Join Suzie and Trevor as they delve into two darker bits of history for our annual Halloween special!

Content warning: Description of domestic violence and murder from 18:40 to 19:06.

What the history?

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REFERENCES

THE GUNPOWDER PLOT

Hewitt, L 2021, ‘Gunpowder Treason and Plot 1605’ https://www.historicmysteries.com/gunpowder-plot/

History.com Editors 2019, ‘Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/gunpowder-plot

History Extra 2015, ‘Guy Fawke and the Gunpowder Plot: Everything You Need to Know’ https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/guy-fawkes-gunpowder-plot-facts-bonfire-night/

The National Archives, n.d., ‘Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/gunpowder-plot/#background

Trueman, C 2015, ‘English Catholics 1603 to 1606’ https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stuart-england/english-catholics-1603-to-1606/UK Parliament 2021, ‘Frequently Asked Questions: The Gunpowder Plot’ https://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/gunpowder-plot/ and ‘Thanksgiving Act’ https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/the-gunpowder-plot-of-1605/collections/thanksgiving-act/

THE GREENBRIER GHOST

How a Ghost's Evidence Convicted a Murderer - Huffington Post 19/2/16

The Unbelievable Story of The Greenbrier Ghost, Who Helped Solve Her Own Murder - Dusty Old Thing

Greenbrier Ghost: the deceased who had her husband condemned for murder - Random-Times 9/6/19

Greenbrier Ghost, Zona Heaster Shue - Greenbrier Valley

The Greenbrier Ghost - Appalachian History 23/1/18

The full tale of West Virginia's remarkable Greenbrier Ghost - West Virginia Explorer Magazine 14/9/21

HOW A GHOST’S EVIDENCE CONVICTED A MURDERER - Dying Words 13/2/16

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…

History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)

You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)

Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)

All music used under fair use provisions.