The Art of Crime
@artofcrimepod
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A history podcast about the unlikely collisions between true crime and the arts.
Chapel Hill, NC
Joined June 2022
I'm thrilled to announce season 4 of The Art of Crime, titled Crimes of Old New York! Episode 1 is out next week, but patrons can listen right now. So if you can't wait until next Wednesday and would like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at
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“Twilight” by Camille Silvy (ca. 1859). Silvy was a pioneer of early photography. His work helped establish the conventions of several photographic genres, including fashion and street photography. #PhotographyIsArt #streetlight #twilightoutoffocus #streets
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Did you know that the real Madame Tussaud created important artwork about the French Revolution, especially the Reign of Terror? Yeah, she exhibited wax replicas of guillotined revolutionaries. #History #horrorartist #Revolution #art #horror #nerd #Trivia
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Find out more about Liddell and Carroll in The Art of Crime episode, "Anagramamaniacs."
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Photograph of Alice Liddell by Lewis Carroll. Liddell inspired the title character of Alice in Wonderland. She was eighteen when Carroll took this picture and she never sat for him again. #AliceInWonderland #History #photographylovers #Victorian #books #podcast
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Portrait of a Man, by Unknown Photographer (ca. 1855). #HistoryMatters #arthistory #portraits #Victorian #hairstylemen #hairstyle #antique
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Beach vacation in Blankenberge, Belgium--Victorian style! #History #summer #beachday #victorian #Belgium #vacationmode #sundayvibes
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Welsh women in traditional dress, plus a spinning wheel. #History #fashionhistory #style #WALES #victorian #hats #womenswear
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Today, we're joined by Ann Foster, host and creator of @vulgarhistorypod. Ann and Gavin talk about the enigmatic Princess Caraboo (pictured here), an exotic princess who washed up on English shores in 1817 and generated a sensation in the press.
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John Thurtell immersed himself in the world of gambling and became what today we would call a fight promoter. These are porcelain figures of two bare-knuckle boxers, Tom Cribb (left) and Tom Molyneux (right). They fought each other in 1810.
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New episode is out! It revolves around the murder of William Weare by John Thurtell. This crime inspired The Gamblers, one of the most explosive melodramas of the nineteenth century.
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New episode! We're joined by author and podcaster Caroline Crampton (@c_crampton ) to talk about why so many crime writers set their stories in wax museums during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
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Jeanne de la Motte, one of the perpetrators of the Diamond Necklace Affair.
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Our new episode revolves around this extravagant diamond necklace and an elaborate eighteenth-century con. Two jewelrs believed that they had sold this necklace to Marie Antoinette on the condition that the queen would pay for it later. Spoiler alert: none of that was true.
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This cartoon accompanied the Punch article, "Old Bailey Dramas." In 1849, London's criminal court started charging admission to the galleries during sensational homicide trials. This mock advertisement for an Old Bailey trial promises "Legal Jokes" and "Real Criminals!!"
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One of my all-time favorite theatrical portraits, Mrs. Siddons With the Emblems of Tragedy by Sir William Beechey. No wonder Siddons killed it as Lady Macbeth. #History #podcastshow #portrait #Shakespeare
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"The True Crime Controversy of 1849" is out, and I'm thrilled to share that it's been featured on Spotify!
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