True Crime Medieval

1000 years of people behaving badly.

Podcasting since 2019 • 131 episodes

True Crime Medieval

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130. Sviatopolk I of Kyiv Murders His Brothers (Or Not): Kyivan Rus, 1015-1019

When Vladimir the Great of Kyivan Rus died in 1015, he left several sons by various mothers, and, as we might expect if we have been listening to this podcast for a while, a few of them wanted to be his successor, so they had battles. Thi...

October 30, 2026 • 43:31

129. Special Episode: Alice Wolf Escapes the Tower of London (Dressed as a Man), London, England 1534

True Crime Medieval once again visits the Early Modern era, because we cannot keep away from the story of Alice Wolfe (born Alice Tankerville), who led a very successful life of thievery and murder with her common-law husband John Wolfe, in the...

October 23, 2026 • Season 8 • Episode 129 • 39:04

128. Anthemius Harasses Zeno With an Earthquake Machine, Constantinople, Byzantium 6th Century CE

Surely all of us can understand how infuriating it can be when a neighbor builds some damn thing or other that blocks our view. And then won't take it down. And maybe even laughs. What to do? Take the case to court, obviously. But what if...

August 25, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 128 • 39:08

127. The Lepers' Plot, Southern France 1321

In April, 1321, the lepers of Southern France found themselves accused of poisoning the community wells, with some sort of powder. They were, the theory went, attempting to spread leprosy to the rest of the population. They weren't doing that, ...

August 11, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 127 • 54:21

Special Episode, and also April Fools' Day: The Bisley Boy, Bisley, Surrey, 1542

It's our April Fools' Episode, in which we explain how it is we know that things purported to have existed in the Middle Ages did not actually exist! It's late, for April Fools' Day, by any known calendar, since it's the end of June, and also t...

July 30, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 126 • 50:43

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