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
June 16, 2025
28 min
Lillian Wyles: A Pioneering Police Officer
Lillian Wyles: A Pioneering Police Officer Season: 6 Episode: 16 Lilian joined the London Metropolitan Police in 1919 as a Sergeant, part of the Metropolitan Women Police Patrols. ...
moreJune 9, 2025
28 min
The Murder of Billy the Tinker (Pt 2)
The Murder of Billy the Tinker (Pt 2) Season: 6 Episode: 15 Previously, in the quiet village of Bishopsworth…It’s March 1880. Two colliers, out gathering primroses on an otherwise ...
moreJune 2, 2025
26 min
The Murder of Billy the Tinker (Pt 1)
The Murder of Billy the Tinker (Pt 1) Season: 6 Episode: 14 It’s March of 1880. In the sleepy Gloucestershire village of Bishopsworth, two colliers are out gathering primroses when...
moreMay 26, 2025
27 min
Lillian Bland: An Aviation Pioneer
Lillian Bland: An Aviation Pioneer Season: 6 Episode: 13 Lilian Bland (28 September 1878 – 11 May 1971) was a trailblazing Anglo-Irish journalist and aviator who made history in 19...
moreMay 19, 2025
30 min
Murder at Saxton Grange
Murder at Saxton Grange Season: 6 Episode: 12 In the dark, quiet hours before dawn on September 5, 1933, flames erupted from a barn at Saxton Grange Farm, just outside Tadcaster in...
moreMay 12, 2025
28 min
The HMS Victoria Disaster (Pt 3)
The HMS Victoria Disaster (Pt 3) Season: 6 Episode: 11 HMS Victoria, the proud flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, collided with HMS Camperdown during a routine manoeuvre gone hor...
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