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true crime come together. Great combination. I hope you enjoy this presentation

shall we say just to be historical and if you like what you hear do go and check

Gavin out on a podcatcher near you or at art of crime podcast dot com that's art

of crime podcast dot com and now onwards with the Berman's horror.

I'm Gavin Whitehead and I'm thrilled to present this special episode of the History of

England podcast.

In a past life I was a theater historian who specialized in

19th century English drama. In 2022 I started The Art of Crime, a history

podcast about the unlikely collisions between true crime and the arts.

Today's episode should give you a sense of what the art of crime has to offer and I hope you

enjoy.

On with the show.

Charles show.

Charles Dickens strolled into Horsemonger Lane at about midnight

and found that a crowd had already gathered in front of the jail.

It was November 13,, 1849 and scores of

Londoners had come out to watch a morbid form of popular entertainment, a

public execution. After daybreak that morning, not one but two convicted murderers would hang.

At first, Dickens had waffled on whether to come at all.

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