Episode 6: ‘A Loss to the Nation’s Bottoms’

The Trial

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True Crime

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode, Caroline and Jack bring you the closing speeches from the prosecution and defence lawyers as the golden toilet trial draws to a close. The prosecutor told the court it was impossible to avoid the conclusion all three defendants were knowingly involved in the conspiracy surrounding the theft and sale of the toilet. But the defence barristers argued there was little evidence to support this - and accused police of failing to “flush out” the real culprits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the trial podcast, the trial podcast, the trial of the Golden Toilet.
0:10.0	I'm Caroline Cheatham.
0:11.4	And I'm Jack Hardy.
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0:56.4	May 23rd, 1862, the soldiers of the first Maryland infantry regiment are on the lines, both of them.
1:03.9	Though the blue and gray uniforms of the Confederacy and Union divide these men,
1:08.1	they are all Marylanders, neighbors, colleagues, even brothers,
1:12.3	fighting it out in a battle that perfectly captures the most poignant reality of a nation at war
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1:37.0	The initial report seemed to be almost ludicrous. The theft of an 18-carat, solid gold toilet worth an estimated $6 million from
1:47.9	Blenheim Palace in Oxford. Tems Valley Police is investigating the burglary of a piece of art
1:54.4	from Blenon Palace in the early hours of this morning. But this was no prank and it was no ordinary
2:00.3	burglary. It was described as a 5 this was no prank and it was no ordinary burglary.
2:01.5	It was described as a 5am smash and grab and it blew people away for its audaciousness.
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