True Crime Medieval

1000 years of people behaving badly.

Podcasting since 2019 • 125 episodes

True Crime Medieval

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124. Béla of Macsó is Murdered, Margaret Island, Hungary 1272

Béla of Macsó was still in his twenties when he went to a meeting on Margaret Island (which is in the middle of the Danube, in Budapest), which wasn't a meeting at all, but a trap. There had been fairly complicated struggles for power in...

May 15, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 124 • 45:44

123. Westminster Abbey Runs a Forgery Ring, Westminster, England 12th Century

In the medieval scriptoria, amongst all the holy books, and the hagiographies, and the books of philosophy, and the legal charters, not to mention the beautiful illuminated manuscripts, there were often, we are sorry to tell you, forgeries bein...

February 25, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 123 • 40:30

122. Special Winter Episode: Vikings Raid Iona, Iona, Scotland, Christmas Eve 986

The Vikings impacted European history -- west and east -- for centuries, from 793, when they attacked Lindisfarne Abbey in England, up until 1066, when they attacked England and lost to Harold Godwinson (though Harold would lose the next battle...

January 22, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 122 • 38:03

121. Special Episode: Steve Tibble Discusses Crusader Criminals, Holy Land, 12th - 13th Centuries

As far as we are concerned, a book entitled "Crusader Criminals: The Knights Who Went Rogue in the Holy Land," is, obviously, a book to read. To our joy, that book is informed, and readable, and full of Things We Did Not Know. And to our furthe...

January 07, 2026 • Season 7 • Episode 121 • 59:15

120. Vikings Besiege Paris, Paris, France 845 and 885-886

To be fair, the Vikings attacked Paris several times, but it's the major sieges that get remembered -- the one in 845, when they invaded Paris on Easter Sunday, got bought off with a fairly large ransom, and then the one that started in 885 and...

December 20, 2025 • Season 7 • Episode 120 • 41:32

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