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Killing Victoria
During the 63-year-long reign of Queen Victoria, seven men took the fateful decision to try to kill her. The seven men were within seconds of changing history - each could have brought the Victorian era to a premature end, yet each has been forgotten to history. This new podcast series narrated by Dr Bob Nicholson will look to answer the question of what led these men to try to kill the most famous and influential woman on the planet.
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4.7 stars from 269 ratings
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“I love crime and Victoria a perfect match”
mary poppins 😏😊☺️ via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/30/23
Fab!
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“Amazing! Beautifully researched!”
anike hamilton-smith via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/06/23
Too short a series but for a good reason
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“The presentor is great, his research brilliant.
Not that I wanted more attempts on Queen Victoria, but I hated to see the series end .
Quite addictive”
colleeneelloc via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/26/23
Recent Episodes
Published 05/01/23
In 1882, the threat of assassination was in the air. The year before, Tsar Alexander II was killed by an assassin’s bomb, then in July, American President James Garfield was also murdered. Queen Victoria, on the throne for 45 years seemed vulnerable. The final attempt on her life was from a...
Published 05/01/23
In March 1868 Queen Victoria’s son Prince Alfred was at a charity event in Sydney, Australia when an Irishman named Henry O’Farrell walked up behind him and shot the young prince at point blank range in the back, just missing his spine. O’Farrell was captured, beaten, swiftly tried and found...
Published 04/24/23
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