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The BackTracker History Show

The BackTracker History Show

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Based in the UK, this self confessed history geek takes you for a stroll down memory lane and shares stories and interesting nuggets of information that has been discovered along the way. From tales of tragedy and sadness to epic stories of human courage or creativity, there are many people in history who have made their mark, however small. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to share or leave feedback. It all helps! Keep in touch via either Twitter or Facebook by using @BackTrackerUK
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The BackTracker History Show - Charlotte Pugsley: Murder in Leigh Woods

Charlotte Pugsley: Murder in Leigh Woods

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11/21/22 • 32 min

Season: 3 Episode: 41

About 5 pm on that same day day, Thursday 10th September 1857, Beale and Charlotte were seen by witnesses taking a walk in Leigh Woods, near Bristol. Sometime later the sound of a gunshot was heard.

What happened to the gentle Charlotte, known by her friends as being kind and generous? Find out more about this truly heinous crime committed on a woman with only dreams of a brighter future with the man she loved.

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 and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

CONTACT ME

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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The Taunton Courier

Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper - Sunday 04 October 1857

Gloucestershire Chronicle - Saturday 10 October 1857

Bridgwater Mercury - Wednesday 23 December 1857

The Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette

Wendy Percival

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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The BackTracker History Show - Murder at Stourhead

Murder at Stourhead

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05/23/22 • 24 min

Season: 3 Episode: 17

Stourhead Estate has a breathtaking 18th century landscape garden with lakeside walks, grottoes and classical temples. It also has a tragic history.

The previous manor house that stood on these grounds was the backdrop to a heinous crime powered by vengeance and greed when Charles, the 8th Baron Stourton demands what he feels is his.

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 and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

CONTACT ME

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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Tufts Digital Library

Dackombe

The Recorder No 13 Feb 2014

Somerset Heritage centre

The Structure of Henry Hoare's Stourhead By James Turner

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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The BackTracker History Show - The Avenging Sailor (Part 1)

The Avenging Sailor (Part 1)

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11/29/21 • 24 min

One afternoon in 1938, a tall, good-looking 22 year old young able Seaman arrived at his parents home in Bristol, on leave from his ship docked in Portsmouth. Two hours later he went quietly with officers to the Central Police Station to face the charge of murdering his Father.

What reason would this law abiding man have for committing such a heinous crime? Listen to the first part of this two part story to find out.

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 and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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CONTACT ME...

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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The BIG Bristol to London Stroll

If you wish to donate and sponsor our endeavours to raise money for the Suicide Prevention Bristol charity, then go to our dedicated Justgiving page. This walk and the money raised is dedicated to Sara, who sadly passed away in March this year. Remember, if you feel low, there's always someone you can talk to and you are more important than you probably know.

Thanks in advance for your support.

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Western Daily Press - Monday 04 April 1938

Western Daily Press - Thursday 07 July 1938

Western Daily Press - Wednesday 13 April 1938

Ancestry.

1911 Census

1939 Census

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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The BackTracker History Show - Pantomime Chaos

Pantomime Chaos

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12/13/21 • 30 min

There was an enormous crowd, all eager to get inside and see the new pantomime 'Robinson Crusoe' in one of the best theatres in the country, and as soon as the pit and gallery doors were opened, they all rushed in. Hundreds of people, keen to get a good seat. During the first few minutes, a woman falls over, then another and before long chaos and panic was all around.

the full list of those who sadly perished includes...

  • Joseph Smith, 15 years of age, 9, Phoenix-street, Barton-hill, Charles Pring, 17 years of age, Mill-lane, Bedminster.
  • Mary Ellen Sherwood, aged 16, domestic servant, of 10, Alfred-hill.
  • John Merchant, aged 18, of St. James's-back.
  • Eliza Lucas, aged 18, of 2, Marsh-lane, St. Philip's.
  • Patrick Donovan, aged 17, of 2, Jacob-street, St. Philip's.
  • Alfred William Kew, aged 18, of 11, Clark-street, Philip-street, Bedminster.
  • Thomas Pearson, aged about 21, shopman to Mr Seth Thomas, glass and china dealer, of High-street. Pearson had only been in Bristol about a fortnight. He is a native of Blackpool, near Liverpool.
  • George Potter, son of Samuel Potter, of Mead-lane, Bedminster.
  • Samuel Hill, aged 13, of 21, Lamb-street, St. Jude's.
  • Ellen Jones, aged 15, daughter of James Jones, carrier between Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, of Regent-street, Weston. Also her sister (aged 19), since dead.
  • Sarah Ann Gilby, of West-street, Bedminster.
  • A middle-aged man, named Vining, of 41, Stanley-street, Euston-road.
  • William Alden, assistant to Mr Thomas, High-street, Bristol. Catherine Brewer, aged 16 years, Kingsland-road, St. Philip's. 'Charles Talbot, aged 10, Hotwells.
  • John Davies, aged 13 years, 19, Castle-ditch.
  • Elizabeth Hall, aged 59, Croft's-end, St. George's, Gloucestershire.

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 and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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CONTACT ME...

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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Glasgow Herald - Tuesday 28 December 1869

Liverpool Mercury - Tuesday 28 December 1869

Exeter Flying Post - Wednesday 29 December 1869

Leeds Mercury - Thursday 30 December 1869

Glasgow Herald - Friday 31 December 1869

Arthur Lloyd

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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The BackTracker History Show - Murder At The Inn

Murder At The Inn

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02/07/22 • 24 min

Joel Fisher was a hard working man who had fought for his country at Waterloo but was unlucky in love. His first wife passed away leaving him with two young boys but his second wife would be the end of him. Find out the events that led up to that eventful night in 1844.

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 and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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CONTACT ME...

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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(1)Morning Chronicle - Thursday 05 September 1844

(2) Sherborne Mercury - Saturday 21 September 1844

(3) Sherborne Mercury - Saturday 07 September 1844

Ancestry

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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The BackTracker History Show - Tragedy Personified: The Sarah Siddons Story
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08/29/22 • 24 min

Season: 3 Episode: 30

Sarah Siddons was one of the greatest English tragic actresses.

Among her greatest roles were Isabella, Belvidera in Venice Preserv’d, Jane Shore in The Tragedy of Jane Shore, Katharine in Henry VIII, but it was as Lady Macbeth that she shone. Her success was due to her complete concentration upon the character whom she played: she identified herself with a role and seemed possessed by it, oblivious of all else around her. Portraits of her were painted by Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and Sir Joshua Reynolds; Reynolds entitled his painting Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse. William Hazlitt wrote of her that “passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. She was tragedy personified.”

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 and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

CONTACT ME

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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Bristish Museum

Jane Austin Centre

Irish Times - Friday 12 November 1909

Dundee Evening Telegraph - Saturday 21 April 1877

Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser - Saturday 08 June 1901

The Stage - Thursday 12 July 1934

The Satirist; or Censor of the Times, vol. I, no. 10, 12 June 1831, p. 78. Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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The BackTracker History Show - The Help Wanted Murders in Australia

The Help Wanted Murders in Australia

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05/30/22 • 32 min

Season: 3 Episode: 18

On the afternoon of Tuesday March 12, 1872, a labourer was rowing home to Hunters Hill along the Parramatta River when he smelled something disgusting as he approached Kissing Point.

As he drew closer, he saw a man’s decomposing body bobbing in the water. This was John Bridger, who had been a Wardroom steward on H.M.S Rosario but had wanted to start a new life in Australia as what was then called a “new chum”. But this New Chum’s new life had been ruthlessly cut short. Find out about this terrible crime and the one that followed.

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 and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

CONTACT ME

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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Western Daily Press - Friday 24 May 1872

The Sydney Morning Herald - 26th March 1872

Ancestry.com

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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The BackTracker History Show - The Killing Of Lillie Davis

The Killing Of Lillie Davis

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07/18/22 • 23 min

Season: 3 Episode: 25

One of the most sensational murder cases in the history of Bristol, Tennessee was the Killing Of Lillie Davis in East Hill Cemetery in 1907.

Ack Hale of Bristol was convicted of murdering Miss Davis and was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary.

Hale claimed the Davis girl shot herself with his revolver after having repeatedly threatened the end her life but the story starts many months before with the death of Lillie's brother.

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 and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

CONTACT ME

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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The Journal & Tribune (Knoxville, Tennessee) 30 Mar 1907 Saturday

Nashville Banner. 2nd April 1907 Tuesday

The Washington Times 31st May 1907 Friday

The Baltimore Sun 25th September 1907 Wednesday

The Tennessean 21 December 1908 Monday

Nashville Banner 23 December 1908 Wednesday

Chatanooga Daily Times 29th September 1907 Sunday

Bristol Herald Courier 5 Jan 1947 [4]

Bristol Herald Courier 29 March 1959

The Journal & Tribune (Knoxville, Tennessee) 2 Aug 1914

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The BackTracker History Show - The Demon Barber of Bedminster

The Demon Barber of Bedminster

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02/21/22 • 27 min

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Charles Stephens was a 58 year old barber from Bristol, England where he had acquired a reputation of daredevil through a number of high dives and several parachute jumps. In Bristol he was known as the “Demon Barber of Bristol” and he wanted to use his addiction to adrenaline to gain more money to feed his large family. The biggest and riskiest endeavour at the time was going over the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara and that's what he planned to do.

Listen to Charlie's plans, efforts and adventure in this episode about a real character from British history.

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 and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

CONTACT ME

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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Darwin Awards

Niagra Falls Info

Niagra Daredevils

The Bedbug Chronicles By Nicholas Mills

History. Com

(1) Parsons Daily Republican 10th Jul 1920

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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The BackTracker History Show - The Sinking of H.M.S Doterel

The Sinking of H.M.S Doterel

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05/16/22 • 26 min

Season: 3 Episode: 16

While at anchor at Sandy Point, Punta Arenas, Chile on Apr. 26, 1881 waiting to take on coal, an explosion occurred on the new screw sloop HMS Doterel, half a minute later a second more powerful explosion destroyed the ship and sent her to the bottom. The entire episode took about three minutes, but it would take over a year to discover what had caused the loss.

Here's a full list of those who lost their lives in this incident...

Adamson, William Private (Royal Marines) Served as Adams

Alder, Thomas C. Engine Room Artificer

Aldridge, James Stoker 2nd Class

Armitage, David Gunner (Royal Marines)

Arnold, Philip C. Able Seaman

Arthur, William D. Blacksmith

Baigen, Frederick Stoker

Baker, James Stoker

Barnes, Thomas E. Ward Room Steward

Barnicott, James J. Ship's Corporal 1st Class

Barrett, William H. Stoker

Bell, Jabez Able Seaman

Berry, Andrew Chief Engine Room Artificer

Biddington, John Private (Royal Marines)

Bish, George 2nd Captain Main Top

Blackmore, George Chief Boatswain's Mate

Blake, Henry Ordinary Seaman

Bolt, Henry Able Seaman

Bowmer, Henry Stoker

Bramley, Robert Leading Stoker

Bullivant, David Stoker

Burgess, William Leading Seaman

Burgoyne, Henry Leading Seaman

Bush, John Ordinary Seaman

Camp, George Private (Royal Marines)

Charlo, Henry Stoker 2nd Class

Clarke, Walter Boy 1st Class (Age 17)

Clayton, Charles Captain's Steward

Collins, Michael Drummer (Royal Marines)

Colville, Herbert Private (Royal Marines)

Common, William B. Able Seaman

Considine, Hugh Captain's Cook

Cook, Abraham C. Leading Seaman

Cook, William Stoker

Creagh, Arthur R. McD. Lieutenant

Daley, Daniel Quartermaster

Damsell, Charles Private (Royal Marines)

Davis, William Sailmaker

Dean, Arthur Private (Royal Marines)

Dine, Frederick Ordinary Seaman

Driscoll, Jeremiah Gunner (Petty Officer)

East, George Ordinary Seaman

Elliott, William Ordinary Seaman

Emmett, James Private (Royal Marines)

Evans, John Stoker

Evans, Septimus Staff Surgeon

Exten, Thomas Boy 1st Class

Farmer, John Able Seaman

Faulkner, John 2nd Captain Foretop

Fisher, Ephraim Private (Royal Marines)

Forrest, William C. Lieutenant

Furness, William Stoker 2nd Class

Gibbons, Luther Ordinary Seaman

Gimber, George Ward Room Servant

Godfrey, Joseph Stoker 2nd Class

Goldfinch, Thomas H.Stoker

Gowen, Samuel J. Able Seaman

Green, Charles Leading Stoker

Gurr, George Ordinary Seaman

Hames, Charles Ordinary Seaman

Hardy, Robert 2nd Captain Main Top

Harfield, Alfred R. Ordinary Seaman

Harper, Samuel T. Engine Room Artificer

Hawkes, Charles Private (Royal Marines)

Hemers, Charles Signalman 3rd Class

Hollis, Charles Leading Seaman

Holton, William Sailmate

Hosking, William Able Seaman

Howard, Edmund Able Seaman

Hull, James N. 2nd Captain Foretop

Irving, Charles M. Clerk (Petty Officer)

Jarrett, George Stoker

Jeffrey, Alfred Boy 1st Class

Jenkins, Frederick Ward Room Servant

John, Levi Boy 1st Class (Age 17)

Keating, Christopher Stoker 2nd Class

King, Thomas Engine Room Artificer

Kingsnorth, James H. Engine Room Artificer

Lawrence, Job Leading Seam...

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How many episodes does The BackTracker History Show have?

The BackTracker History Show currently has 217 episodes available.

What topics does The BackTracker History Show cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Society & Culture and History.

What is the most popular episode on The BackTracker History Show?

The episode title 'Charlotte Pugsley: Murder in Leigh Woods' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The BackTracker History Show?

The average episode length on The BackTracker History Show is 27 minutes.

How often are episodes of The BackTracker History Show released?

Episodes of The BackTracker History Show are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of The BackTracker History Show?

The first episode of The BackTracker History Show was released on Mar 14, 2020.

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