Elizabeth 'Betty' Bigley: The Lady of the Hypnotic Eye

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A Victorian Mystery: Was Arthur Orton the Tichborne Claimant?

This episode is a story about a shipwreck, a contended inheritance, and a butcher. You'll meet three men: Arthur Orton, Thomas Castro, and Sir Roger Tichborne, who was the man at the center of this whole affair and a man lost at sea.

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Was Perkin Warbeck a 'Sham' Duke, or the Real Thing?

Upon Richard III's death in 1485, a man named Perkin Warbeck saw an opportunity. Since there was no firm evidence as to the fate of either of the Princes in the Tower, what should stop him claiming one of their identities? So he laid claim to the throne of the first Tudor King ...

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