A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
The New Taste for Blood
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The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, the Bermondsey Horror...renowned historian Lucy Worsley unpicks our fascination with murder in forensic detail in this gripping true crime documentary on BBC Select. In the 19th Century, Thomas De Quincey called Brits, 'a nation of Murder Fanciers'. Lucy looks at notorious killings from the time and explores the books, plays and songs they inspired.