Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Myelt from Aaron

Manky.

Listener discretion is advised.

In 2020, the BBC's History Magazine, History Extra, ran a poll online, asking readers to

vote for their favorite historical mystery.

There were 20 choices ranging from the purpose of Stonehenge to the translation of the Voynich

manuscript to the final resting place of Jesus Christ's body.

With 20 choices, they probably anticipated that it was going to be a close race, one

where perhaps a few frontrunners emerged.

One of the mysteries wiped the floor with the other choices.

More than one in three readers voted for the exact same mystery, which ended up at a

final percentage more than double the votes of the mystery that came in second place.

The first place winner for the History Extra poll, the historical mystery that captivated

and compelled readers, beyond wanting to know what happened to the actual Jesus Christ,

was this.

What happened to the princes in the tower?

In 1483, two boys, the sons and heirs of the late King Edward IV, were put into the tower

of London, ostensibly to prepare and keep safe before the older boy, King Edward V's

coronation.

But while they were safely behind the walls of the Castle Fortress, their uncle and the

regent Richard Duke of Gloucester announced that new information had emerged, that the

boys were actually illegitimate.

...