True Crime: Murder & the Popish Plot

<p>Was a London magistrate, found dead in a ditch in 1678, the victim of a Catholic conspiracy, political convenience, or secrets too dangerous to survive? Why did Edmund Berry Godfrey's murder send England into hysteria?</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Andrea McKenzie to reopen the case. Drawing on newly deciphered letters, secret correspondence and neglected archives, they uncover a murky world of espionage, faction, coded messages and lethal knowledge, where truth itself became dangerously unstable.</p><br><p><strong>MORE</strong></p><p><strong>Charles II: Restoration of the Monarchy</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/charles-ii-resto…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/1dLVdLzi7p4Fil4zzUvdX…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p><strong>True Crime: The Lynching of the "Duke's Devil"</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/true-crime-the-l…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/4uYJaclYHl9qUG7BWPJDY…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p>Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, edited and produced by Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><em>Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast</em></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week PLUS early access, ad-free podcasts. Sign up at </strong><a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong&…;

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