Silent Highwayman: Victorian London's Unseen Terror | The Bedside Historian #Victorian #TrueCrime

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Good evening, and welcome to The Bedside Historian. Tonight, we journey back to Victorian London in the autumn of 1867, when a phantom thief haunted the fog-shrouded northern roads around Hampstead Heath.
The Silent Highwayman struck without warning, rendering travelers unconscious through mysterious means, robbing them while they slept, and vanishing like smoke into the mist. Over three months, twenty-eight coaches were stopped, sixty victims drugged and robbed, yet no evidence was ever found. Detective Inspector Edmund Blackwell of Scotland Yard pursued the phantom through methodical investigation, uncovering a brilliant but disturbed mind using chloroform and scientific apparatus to commit the perfect crime.
This is the true story of Victorian London's most elusive criminal, a tale of gaslit streets, chemical experiments, and a mystery that would never be fully solved. As the fog rolls thick over Hampstead Heath and the coaches rattle through the darkness, let us drift back to that strange autumn when fear stalked the northern roads and a phantom proved that even in the age of empire and progress, some mysteries remain beyond the reach of reason.
Perfect for sleep, relaxation, and falling into the atmospheric world of Victorian true crime.
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