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The Murder of Count Charles the Good - March 2 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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March 2nd: Charles the Good Killed (1127) Some stories, no matter how important, can get lost in the sands of time. Today’s story is one of those forgotten tales. On March 2nd 1127 a man known for his kindness was brutally killed by a family who felt slighted. His death, though long long ago, set off a ripple effect that changed and altered the power structure of European politics.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Good, https://www.medievalists.net/2009/12/the-murder-of-charles-the-good/, https://www.historytoday.com/archive/crisis-flanders-1127-28-murder-charles-good, http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-murder-of-charles-the-good/9780231136716, http://www.kyrackramer.com/2018/03/01/the-murder-of-charles-the-good-count-of-flanders/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders.

0:31.8

15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.9

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:42.3

Some stories, no matter how important, can get lost in the sands of time.

0:50.4

Today's story is one of those forgotten tales.

0:58.5

On March 2nd, 1127, a man known for his kindness was brutally killed by a family who felt slighted. His death, though long, long ago, set off a ripple

1:06.0

effect that changed and altered the power structure of European politics. So if you like your coffee hot but

1:13.8

your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. Sometime in the year

1:21.0

1087, a man named Charles was born. The only son of the king of Denmark, Charles, who was later known as Charles

1:29.8

the Good, had his destiny ripped from him when he was just two years old, and his father was

1:35.6

brutally slain. Fearing for their lives, his mother, Adela of Flanders, fled back to her native land

1:42.8

and raised her son in the safety of relative

1:45.8

animity, warning him to never try and take his blood-soaked throne for himself.

1:52.8

As Charles grew up, he became known for his deep kindness, a loyal subject of his uncles,

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