In a world before police, what happened when someone was murdered? How were murderers caught? How did the wheels of justice turn?
We talk to Steven Veerapen, author of Of Blood Descended, about murder under the bloodiest King of all, Henry VIII.
Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.
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