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Lord Lucan, the name of considerable infamy, not as a member of the aristocracy, but for the murder

of his children's nanny in a house in the elitist district of Belgrade, London, in 1973, and his subsequent disappearance. It was a story that the press

went to town on a classic us versus them tale of class superiority and those that would seek to protect the hierarchy at all costs.

But how much of it was based on truth and how much is a convenient narrative for the

journalists that covered the case? It was a case that was

launched into mythical status after the Lord himself vanished without trace, leaving

a question that runs until today.

Where in the world is, Lord Lucan?

This is dark histories, where the facts are worst and fiction. Hello and welcome to season 3 episode 5 Dark Histories.

I'm Ben.

Thanks so much for listening to the podcast.

Today we've got quite an interesting episode in that it's super famous or at least I'm not sure

globally about at least in England it's it's really famous it's you know like

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