The Art of Crime
By Gavin Whitehead
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May 8, 2023
Brilliant!
Apr 21, 2023
Thoroughly researched, expertly plotted, and engagingly narrated stories about artists who have fallen afoul of the law throughout history. The show is witty, fast-paced, and well produced. My absolute favorite new podcast!
Description
The Art of Crime is a history podcast about the unlikely collisions between true crime and the arts. We take painstaking research and craft it into compelling stories that teach you about society and culture. Each new season covers a different theme.
Season 2 is titled "Assassins." It profiles artists who have committed, attempted, or at least been implicated in an assassination. Subjects include John Wilkes Booth, Adolf Hitler, Nero, Andy Warhol, and Leon Trotsky. Also check out Season 1, "The Unusual Suspects: Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper."
For show notes and full transcripts, visit www.artofcrimepodcast.com. Follow us on Facebook at Art of Crime Podcast, Instagram @artofcrimepodcast, and Twitter @artofcrimepod.
Help us buy books for future research and pay composer Liam Bellman-Sharpe, who writes a unique score for every episode! If you'd like to make a donation, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast. You can also make a onetime contribution via PayPal. The relevant email address is artofcrimepodcast@gmail.com.
The Art of Crime is part of the Airwave Media network. To learn more about Airwave, visit www.airwavemedia.com.
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Adolf Hitler and the Ghosts of the Great War: Otto Dix
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After serving in WWI, German painter Otto Dix rose to fame in the 1920s partly through his unflinching portrayal of modern warfare and the toll it took on the human body. However, these themes landed him on the blacklist following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. After a no-name carpenter masterminded—and nearly pulled off—a daring attempt on Hitler’s life in 1939, the Nazis came knocking at Dix’s door, suspecting that he aided the would-be assassin.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast.
The Art of Crime is part of the Airwave Media network. To learn more about Airwave, visit www.airwavemedia.com. If you'd like to advertise on The Art of Crime, please email advertising@airwavemedia.com.
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May 31, 2023 |
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"What an Artist Dies in Me" : Nero, Pt. II (Assassins)
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After the assassination of his mother, Agrippina, Nero threw himself into the performing arts like never before, training to become both a musician and a tragic actor. He even toured Greece to compete in its famous sports and arts festivals. As Nero’s megalomania and abuses of office grew more outrageous, however, a group of conspirators plotted his assassination.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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The Art of Crime is part of the Airwave Media network. To learn more about Airwave, visit www.airwavemedia.com. If you'd like to advertise on The Art of Crime, please email advertising@airwavemedia.com.
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May 17, 2023 |
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"What an Artist Dies in Me" : Nero, Pt. I (Assassins)
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Nero became emperor of Rome in 54 A.D., largely thanks to the scheming of his mother, Agrippina. The teenaged ruler showed promise early on, yet major flaws swiftly revealed themselves, including an obsession with becoming a musician. As his enemies multiplied, Nero retained power by brutal means. In 59, he ordered one of the most notorious assassinations of the century, inspired by a special effect he saw at the theater.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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May 03, 2023 |
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Shooting Andy Warhol: Valerie Solanas (Assassins)
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When Valerie Solanas moved to New York in the early-to-mid 1960s, she wanted nothing more than to become a writer. Within a few years, she approached perhaps the most admired—and reviled—artist in the United States, Andy Warhol, proposing that he produce her pipe-bomb of a comedy, Up Your Ass. Though promising at first, their relationship went south, and in 1968, Solanas walked into Warhol’s studio with the intention of shooting him dead. As you can probably tell from this summary alone, this episode contains language that may offend some listeners.
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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The Assassinations of Leon Trotsky: David Alfaro Siqueiros (Assassins)
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A diehard Communist, David Alfaro Siqueiros fought in the Mexican Revolution in the mid-1910s. Over the next several decades, he would revolutionize the theory and practice of muralism in Mexico and abroad, largely inspired by his radical politics. In 1940, his political convictions led to a less honorable enterprise when he spearheaded an assault on the home of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky as he and his family slept in their beds.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Introducing Assassins
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Season 2 of The Art of Crime explores a new theme. Listen to this trailer to find out what it is!
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Ask Me Anything (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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Thanks to everyone who submitted questions! Let me know if you'd like to hear more AMA episodes in the future at artofcrimepodcast@gmail.com.
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Arthur Conan Doyle, Consulting Detective (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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Arthur Conan Doyle rose to fame as the inventor of Sherlock Holmes. Not unlike his literary creation, Doyle had a knack for making inferences about others based on observation alone and even brought that talent to bear on real-life criminal cases. He also weighed in on the Ripper killings, drawing curve-ball conclusions about how the murderer committed his crimes.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Toynbee Hall and Jack the Ripper (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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In 1884, the Reverend Samuel Barnett and his wife, Henrietta, founded Toynbee Hall, a charitable institution meant to improve the lives of Whitechapel residents. From its inception, Toynbee Hall offered both arts education and programming. The Ripper’s victims died within walking distance of its doorstep, and Bruce Robinson believes that the Hall was essential to Michael Maybrick’s s plan to get away with murder.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Inquest Scenes (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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In 1913, Marie Belloc Lowndes published her novel, The Lodger, inspired by a story that painter Walter Sickert heard from his landlady. At one point, the heroine attends a farcical inquest, during which a witness offers bogus testimony. This fictional debacle resonates with one of the more bizarre episodes in the Whitechapel murders.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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The Men Who Caught Crippen (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
1936
In 1910, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen poisoned his wife, Cora, and fled to Canada with his mistress in disguise. Detective Walter Dew, who cut his teeth on the force while hunting for the Ripper in 1888, donned a costume of his own as he pursued the fugitives. Like the Whitechapel murderer, Crippen is dubiously said to have procured his disguise from wigmaker and costume designer Willy Clarkson.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Verdict: Not Guilty (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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We look back at the artists we’ve covered this season and consider what we’ve learned about the Whitechapel murders and the theories they’ve inspired. Why are artists so popular as Ripper suspects?
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Master Mason: Michael Maybrick (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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Singer and composer Michael Maybrick was the Victorian equivalent of a pop star in 1889 when his older brother, James, died under enigmatic circumstances. In 2015, writer and director Bruce Robinson nominated Michael as the Ripper, based on what he believes happened to James as well as Michael’s involvement in the Freemasons, one of the most secretive and talked-about fraternities in Victorian England.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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The Man Who Knew Too Much: Walter Sickert (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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One of the most important painters of his generation, Walter Sickert gravitated toward scenes of low life and at times depicted women who appeared to be dead. In the 1970s, a man purporting to be Sickert’s illegitimate son implicated the painter in the Whitechapel homicides. Sickert has since become a favored Ripper candidate and has received more attention as a possible perpetrator than any other artist covered this season.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Murder in Verse: James Kenneth Stephen (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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When the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, hired the brilliant James Kenneth Stephen to tutor his eldest son, Prince Eddy, Stephen and his student became fast friends. Some believe they were more than friends. After publishing two volumes of poetry, Stephen suffered a mental breakdown in 1891. Based on what happened next, Stephen’s tantalizing relationship with Eddy, and violent themes in his writing, several commentators have named the poet as the Ripper. Show notes and full transcript below.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Anagramamaniacs: Lewis Carroll (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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Lewis Carroll was teaching math at Oxford when he befriended Alice Liddell, a colleague’s daughter. Even though their friendship ended in scandal, it led to one of the most beloved children’s books of all time, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In 1996, psychotherapist Richard Wallace accused Carroll of committing the Whitechapel murders, claiming to have discovered compromising anagrams in Carroll’s writing.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Jekyll, Hyde, and Jack the Ripper: Richard Mansfield (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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In 1887, American actor Richard Mansfield originated the dual role of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Boston. His performance as Hyde was so terrifying that audience members fainted. In the late summer of 1888, he took the show to London, presenting it at the metropolis's foremost playhouse. Just weeks after Jekyll and Hyde opened, the Ripper claimed his first canonical victim, and Mansfield aroused suspicion as the culprit.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Master of Disguise: Willy Clarkson (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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For decades, Willy Clarkson reigned as London’s most famous theatrical wigmaker and costume designer. Also renowned as a master of disguise, he did business with countless customers intent on concealing their identities. According to Clarkson’s early biographer, Jack the Ripper was one of them. However, documentarian P. William Grimm has recently argued that Clarkson and Jack were one and the same person.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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The Whitechapel Murders (Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper)
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In 1888, the malefactor known as Jack the Ripper killed at least five women—Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elisabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly—in the poverty-stricken district of Whitechapel, East London. In the first episode of this season, we discuss the victims’ lives and times as well as their deaths.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Introducing The Unusual Suspects: Artists Accused of Being Jack the Ripper
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In 1888, Jack the Ripper murdered at least five women in the East End of London. More than a century later, we haven’t stopped talking about his crimes, nor have we given up on unmasking the perpetrator. In season 1 of The Art of Crime, we look at six artists who have been accused of the killings.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
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Sep 15, 2022 |