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Mostly Unsung

The weekly comedy history podcast that brings you bitesize biographies of the extraordinary, eccentric, outrageous and occasionally ordinary lives that until now have gone mostly unsung... mostly. Join your hosts Annie and Andrea as they bring you stories that your history teacher never taught you!

If you like stuffy lectures then you're not going to be a fan, sorry! But if you are looking to hang out with two old friends who love story telling, a good laugh and forgotten figures from history then welcome!

Covering everything from scientists to Grandmothers, survivors of wars to eccentric millionaires, all via ghost stories, anecdotes and terrible impressions of Hollywood legend Tim Curry. Come and hang out, have a giggle and join us every Friday.

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#10 A Criminal Mastermind & A Snappy Dresser

June 20, 2025 • Mostly Unsung

What's Friday without a good laugh before the start of the weekend? Welcome to Mostly Unsung a comedy history podcast packed full of interesting stories and a lot of big questions, such as, who is the Greg and who is the Alex in this relationship? and do we both exist?

Come journey with Annie to old London Town where one man has a very cunning plan or three, to make himself a lot of money and hob nob with the government, all while keeping his side hustles quiet.

Then Andrea will err.....STAY in Old London Town but a few hundred years later, where an orphan is making a name for himself, both for his charity works and his very eye catching outfit. An outfit still seen in London today.

Andrea used these sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Croft_(pearly)

https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/henry-croft

https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/01/28/henry-croft-road-sweeper-o/

https://www.pearlies.org.uk/the-original-pearlies-history

Annie used these sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jonathan-Wild

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Wild

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