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Victorian newspapers: true crime and titillation

Victorian newspapers: true crime and titillation

Name: Victorian newspapers: true crime and titillation
Uploaded: 2024-02-20T15:57:54.704Z
Duration: 31 min 32 s
Description: Historian Bob Nicholson explains how newspapers offer up a vital record of Victorian society, and reveals the types of stories that hit the headlines in 19th-century Britain

Historian Bob Nicholson explains how newspapers offer up a vital record of Victorian society, and reveals the types of stories that hit the headlines in 19th-century Britain

Dr David Musgrove, FSA

Published: February 22, 2024 at 9:35 AM

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Today’s burgeoning true crime genre is nothing new; to the Victorians, it was a staple of the news cycle.

In this bonus episode accompanying the HistoryExtra podcast series The Tiger Tamer Who Went to Sea, David Musgrove speaks to Dr Bob Nicholson of Edge Hill University about newspapers in the 19th century, finding out how fast news could spread, about the Victorians who forged careers as journalists, and how a single newspaper could have a significant afterlife.

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Dr David Musgrove, FSAContent director

David Musgrove is the content director at HistoryExtra

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