Today’s burgeoning true crime genre is nothing new; to the Victorians, it was a staple of the news cycle.

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In this bonus episode accompanying the HistoryExtra podcast series The Tiger Tamer Who Went to Sea, David Musgrove speaks to Dr Bob Nicholson of Edge Hill University about newspapers in the 19th century, finding out how fast news could spread, about the Victorians who forged careers as journalists, and how a single newspaper could have a significant afterlife.

Authors

Dr David MusgroveContent director, HistoryExtra.com

David Musgrove is content director of the HistoryExtra.com website and podcast, plus its sister print magazines BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. He has a PhD in medieval landscape archaeology and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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