The Bow Street Runners

Season 2 Episode 1: How criminals kept the crime rate down in 18th century London—eventually leading to the formation of an actual crime-fighting organization.

Other shows: 

Old Timey Crimey: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RT0RA9i9kV7ldhWu04FcU?si=DiD_SV7ETwuo2ef77bV5Zg

Short Story, Short Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3q2moJE65wLBf0zFjqhMhu?si=3zbTwhkIQnOYVqbd_TmZYQ

Voice acting by Scott Mort.

Sources:

Written in Blood: A History of Forensic Detection by Colin Wilson

History by the Yard. http://www.historybytheyard.co.uk/pc_gutteridge.htm

John Dashney. National Federation of the Blind. “The Blind Beak of Bow Street.” https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/books/kernel1/kern0808.htm

Wikipedia. ‘Bow St Runners.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners“Henry Fielding.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fielding. “Thomas de Veil.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Veil

Esther Fearn. Britannica. “Moll Cutpurse.” https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moll-Cutpurse

Jenn Jeffers. The Raven Report. “Remembering Old London And Its Epic Battle With Modern Crime.”  https://theravenreport.com/2017/11/11/remembering-old-london-and-its-epic-battle-with-modern-crime/

https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/j/Jonathan_Wild.htm

Jessica Brain. “Bow Street Runners.” Historic UK. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Bow-Street-Runners/

Naomi Clifford. NaomiClifford.com. “Henry Fielding’s attempted abduction of Sarah Andrew.” https://www.naomiclifford.com/henry-fielding-abduction-sarah-andrew/

Gerard Edward Jensen. “The Covent Garden Journal.” https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044004495362&view=1up&seq=30

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Paper-Blum.pdf

Music:

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette

Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3770-folk-round

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3872-hidden-agenda

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4384-sneaky-snitch

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Northern Path by Alexander Nakarada

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6841-the-northern-path

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/