The Death of a King: The 500 Year Mystery

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Richard the Third died on the battlefield on August 22nd 1485. He had only been King of England for a little more than 2 years but he became the last King of England to die in battle. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will take a deep dive into history to tell the story of the Battle of Bosworth, and use current science to find the remains of the King, more than 500 years after they were lost.

Transcription Highlights

00:00:11.09 Introduction of Richard the Third
00:05:22.43 Discussion of The House of Lancaster and House of York
00:07:20.98 Discussion of finding the remains or Richard III after 500 years
00:10:21.94 Discussion of how the "victor" writes the history
00:15:55.72 Talk about the battles, weapons used in the 1500s
00:19:03.00 Discussion of geography, how people could "hear" the battle
00:21:12.66 Discussion of the death of chivalry with treatment of Richard III
00:26:04.23 Discussion of injuries created weapons of the time
00:29:38.71 Talk about finding the remains or Richard the Third
00:34:23.37 Discussion of finding legs in the first grave uncovered
00:39:41.84 Talk about forensic anthropologist on site
00:44:03.03 Discussion of injuries sustained by Richard the Third
00:49:12.19 Conclusion: finding remains or Richard the Third

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0:00.0	Body Facts with Joseph Scott Moore.
0:04.0	There are many sayings that we have that have entered into our lexicon over the years and many times we never really fully
0:16.4	appreciate the origin of these common quotes if you will.
0:26.0	There's one that stands out in mind to me because when I was a little kid, I never really understood it.
0:33.3	But you would hear it with some frequency.
0:35.5	And when I got in high school and had to take literature classes,
0:41.0	kind of discover the origin of it and it's actually from Act 5 of
0:46.7	William Shakespeare's play Richard the third and I bet you many of you have heard it
0:52.2	here goes you ready I'm gonna let's see if I can do my best voice
0:57.0	Theatrical voice here we go ready a horse a, my kingdom for a horse.
1:05.0	Well, those words, according to Shakespeare, were allegedly uttered by Richard III at the Battle of
1:20.2	Bosworth Field. This is after his horse had apparently gotten swamped in the mud. He's
1:28.1	off of the back of the horse in armor, swinging a saber or maybe a mace or maybe a battle axe, and the enemy is
1:40.4	swarming about him like bees.
1:45.0	It's on that location that perhaps, as per Shakespeare,
1:52.0	one of the most sinister figures to ever occupy the throne of
1:57.1	England died but here's the trick what happened to him? For almost 500 years, no one actually knew. I'm
2:11.0	Joseph Scott Morgan and this is body backs.
2:17.0	Dave I had a surreal moment I guess it was probably about, let me think.
2:24.9	Hey, Joe, let me butt in here while you take a minute
2:27.2	to try to remember that, because this whole story is right
2:30.4	in Joe Scott Morgan's wheelhouse.
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