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Its one of the cities most visited tourist spots - millions of people every year climb its ancient stairways and marvel at its imposing towers overlooking the Thames . Ann Boleyns execution may be the most famous death in the Tower but its only one in a long line of infamy and death .
From The Tower To the Tyburn Tree - excecutions in London
Death By The Book
In Victorian times it was the largest city in the world , a hub of industry and vice , and London inspired many authors to create dark tales of morder in its bustling streets ....
Brookwood Cemetery and The Necroplis Railway
Once the largest cemetery in the world and still the largest in the UK , Brookwood is a unique place . Many of the poorest people in London ended up being buried here and to get them to the cememtery a special trainline was created , the Necroplis railway ....
Duels In London - Fields Of Honour
The leafy parks and sqaures of the capital hold many secrets - for hundreds of years the gentlemen of the city would settle their differences with blade or pistol .......
Dying Of Debt - London's Marshalsea Prison
Getting into debt has always been simple - the trick is getting out , and in the 19th Century that could cost you everything you owned including your life ....
The London Burkers - tales of grave robbing and murder
For over a hundred years , from the 18th to the middle of the 19th century , London and many cities around the UK were in the grip of a crime wave . Bodies were being ripped from their graves, sold on to anatomists for huge profits and sometimes these criminals resorted to murder to get a fresh supply of corpses .....
The Great Plague and The Bills Of Mortality
In 1665 the Great Plague Of London struck the city , killing thousands . Quacks and charlatans were everywhere , selling useless and even dangerous remedies . The Bills Of Mortality remain one of the best known records of death in the city at the time , and two famous writers would also chronicle this terrible event .....
The Treacherous Thames and The Great Stink
It's the iconic strip of blue that runs through the heart of the city - representing some of the greatest moments in London's history , but there is an undercurrent of death beneath its swirling waters , tales of filth , despair and murder.... and and murder ......
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