Feb 24 2025 31 mins 25
TW: The following episode contains discussion of suicide, please listen with care.
Amy Robsart, the wife of Queen Elizabeth I’s favourite, Robert Dudley, was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in 1560. Whispers of murder and conspiracy spread across England; was it a tragic accident or a calculated killing so Dudley could marry the Queen? In this episode, we take a look at the mystery surrounding Amy’s suspicious death and examine the theories that still have historians wondering today.
Cast List:
Tracy Borman: Royal Historian & Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces
Prof. Michael Green: Forensic Pathologist
Prof. Steven Gunn: Historian
Andrew Rose: Barrister & QC
Dr. Susan Doran: Author & Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University
Ciaran O’Keefe: Criminal Psychologist
Eric Meyers: Narrator
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