Scoop: John Nevison Was Not Dick Turpin and Dick Turpin Was Not John Nevison

Criminalia

Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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John Nevison was a very good highwayman, though you may not recognize his name. And that's largely because his crimes have, over the years, gotten attributed to the stories of other notorious highway robbers, notably Dick Turpin – who hadn't yet been born when Nevison was prowling the roads. Turpin's romanticized legend seems to be a magnet for many things he didn't do. Much about Nevison's life is a bit of a mystery, partly because of that confusion with his cohorts. Let's look at those conflicting tales.

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