Ye Olde Crime

Lindsay and Madison discuss King Edmund I, as well as how to settle family feuds, that running a country is no joke, and the dangers of dinner parties.

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Lindsay and Madison discuss Union Major General John Sedgwick, as well as how to be a decent human, the importance of keeping up with emerging tech, and the lasting irony of one’s last words.

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What happened a century ago, may explain what's happening today.

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Youtube - ‘Most Haunted Unseen - The Mermaid Inn’ - uploaded by most haunted vids - September 17th, 2012


Youtube - ‘Eerie Encounters: Inside Mermaid Inn - World's Scariest Hauntings - S01 EP6 - Paranormal Documentary’ - uploaded by Banijay Documentaries - September 22nd, 2023 


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Wikipedia - The Mermaid Inn, Rye - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mermaid_Inn,_Rye 


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Historic England - Mermaid House The Mermaid Hotel - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1251961?section=official-list-entry 


Wayback Machine - The Mermaid Inn, Rye - https://web.archive.org/web/20110815231924/http://www.mermaidinn.com/history.html 


Little House of Horrors - THE MERMAID INN  - By Sonja - June 14th, 2025 - https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/the-mermaid-inn/


The History Press - Hawkhurst: The story of smuggling in the 18th Century - by Joseph Dragovich - April 13th, 2023 - https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/hawkhurst-the-story-of-smuggling-in-the-18th-century/ 


The Novium Museum - ‘The Hawkhurst Gang’ - by Portia Tremlett - https://www.thenovium.org.uk/article/28843/The-Hawkhurst-Gang 


Rye News - ‘The fascinating history of the Rye’s Mermaid Inn’ - by Michael Montagu - December 19th, 2024 - http://ryenews.org.uk/culture/the-fascinating-history-of-ryes-mermaid-inn 


Pellicle Magazine website - ‘Cinque Ports - How Medieval Law Shaped the Pubs of Rye, East Sussex’ - by Fred Garratt-Stanley - April 2nd 2025 - https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/3/21/cinque-ports-how-medieval-law-shaped-the-pubs-of-rye#:~:text=%22The%20cellars%20here%20are%20nearly,States%20to%20secure%20the%20deal


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Lindsay and Madison discuss Betsy McHugh, as well as why it’s good practice not to accept gifts from shady friends, how to survive in a foreign country, and that children are people too.

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Lindsay and Madison discuss Mattie Blaylock, as well as the dangers of headache cure-alls, how to get a common law wife, and why research is so important to keep people’s memories alive.

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