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The Art of Crime

By: Gavin Whitehead
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  • The Art of Crime is a history podcast about the unlikely collisions between true crime and the arts. We take painstaking research and craft it into compelling stories that teach you about society and culture.

    Each new season covers a different theme. Season 3 is titled "Queen of Crime: Madame Tussaud and the Chamber of Horrors." Just in time for Women's History Month, this season chronicles the long and distinguished career of Madame Tussaud, one of the most celebrated show-women of her day, kicking off in pre-revolutionary France and wrapping up in Victorian London. At the same time, "Queen of Crime" tracks the evolution of the Chamber of Horrors, a special showroom in Tussaud's wax museum that exhibited macabre curiosities, including effigies of notorious murderers.

    Season 2 is titled "Assassins." It profiles artists who have committed, attempted, or at least been implicated in an assassination. Also check out Season 1, "The Unusual Suspects: Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper."

    For show notes and full transcripts, visit www.artofcrimepodcast.com. Follow us on Facebook at Art of Crime Podcast, Instagram @artofcrimepodcast, and Twitter @artofcrimepod. To get in touch by email, please write to artofcrimepodcast@gmail.com.

    Help us buy books for future research and pay composer Liam Bellman-Sharpe, who writes a unique score for every episode! If you'd like to make a donation, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast. You can also make a onetime contribution via PayPal. The relevant email address is artofcrimepodcast@gmail.com.
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  • Introducing The Unusual Suspects: Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper

    Introducing The Unusual Suspects: Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper
    Sep 15 2022

    In 1888, Jack the Ripper murdered at least five women in the East End of London. More than a century later, we haven’t stopped talking about his crimes, nor have we given up on unmasking the perpetrator. In season 1 of The Art of Crime, we look at six artists who have been accused of the killings.

    Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.

    If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast.
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    3 mins
  • The Whitechapel Murders (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)

    The Whitechapel Murders (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
    Sep 16 2022

    In 1888, the malefactor known as Jack the Ripper killed at least five women—Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elisabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly—in the poverty-stricken district of Whitechapel, East London. In the first episode of this season, we discuss the victims’ lives and times as well as their deaths.

    Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.

    If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast.

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    38 mins
  • Master of Disguise: Willy Clarkson (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)

    Master of Disguise: Willy Clarkson (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
    Sep 16 2022

    For decades, Willy Clarkson reigned as London’s most famous theatrical wigmaker and costume designer. Also renowned as a master of disguise, he did business with countless customers intent on concealing their identities. According to Clarkson’s early biographer, Jack the Ripper was one of them. However, documentarian P. William Grimm has recently argued that Clarkson and Jack were one and the same person.

    Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.

    If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast.

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    47 mins
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Well researched & highly original

The first season of this superb podcast is about the lives and careers of artists accused of being Jack the Ripper. While each episode is a fascinating biographical portrait, over the course of the season you learn more and more about contemporary reactions to the Whitechapel murders—not to mention the rather twisted history of “Ripperology”. Intensively researched and energetically written, the show is a boldly original entry in the genres of history and true crime. The show notes of each episode also include a fascinating archive of period images and documents, which—like the host’s entertaining narration— really brings the people and the period to life.

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