London's First Police Force Was a Gang?! | The Dark History of the Bow Street Runners

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Macabre London

Macabre London Podcast

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Do you like your history haunted? Then Macabre London is the podcast for you. Every fortnight we'll unravel a tale that's gruesome, horrifying or downright macabre. Get bonus content on Patreon (https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/806851)

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London's First Police Force Was a Gang?! | The Dark History of the Bow Street Runners

Macabre London

30 minutes 56 seconds

5 months ago

London's First Police Force Was a Gang?! | The Dark History of the Bow Street Runners

Before Scotland Yard... before the Met Police... there was chaos.

In this episode of Macabre London, we uncover the wild, booze-soaked origins of Britain's very first police force – the Bow Street Runners. But these weren’t your average crimefighters. Oh no. These were drunken, brawling, and occasionally criminal men who blurred the lines between justice and disorder.

Led by an eccentric magistrate and paid with public funds (and sometimes beer), this ragtag group laid the foundations for modern policing... but not without raising a few eyebrows and knocking out a few teeth along the way.

🔪 Were they heroes? Hooligans? Or something much more complicated?

🕵️‍♀️ Join me as we delve into the weird and bloody history of the 1700s crime-fighting gang who were meant to protect the streets — but often caused just as much trouble.

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Sources:

https://archive.org/details/constabularyrise0000seni/page/26/mode/2up

https://www.salisburycivicsociety.org.uk/news/unveiling-of-blue-plaque-friday-6th-january/

https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2019/04/11/the-mysterious-affair-of-elizabeth-canning/

https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1403

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

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