The BackTracker History Show
The Backtracker
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 t...
Episode list
195
December 16, 2024
24 min
Samuel Pepys Tour Around Bristol
Samuel Pepys Tour Around Bristol Season: 5 Episode: 44 Samuel Pepys was a prominent English diarist and naval administrator, renowned for his detailed and vivid Diary, which spans ...
moreDecember 9, 2024
33 min
Death of a Policeman (pt2)
Death of a Policeman (pt2) Season: 5 Episode: 43 xxxCASTElizabeth Paddock - Carrie BallMr. H. S. Wadborough - Marcus KPMr. Thomas Henry Whitehouse Davies - Molly JefferiesPC John H...
moreDecember 2, 2024
24 min
Death of a Policeman (pt1)
Death of a Policeman (pt1) Season: 5 Episode: 42 The murder that had shaken the city in April 1869 was no domestic one - common as they were in those times. In fact, if the victim ...
moreNovember 18, 2024
22 min
Local Heroes: Bedminster
Local Heroes: Bedminster Season: 5 Episode: 41 Once an independent town in Somerset until 1831, Bedminster’s roots go back even further than Bristol’s. When Bristol was just a rive...
moreNovember 11, 2024
28 min
The Exercise Tiger Tragedy
The Exercise Tiger Tragedy Season: 5 Episode: 40 Training exercises for the Normandy Invasion, also known as Exercise Tiger, began in the Slapton Sounds, England, area starting on ...
moreNovember 4, 2024
27 min
The Dark History of Blackberry Hill Hospital
The Dark History of Blackberry Hill Hospital Season: 5 Episode: 39 Blackberry Hill Hospital in Fishponds, Bristol sounds like a idyllic place from an Agatha Christie novel, but don...
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