The Chronicles of Newgate Vol 1
Good against evil; right versus wrong; the judicial system against the criminal world. The struggle is as old as mankind. Sometimes the lines are blurred as the 'good' punish the 'bad' - the warriors against crime have resorted not only to killing wrong-doers, but additionally subjecting them to "starvation or the withholding of fluid, by drowning, stoning, impaling or by exposing the wretched victims to the stings of insects or snakes." Newgate Prison was one of the most famous - or infamous - prisons in England from the middle ages until the nineteenth century. Griffiths, a prison administrator, takes us inside where we discover "man's inhumanity to man". ( Lynne Thompson)
Genre(s): Social Science (Culture & Anthropology), True Crime
Language: English
Keyword(s): Crime (226), pirates (65), prison (29), punishment (12), execution (12), torture (7), highwaymen (4)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | General Introduction | Lynne T |
00:08:41 |
| Play 02 | Introduction | Lynne T |
00:05:25 |
| Play 03 | Mediaeval Newgate | Lynne T |
00:40:46 |
| Play 04 | Newgate In The Sixteenth Century | JudyDerby |
00:54:01 |
| Play 05 | Newgate In The Seventeenth Century | Alimay |
00:27:53 |
| Play 06 | Newgate After The Great Fire Part 1 | Alimay |
00:29:15 |
| Play 07 | Newgate After The Great Fire Part 2 | Alimay |
00:30:54 |
| Play 08 | The Press-Yard | Lynne T |
00:40:29 |
| Play 09 | Notable Executions Part 1 | Lynne T |
00:41:25 |
| Play 10 | Notable Executions Part 2 | Lynne T |
00:46:57 |
| Play 11 | Remarkable Escapes | Ross Klatte |
00:50:15 |
| Play 12 | Newgate In The Eighteenth Century Part 1 | Lynne T |
00:27:01 |
| Play 13 | Newgate In The Eighteenth Century Part 2 | Lynne T |
00:31:38 |
| Play 14 | Later Records Part 1 | Kalynda |
00:28:51 |
| Play 15 | Later Records Part 2 | Kathleen Moore |
00:34:48 |
| Play 16 | Highwaymen And Pirates | realisticspeakers |
00:47:41 |