The Grisly Deaths of Kings & Queens

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Did Henry VIII really have syphilis? Who died from a red hot poker up the bum? And which king was taken down by a school of fish?

To learn about the often gruesome ways that our royals have met their doom, Kate gets Betwixt the Sheets with Suzie Edge, TikTok historian and author of ‘Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths’.

*WARNING there are naughty words and gory discussions of death in this episode*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Thomas Ntinas.

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely petixers, this is Kate Lister and this is your fair do's warning.
0:04.7	Fair do's, this is a podcast where we do not avoid the big issues, the difficult issues
0:09.7	and quite frankly the sensationalist gossipy and rude issues.
0:14.5	But today we are talking about how monarchs have died and the first thing I should probably
0:19.4	say is that this was recorded before the sad news about Elizabeth II and then we shelved
0:24.6	it away for a more appropriate time and the time is now but we are talking about how
0:29.3	people have died and some of them met a rather sticky end and you just might not want
0:34.7	to listen to that and that's absolutely fine, I'll catch you next time.
0:38.0	A red hot poker of the bum and unfortunate instant with a cannon or just eating too much
0:46.9	fish. These are always in which former monarchs of the United Kingdom have apparently met
0:52.6	their maker.
0:53.6	So who's with the most gruesome are the stories even true and are there any mysteries
0:57.9	surrounding the deaths of our royal highnesses?
0:59.9	Well I am ready if you are.
1:04.9	What do you look for, my man?
1:06.9	Oh, many of us.
1:07.9	You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you.
1:10.9	I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs by just turning it up and pushing it.
1:16.9	Yes, social courtesy does make a difference.
1:25.9	Hello and welcome back to Bitwick the Sheets, the history of sex scandal in society with
1:39.0	me, Kate Lister.
1:40.0	If you've studied any part of British history for more than five minutes, that might have
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