The BackTracker History Show

Ep42. Festive Season Tales

Ep 41. Tales of Christmas

Ep40: Thomas Chatterton

Ep39: The L.A. Murders

Ep38: The Train Crash Mystery

Ep37: A Soldier's Revenge

Ep36: WW1 War Hero - Harry Wood

Ep35. Armistice Special

Ep34: Night Of Terror

One of the great events in the early years of Victoria's reign was a public hanging. It was free and in 1849, there were a total of 23 hangings in the UK. While figures vary dramatically, there is no reason to doubt that the number of spectators might range anywhere from 20,000 up to 100,000. So when a beautiful, young servant was condemned to hang at Bristol Goal, there was bound to be a huge turnout to watch the grisly deed.  Listen to the crime that led up to this punishment that changed Bristol's view's on hangings forever. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment. So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other. Sound Effects by zapsplat.com CONTACT ME… Email: info@backtracker.co.uk Facebook: @BackTrackerUK Instagram: @backtrackeruk Twitter: @BackTrackerUK SOURCES Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Saturday 07 April 1849 Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard - Tuesday 24 April 1849 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bristolgaol.jpg

The Ancient Ram Inn is a Grade II listed building and a former pub located in Wotton-under-Edge, a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. It is said to be one of the most haunted places in the country. The 12th century pub called last orders years ago but is built on a pagan burial site and is said to be home to up to 20 ghosts. It's reputation is so menacing that many local people won't even walk past it at night as it sits, squat by the road and it certainly gives off a aura of dread and foreboding. It’s also believed to be the scene of child sacrifices and devil worship - the Cotswolds cottage is haunted by the likes of a murdered young girl called Rosie, a high priestess, and even a male sex demon, known as an incubus. And I spent the night there! Listen to find out more in this Halloween Special.  If you dare! Special thanks to Hazel, Will and Jenny from Haunted Happenings for making this possible. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment. So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other. Sound Effects by zapsplat.com CONTACT ME… Email: info@backtracker.co.uk Facebook: @BackTrackerUK Instagram: @backtrackeruk Twitter: @BackTrackerUK SOURCES https://www.hauntedhappenings.co.uk https://www.haunted-britain.com/ancient-ram-inn.htm

There was lots of social unrest in 1912, when many of the European royal families were uncomfortable with social unrest and revolution threatened the royals’ future. In an effort to connect with the people of the country, it was felt a tour would benefit and it was a tour where the royals reinvented themselves. The royals came with an entourage of 76. Nominally the King came to open the King Edward VII. Memorial wing of the Royal lnfirmary but during the day he made an extensive tour of the city, received five addresses of loyalty, and knighted Mr Frank Wills on the steps of the Council House, which was more elaborately decorated than at any time people could recall. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment. So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other. Sound Effects by zapsplat.com CONTACT ME… Email: info@backtracker.co.uk Facebook: @BackTrackerUK Instagram: @backtrackeruk Twitter: @BackTrackerUK SOURCES Bristol Archives Western Daily Press - Friday 05 April 1935 Western Daily Press - Saturday 06 April 1935

An American newspaper called her in 1889 "the most learned woman in the world" for her dexterity in writing, research, and public speaking. In England today she is called the god-mother of Egyptology, for her dedication to the Egypt Exploration Society, which she founded. Amelia Blanford Edwards is the British writer and explorer who promoted the protection and preservation of ancient Egyptian sites. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment. So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other. Sound Effects by zapsplat.com CONTACT ME… Email: info@backtracker.co.uk Facebook: @BackTrackerUK Instagram: @backtrackeruk Twitter: @BackTrackerUK SOURCES Globe - Monday 28 March 1864 Western Daily Press - Monday 18 April 1892 Edwards, Amelia B. "My Home Life," Arena Magazine, 4 (Boston, 1891), 299-310. "Gaston Maspero and the birth of the Egypt Exploration Fund (1881- 83), Margaret Drower, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 68, 1982. Flinders Petrie: A Life in Archaeology, Madison, 1995.

The Home Guard were volunteers who defended the five thousand miles of Britain coastline in the event of an invasion by Germany. They were originally called the Local Defence Volunteers. On Friday 10 May 1940, the Germans had started their attack on Belgium and the Netherlands using soldiers dropped by parachutes. British troops in mainland Europe were pushed back to the Channel ports. Many people feared that the Germans would soon invade Britain. To protect Britain, a new part time force was to be set up, the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV). On the evening of Tuesday 14 May 1940, the Government made an urgent appeal on the radio to all men aged between 17 and 65. The wanted all men not already serving in the armed forces to become part-time soldiers. Within 24 hours of the radio broadcast a quarter of a million men had volunteered. By the end of July this number had risen to over a million. Listen to some of the tales of the men and women who served to protect the Home Front. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment. So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other. CONTACT ME… Email: info@backtracker.co.uk Facebook: @BackTrackerUK Instagram: @backtrackeruk Twitter: @BackTrackerUK SOURCES Western Daily Press - Monday 22 September 1941 Find-a-Grave Daily Mirror - Monday 22 September 1941 BBC Peaople’s War https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/ Western Daily Press - Friday 23 October 1942 Western Daily Press - Thursday 09 November 1944

Avast there me hearties. International Talk like a pirate day is upon us once more so batten down yer hatches and park your broadside down as we take on, not one but three scurvy pirate sea dogs. Listen to this treat for your lug holes while I gets me some grog. John Rackham, also known as “Calico Jack,”  was not one of the more successful pirates, and most of his victims were fishermen and lightly armed traders. He was an English pirate famous for two reasons: his design of the famous Jolly Roger flag (a skull with two crossed swords), and for having two female pirates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny, in his crew. Find out all about his escapades as well as his fate. THIS PODCAST This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment. So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other. CONTACT ME… Email: info@backtracker.co.uk Facebook: @BackTrackerUK Instagram: @backtrackeruk Twitter: @BackTrackerUK SOURCES Jamaica Court Archives Thought. Co  https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-john-calico-jack-rackham-2136377 The Sphere - Saturday 12 January 1935 Lichfield Mercury - Friday 08 October 1915 Famous Highwaymen, Pirates and Robbers By Charles Johnson "A General History of the Pyrates.” By Daniel Defoe. Edited by Manuel Schonhorn. Mineola: Dover Publications, 1972/1999. A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, published in 1724- Charles Johnson www.talklikeapirate.com