:05.6	Not everyone knows that the red wedding in the George Dabler Martin's Game of Thrones is actually inspired by a real event,
1:17.0	Stockholm's Bloodbad, which translates to Stockholm Bloodbath.
1:24.4	The Stockholm Bloodbath was a trial that led to a series of executions in Stockholm between the 7th and 9th of November, 1520.
1:37.3	It all started with the Cornation of Christian II.
1:42.3	The celebrations of the Cornation were ongoing for three days,
1:48.2	and in the end of those three days, the guests were slaughtered.
1:54.8	After that, Christian II became known as Christian Turan, which translated is Christian the tyrant.
2:08.1	Nearly 100 people were executed at the party and in the months following the tragedy.
2:15.7	But in order to understand why this tragedy happened, we must go back to the
2:21.0	year 1397 and what is known as the Kalmar Union. The Kalmar Union was a union that from 1397
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