214: The Mutiny On The Bounty: What Really Happened?
Send me a messageChris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.The Mutiny on the Bounty is one of history's most famous naval rebellions, but what most people know comes from Hollywood, not history. The films of 1935, 1962, and 1984 portrayed William Bligh as a tyrannical monster and Fletcher Christian as a heroic champion of the oppressed. But the real story is far more nuanced—and far more interesting.Ways You Can Support My Channel:Become A PatronMake A DonationSupport the show
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213: Edgehill: The Most Haunted Battlefield in Britain?
Send me a messageChris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.EDGEHILL: THE MOST HAUNTED BATTLEFIELD IN BRITAIN?In December 1642, just weeks after the Battle of Edgehill, terrified villagers in Warwickshire reported seeing an entire battle being fought in the sky above their heads. Night after night, phantom armies clashed in the darkness—ghostly cavalry charges, spectral infantry formations, and the terrible sounds of dying men echoing across the frozen fields.This is the only battlefield haunting in British history that was investigated by a Royal Commission sent by King Charles I himself. The investigation was documented in a contemporary pamphlet that survives to this day in the British Library.Ways You Can Support My Channel:Become A PatronMake A DonationSupport the show
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212: What Happened to the Survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade?
Send me a messageChris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.What happened to the survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854, during the Crimean War?The answer is a tale of two fates. While some survivors found success and prosperity, others ended their days in workhouses and paupers' graves—a shocking reality that would eventually spark national outrage.Ways You Can Support My Channel:Become A PatronMake A DonationSupport the show
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211: The Soldier Who Stole England's Crown Jewels
Send me a messageChris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.This is the story of the audacious theft of England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, by Thomas Blood, in 1671.Ways You Can Support My Channel:Become A PatronMake A DonationSupport the show
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210: The British & Irish At The Alamo
Send me a messageChris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.Did you know that one in eight of the defenders at the battle of the Alamo (Texas 1836) were actually born in the British Isles?This is their incredible and little-known story...Ways You Can Support My Channel:Become A PatronMake A DonationSupport the show
Join Chris Green - The History Chap - as he explores the stories behind British history - the great events, the forgotten stories and the downright bizarre!Chris is a historian by training, and has a way of bringing history to life by making it relevant, interesting and entertaining.www.thehistorychap.com
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