I love the writing and narration, and the well-timed pictures for reference, especially the ones specific to the case. Lots of work goes into these, and no time-wasting "branding" or pushy, preliminary requests for comments or subscriptions. So glad I found this channel.
Found your channel today. This is the second story I'm listening to in bed. Goodnight from this side of the world and thank you. You've got a new fan and subscriber from Penang Island, Malaysia. 🙏🏾
The videos on this channel are just so good. I follow a number of similar-ish RUclips channels, and obviously I only do this with ones whose output I enjoy, even so, I find this gentleman's to be particularly good. He writes notably well. Fluid, clear writing, which always serves the story being told, and never falls into the common trap of being too ornate (something I do myself far too often). The pictures and photos are all excellent. Such work and research must go into each one And while the stories are interesting in and off themselves, he always explains the wider significance and /or importance they had. He is also very good at quickly explaining all the historical elements that come in to the narratives, but doing so briefly, so the flow of the story isn't lost. This man's writing is deceptively artless. It takes a really skilled writer to write something of such quality and to do so over and over. I wonder what his background is...he may have explained it in one of his videos which I haven't yet watched. (sorry if there are typos or weird mistakes...my vision is dodgy and my cat likes to stand both on the keyboard and in front of the pc screen, even when they're 10 feet apart, breaking the laws of physics in that way cats have)
Thank you so much for all the comments you have left. It is always great to see this little hobby of mine is appreciated. I try to make them something I would want to watch so keep them largely focused on the topic, adding bit of extra context where needed but not too much as to bog the video down. As for my background I don't really go into it in videos as the way I see it the channel is about history not about me. The best way to put it though is I am a fan of history who thinks that Norfolk and Suffolk is rather under represented so is trying to change it.
The fact they made ceramic houses of the mansion made me think about the same thing being done for The Red Barn murders in 1827. Now I'm curious about how many different cases with these little ceramic models are around.
Thank You for such a wonderful presentation. "Blanche Fury" is one of my favourite movies and I'm always curious about the crime and time upon which it was based. Fantastic channel.
I still need to get around to watching it, I understand that is inspired and isn't a full retelling of the even but still I am looking forward to watching it.
So pleased and grateful your able to continue your videos. It's a pleasure to listen and be informed about the very interesting history of 'sleepy norfolk'. I hope things have gone well personally with the move and changes for the better for you. Thanks so much for your efforts, they are appreciated.
Thank you very much, yes things have gone very well now I am in the flat, was a bit of a nightmare over all, 9 months from viewing the place to moving in due to one reason or another.
@@alittlebitofhistory It's so good to hear that a good person has good things happening to them. Your videos reflect a lot about you as a person and its great seeing your time and research like the grave finding video. Big fan, its amazing how many presentation ideas spring up. Eagerly awaiting each video as and when you have the time.
I have always enjoyed history. Thank you for taking the time and doing the research to bring this centuries old crime to the modern era. I enjoyed listening to it.
Thank you again for all the time n research you put into your posts. Have you thought of doing a series of books. There’s been so many unusual characters, gory murders n disasters. You could do themes on the different categories.
Found Blanche Fury on RUclips, thought I’d give it a go. Truth is ‘better’ than fiction. They did stick to some details, although Stewart Grainger didn’t wash his clothes, he just asked for some clean ones.”
I just discovered your channel today and I'm thrilled that I did! The wealth of information you give to set the scene is really extraordinary! Thank you for presenting such an interesting program I am happy to tell you that I'm subscribed!
That was superb! Well presented and such brilliant accompanying social history. Most informative. Plus Fram got a mention… I was parked next to that sign only the other day! 😃👍
I have several videos planned connected to the American Revolution, Norfolk was the birthplace of Thomas Paine, what became the Norfolk Regiment was captured at Saratoga and a few other small things.
Another great presentation and as always great illustrations. I think he killed his stepfather and mother too. Jury's in those days were so fast and people very gory about executions.
Kind of love the idea of them turning back an entire train loaded with pickpockets and muggers. London's crime rates must have been low that day, at least until the train full of frustrated crooks got back to town.
The murder is barbaric but I would say the people of the time are equally as barbaric. Traveling from front and wide to witness him being hung in the streets... Though these days we are just as desensitized. Through media and everything else. Maybe that's just human nature.
Not only was it from idle and morbid curiosity, but also to teach their children where they could end up if they strayed from the straight and narrow path. In the 1810's there was a children's book titled "The Fairchild Family". It was about the adventures and misadventures and moral lessons that the children would have and learn. It was so popular that it remained in print throughout the 19th century. There was a scene in the book where two of the brothers were fighting over a toy. The father (instead of just confiscating the toy so nobody would have it) took it one step further. He took all his children into town to view the body of a man hanging in the gibbet, he had been hang for killing his brother. That scene disturbed many parents (and the children as well) so when the book was in it's next edition, the editors had removed it. So not a whole lot of people liked seeing or reading about something so gruesome. Also, like it or not, a public execution WAS entertainment for the masses as was the trial. 😐
great stories excellent content but your reading is uneven, you should proof red your script til you can understand its flow better, more like conversation, you keep halting, but i do enjoy your stories, thank you
The pauses are due to editing out breathing, Hopefully this will start to reduce now I have a decent mic and a getting pop filters, it is something I am trying to chance as I know its puts people off.
@@alittlebitofhistory not that much your content is great, may you ever go from strength to strength, you've much to be proud of, i enjoy your work immensely, thank you
I had to delete my comment. I am autistic and don't like people calling me nutty as someone did on here. I didn't put my original comment on here for people to attack me.
Financial aspects could do with the modern day conversion too hard to appreciate the concept of the value it had back in the day with out a comparison to the current day and age.
Don't just say "sharecroppers" or "slaves" Some worked the land for a share and some worked the land for shelter. Fancy talk is smothering the reality. It is illegal for you to work their land (Uncle Sam's plantation) Homesteading is the historical way to wealth, independence, Ask any Amish or Indigenous human.
I am a little confused by this comment, I didn't use either slaves or Sharecroppers, I did call Rush what he was a tenant farmer but that is a very different things, also not sure what the reference to America have to do with a murder than took place in England.
looks like he lost a great deal of weight and shaved his beard before he married someone who could easiiy be mistaken for his twin sister he later regrew his beard and became quite corpulent
Excellent. Thank you, well researched and narrated. As a Wymondham resident I love local tales….
I love the writing and narration, and the well-timed pictures for reference, especially the ones specific to the case. Lots of work goes into these, and no time-wasting "branding" or pushy, preliminary requests for comments or subscriptions. So glad I found this channel.
Thank you, I try my best to keep the things that annoy me as a viewer myself to a minimum.
A great telling of a tragic story and I'm looking forward to your next video.
Found your channel today. This is the second story I'm listening to in bed. Goodnight from this side of the world and thank you.
You've got a new fan and subscriber from Penang Island, Malaysia. 🙏🏾
Enjoyed this immensely, thanks for all your affords. Canada.
That was a new one for me thank you 💐👏👏
I love your stories this was a good one. Thank you for posting this, I look forward to hearing more stories from you.
That was really lovely, well thought out and great visuals too.
The videos on this channel are just so good. I follow a number of similar-ish RUclips channels, and obviously I only do this with ones whose output I enjoy, even so, I find this gentleman's to be particularly good.
He writes notably well. Fluid, clear writing, which always serves the story being told, and never falls into the common trap of being too ornate (something I do myself far too often).
The pictures and photos are all excellent. Such work and research must go into each one And while the stories are interesting in and off themselves, he always explains the wider significance and /or importance they had.
He is also very good at quickly explaining all the historical elements that come in to the narratives, but doing so briefly, so the flow of the story isn't lost.
This man's writing is deceptively artless. It takes a really skilled writer to write something of such quality and to do so over and over. I wonder what his background is...he may have explained it in one of his videos which I haven't yet watched.
(sorry if there are typos or weird mistakes...my vision is dodgy and my cat likes to stand both on the keyboard and in front of the pc screen, even when they're 10 feet apart, breaking the laws of physics in that way cats have)
Thank you so much for all the comments you have left. It is always great to see this little hobby of mine is appreciated.
I try to make them something I would want to watch so keep them largely focused on the topic, adding bit of extra context where needed but not too much as to bog the video down.
As for my background I don't really go into it in videos as the way I see it the channel is about history not about me. The best way to put it though is I am a fan of history who thinks that Norfolk and Suffolk is rather under represented so is trying to change it.
Well worth waiting for, thank you.
thrilled to see you upload. thanks
The fact they made ceramic houses of the mansion made me think about the same thing being done for The Red Barn murders in 1827. Now I'm curious about how many different cases with these little ceramic models are around.
I would assume a lot from around that time period given how big the ceramics industry was in the country at the time.
This was another excellent production.
Thank You for such a wonderful presentation. "Blanche Fury" is one of my favourite movies and I'm always curious about the crime and time upon which it was based. Fantastic channel.
I still need to get around to watching it, I understand that is inspired and isn't a full retelling of the even but still I am looking forward to watching it.
So pleased and grateful your able to continue your videos. It's a pleasure to listen and be informed about the very interesting history of 'sleepy norfolk'. I hope things have gone well personally with the move and changes for the better for you. Thanks so much for your efforts, they are appreciated.
Thank you very much, yes things have gone very well now I am in the flat, was a bit of a nightmare over all, 9 months from viewing the place to moving in due to one reason or another.
@@alittlebitofhistory It's so good to hear that a good person has good things happening to them. Your videos reflect a lot about you as a person and its great seeing your time and research like the grave finding video. Big fan, its amazing how many presentation ideas spring up. Eagerly awaiting each video as and when you have the time.
Really enjoyed this and certainly worth the wait, thank you for your time and effort in bringing these fascinating stories.
Very interesting! I've never heard of this story. Has there been a movie about this?
Not directly but Blanche Fury from 1948 was inspired by it.
I have always enjoyed history. Thank you for taking the time and doing the research to bring this centuries old crime to the modern era. I enjoyed listening to it.
Thank you for this very well presented account. My goodness the amount of time you put into research is amazing and much appreciated.
Thank you again for all the time n research you put into your posts. Have you thought of doing a series of books. There’s been so many unusual characters, gory murders n disasters. You could do themes on the different categories.
It is an interesting idea and maybe something to look at in the future but for the moment I am happy with telling these stories in video form.
Found Blanche Fury on RUclips, thought I’d give it a go. Truth is ‘better’ than fiction. They did stick to some details, although Stewart Grainger didn’t wash his clothes, he just asked for some clean ones.”
@@sheilaleslie1323 Did not know it was available on here will have to give it a watch. Thank You
Outstanding! Another fantastic job, I really enjoyed this :)
I just discovered your channel today and I'm thrilled that I did! The wealth of information you give to set the scene is really extraordinary! Thank you for presenting such an interesting program I am happy to tell you that I'm subscribed!
Thank you very much
That was superb! Well presented and such brilliant accompanying social history. Most informative. Plus Fram got a mention… I was parked next to that sign only the other day! 😃👍
An excellent episode Sir, kudos!!!🙏👍👻❣️
Love your channel, top work as always.
Thourghly enjoyed this story.
Detailed. Thank you.💯
My 7th great grandfather fought in the American Revolution as a militia man from Norwich CT.
I have several videos planned connected to the American Revolution, Norfolk was the birthplace of Thomas Paine, what became the Norfolk Regiment was captured at Saratoga and a few other small things.
@@alittlebitofhistory I look forward to seeing anything on any American wars. Especially the Revolution. I had multiple relations in that war.
What a wild tale! Thank you for sharing this.
Family guess certainly can turn deadly, especially where property & money are concerned, truely fascinating case, well researched & narrated
Most interesting. Many thanks.
Thanks very interesting 🧐
My great grandparents in Suffolk no doubt heard about all of this until they emigrated to New York in 1859.
Excellent video
Another great presentation and as always great illustrations. I think he killed his stepfather and mother too. Jury's in those days were so fast and people very gory about executions.
It does seem likely that he might have only to have the money slip from is grasp each time.
I enjoy your channel, thank you. Just one minor 'tsk tsk': but what led to this tragic event.
Well , I mean did you watch the first half of the video?
What a story, well laid out and just enthralling. I am subscribed.
Kind of love the idea of them turning back an entire train loaded with pickpockets and muggers. London's crime rates must have been low that day, at least until the train full of frustrated crooks got back to town.
The number of people, not the amount of people.
Time mark?
Just asking Ru a teacher?I hadn't even noticed 🙂
What a jerk and stupid as all get out!
It’s lovely the ladies were given help after the whole ordeal ended. I really like that part. 💜
How can you commit forgery for someone who can't write?
Definitely a candidate for “World’s Dumbest Criminal”
He was in a rush to meet his maker .
The murder is barbaric but I would say the people of the time are equally as barbaric. Traveling from front and wide to witness him being hung in the streets... Though these days we are just as desensitized. Through media and everything else. Maybe that's just human nature.
Now we’re indoors watching death on a screen. We’re fascinated by death, knowing that it will come for each of us and we don’t know how.
Not only was it from idle
and morbid curiosity, but
also to teach their children
where they could end up if
they strayed from the straight
and narrow path.
In the 1810's there was a children's book titled "The Fairchild Family".
It was about the adventures
and misadventures and moral
lessons that the children would have and learn.
It was so popular that it remained in print throughout
the 19th century.
There was a scene in the book
where two of the brothers were fighting over a toy.
The father (instead of just confiscating the toy so nobody would have it) took it one step further. He took all his children into town to view the body of a
man hanging in the gibbet, he had been hang for killing his brother. That scene disturbed many parents (and the children as well) so when the book was in it's next edition, the editors had removed it.
So not a whole lot of people liked seeing or reading about something so gruesome.
Also, like it or not, a public execution WAS entertainment for the masses as was the trial. 😐
nothing has changed, it's just human nature as you pointed out. millions of people have viewed public executions online
Look at those countries that still have public executions and you'll still see huge crowds attending.
How are we different from them? It's in our nature.
I agree w/Mr. Dickens.
great stories excellent content but your reading is uneven, you should proof red your script til you can understand its flow better, more like conversation, you keep halting, but i do enjoy your stories, thank you
The pauses are due to editing out breathing, Hopefully this will start to reduce now I have a decent mic and a getting pop filters, it is something I am trying to chance as I know its puts people off.
@@alittlebitofhistory not that much your content is great, may you ever go from strength to strength, you've much to be proud of, i enjoy your work immensely, thank you
I had to delete my comment. I am autistic and don't like people calling me nutty as someone did on here. I didn't put my original comment on here for people to attack me.
I am very sorry to hear that, I do try and keep my comment sections as open to all as I possible can but some people do slip though like that.
Bravo for standing up for yourself 💜
It’s sad that cruel destructive and small minded people exist.
In modern day he would not have even reached police hands.
Financial aspects could do with the modern day conversion too hard to appreciate the concept of the value it had back in the day with out a comparison to the current day and age.
Not sure why I didn't do it in that video I had done it in others, sorry about that.
Blomfield, Bloomfield - Must be at least 75% of my relatives with that surname or variation in St Elizabeth, Jamaica. I wonder?
Interesting might be some connection there.
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He has the audacity to asksay, hopefully you don't think I did it, after they told him he was being arrested for the murders.
Not the sharpest knife😊
I apologize, I dictate on sometimes it doesn't come out quite right. Lol
Don't just say "sharecroppers" or "slaves"
Some worked the land for a share and some worked the land for shelter.
Fancy talk is smothering the reality.
It is illegal for you to work their land (Uncle Sam's plantation) Homesteading is the historical way to wealth, independence, Ask any Amish or Indigenous human.
I am a little confused by this comment, I didn't use either slaves or Sharecroppers, I did call Rush what he was a tenant farmer but that is a very different things, also not sure what the reference to America have to do with a murder than took place in England.
Sounds bad to us but the poor had no entertainment. Also they didn't ignore or fight death like we do, no netflix 😂
looks like he lost a great deal of weight and shaved his beard before he married someone who could easiiy be mistaken for his twin sister he later regrew his beard and became quite corpulent
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