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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 11^th Jan 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 27^th Apr 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Why the violent crime-obsessed Victorians initially resisted an organised police force. Read by Robert Glenister. Show more

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The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders

1. The Ratcliffe Highway Murders

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 10^th Jan 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 26^th Apr 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Ratcliffe Highway murders of 1811 - how the Victorians turned violent crime into entertainment. Read by Robert Glenister. Show more

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The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders

3. Red Barn Murder

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 12^th Jan 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 28^th Apr 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

How the infamous Red Barn murder of 1828 became one of the sensations of the Victorian age. Read by Robert Glenister. Show more

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The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders

4. Adelaide Bartlett

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 13^th Jan 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 29^th Apr 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

A sensational case of murder by poisoning puts medical science in the dock. Robert Glenister reads Judith Flanders' book. Show more

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The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders

5. New Technology

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 14^th Jan 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 30^th Apr 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

How the crime-obsessed Victorians used technological advances to help capture criminals. Concluded by Robert Glenister. Show more

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