Preview: The forgers who faked a fortune

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In 1775, a respectable lady, a mild-mannered apothecary and his fast-living identical twin stood accused of pulling off a scam that had earnt them a fortune. But as their trial unfolded, the defendants turned on one another, and the plot thickened – who was the real orchestrator of the scheme, and who would hang for it? In this preview of episode one of History’s Greatest Scandals Season 2, Professor Hannah Greig and Ellie Cawthorne revisit this sensational courtroom drama, and consider what it can tell us about the Georgian age. Find the full episode and listen to the whole series by heading to History's Greatest Scandals or following this link: pod.link/1783538769 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.0	Today, we want to give you a little taste of a new series we're launching,
0:37.4	the second season of history's greatest scandals.
0:43.2	In it, I'll be uncovering the secrets of the Georgian era with Professor Hannah Gregg.
0:49.6	We'll be exposing illicit liaisons, meeting cross-dressing celebrity spies and getting involved in some high-stakes gambling, as we search out some of the most salacious stories of the day
0:55.2	and explore what they can reveal about the Georgian age.
0:58.9	So here's a taster of the first episode where we're following on the trail of some very
1:03.7	canny forges.
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