Blunt History Podcast

June 21, 1814 - at the Union Hotel, acting as a makeshift courthouse, fifteen men are convicted of High Treason and sentenced to a gruesome death. They were to be hanged, eviscerated, quartered and then beheaded. On July 20, 1814, the sentence was carried out at Burlington Heights, near Dundurn in Hamilton, Ontario. Discover more about the largest mass execution in Canadian history.

The big question is - Who Killed Charles Bravo? In this episode, we revisit his peculiar poisoning death and consider several theories ranging from suicide to murder. Before indulging in this episode, it is imperative that you listen to episode 11 - The Peculiar Poisoning Death of Charles Bravo.

April 1876 - Victorian England was enraptured when the lurid details surrounding the poisoning death of Charles Bravo were revealed through the press. In part one of this historical whodunit, you will meet the main players and learn all of the details leading up to Bravo's death. With all of the evidence in hand, the question is left with you - did Charles Bravo kill himself by mistake, on purpose, or was he murdered?

Pennsylvania, 1764 - four Lenape Indians creep into Enoch Brown's schoolhouse; massacring the schoolmaster and ten children. Is this the first rampage killing in an American school? In this episode, we venture far and wide, through two wars, vigilantism and a scalp bounty in an effort to answer that question.

Sioux City, Iowa - 1955. Donna Sue Davis is kidnapped from her crib and then, less than 24 hours later, is found dead in a remote cornfield.