Old Timey Crimey Presents: Historical True Crime Showcase #1

Welcome to the very first Old Timey Crimey Historical True Crime Showcase! Here you can listen to mini-episodes from a variety of amazing shows, all in one episode. We've got the blood sports of olden days, the origins of nursery rhymes, art heists, and so much more! 

Find out more about participating shows at the links below: 

Dial-a-Crime: https://dial-a-crime.pinecast.co/

Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com/  

Lady Justice: https://linktr.ee/lady.justice.podcast

Old Timey Crimey: https://linktr.ee/oldtimeycrimey

True Crime Historian: https://www.truecrimehistorian.com/

Ye Olde Crime: https://www.yeoldecrimepodcast.com/

 

If you have a history or true crime podcast and you're interested in participating in a future showcase event, please email Kristy Baxter at oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com.

 

Music: 

 

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-plan
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

 

Sources:

 

Topend Sports. https://www.topendsports.com/sport/extinct/fox-tossing.htm

Siobhan O’Shea. https://www.interesly.com/fox-tossing-was-a-bizarre-aristocratic-pastime-of-the-17th-century/

Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_II_the_Strong

Leicester Chronicle. https://www.newspapers.com/image/396522031/?terms=fox%20tossing&match=1

Yorkshire Herald. https://www.newspapers.com/image/402063659/?terms=fox%20tossing&match=1

The Sun. https://www.newspapers.com/image/207007440/?terms=fox%20tossing&match=1

Laura Martisiute. All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/animal-blood-sports

https://www.mariegossip.com/2010/06/sport-fox-tossing.html

Rebecca Whitaker. Animal Logic. https://animalogic.ca/animalogic/the-creative-and-cruel-blood-sport-of-fox-tossing

Bill Littlefield. WBUR. https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2015/11/21/foxtossing-brooke-hitching-book