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Episode #470

Accept No Dare

#470 Accept No Dare
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credit: John Darwin's home where he lived in secret (PA Images / Alamy)

Georgia:

The disappearance of John Darwin

Episode sources:

  1. Out of My Depth by Anne Darwin with David Leigh

  2. “Canoe man John Darwin timeline” by Angela Balakrishnan (The Guardian, July 23, 2008)

  3. “The mystery of John Darwin” (Press Association, December 5, 2007)

  4. “Canoeist who vanished at sea in 2002 turns up at police station” by Aidan Jones (The Guardian, December 3, 2007)

  5. “Death, fraud and canoes: how a mind-blowing insurance scam became an ITV drama“ by Mark Lawson (The Guardian, April 15, 2022)

  6. “Canoe mystery man arrested for fraud” by Matthew Weaver and Agencies (The Guardian, December 5, 2007)

  7. “Darwin watched ‘death’ news from B&B” (The Northern Echo, August 18th, 2009)

  8. “Canoeist fraudster John Darwin's home on importance shortlist” (BBC, January 17, 2012)

  9. “Sea search for missing canoeist” (BBC, March 22, 2002)

  10. “Canoe fake death wife Anne Darwin: I'll feel guilt until I die” (BBC, October 5, 2016)

  11. “Canoeist wife arrested back in UK” (BBC, December 9, 2007)

  12. “Missing Canoeist - Wreck is Found” (Hartlepool Mail, May 8, 2002)

  13. “Canoe man’s wife lands back in Britain” by Jasper Copping, Ben Leach and Patrick Sawer (The Telegraph, December 11, 2007)

  14. “'The most brazen, brilliant, liar I've met': Reporter's verdict on her exclusive interview with the notorious fraudster” (The Standard, April 12, 2012)

  15. “Sons of 'dead' canoeist duped by their parents, police reveal” by Dani Walker (The Northern Echo, December 10, 2007)

  16. Notorious Canoe 'Widow' Anne Darwin Gives First-Ever TV Interview (This Morning)

  17. “Missing canoeist's wife was shopped by colleague who heard whispered calls to 'dead' husband” (The Standard, April 12, 2012)

  18. “Where are John Darwin and his wife Anne now? What happened next” by Ellie Harrison (The Independent, April 20, 2022)

 

Karen:

Victorian-era activist Josephine Butler

Episode sources:

  1. “When Courage Calls: Josephine Butler and the Radical Pursuit of Justice for Women” by Sarah C. Williams.

  2. “Jesus Befriended Prostitutes. So This Victorian Era Woman Did Too” by Kimi Harris (Christianity Today) 2018

  3. “How poverty drove thousands of women to sell sex on the streets of Victorian Britain” by Michelle Higgs (Who Do You Think You Are?)

  4. “Josephine’s birth and death places in Northumberland” (Josphine Butler)

  5. “Josephine Butler: Victorian Feminist and Patron Saint of Prostitutes” (Josephine Butler Page)

  6. “Josephine Butler (1828 – 1906) (BBC)

  7. “Why shouldn't we forget Josephine Butler?” (HodderFaithBooks) 2024

  8. “Josephine Butler: the forgotten feminist who fought the UK police – and their genital inspections” by Susanna Rustin (The Guardian) 2024

  9. “The Work of the Women: The Misogyny of the Contagious Disease Acts and the Women Who Opposed Them” by GraceAnn Green (Harding University/Tenor of Our Times) 2022

  10. “The Victorian Workhouse” Historic UK

  11. “Lock hospital” (Merriam-Webster)

  12. “Coverture” (Britannica)

  13. “Josephine Butler: The Victorian feminist who campaigned for the rights of prostitutes” by Helen Mathers (The History Press) 2021

  14. “A heroine for our age” by Julie Bindel (The Guardian) 2006

  15. “International Heritage Centre blog” (Salvation Army)

  16. “The Married Women’s Property Act 1882 in Modern Family Litigation” (Gifford Head)

  17. “Criminal Law Amendment Act” (Spartacus Educational)

  18. “Changes to the celibacy rule at the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities” by B. Duckenfield (Kingston University London) 2008

  19. “Josephine Butler” (Wikipedia)

  20. “W.T. Stead” (Wikipedia)

 

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