Bloody Tales Of The Tower

UK
- Americas
  - Canada
  Asia & Oceania
  - Asia
  - India
  - עִבְרִית
  - 香港
  Middle East & Africa
- Europe
  - Česká republika
  - Danmark
  - Deutschland
  - France
  - Hrvatska
  - Italia
  - Magyarország
  - Nederland
  - Norge
  - Polska
  - Portugal
  - România
  - Slovenija
  - Srbija
  - Sverige
  - Türkiye
  - UK
  - Ελλαδα
  - България
  - Россия
  - Україна
Register
Log In

TV SHOWS
- SHOWS BY SUBJECT
  - Wildlife
  - Natural History
  - Engineering
  - Disaster
  - Science
  - Travel
  - History
  - Society
  - Green
- DON'T MISS
  - The 80s: The Decade That Made Us Shop 'Til You Drop Wednesday 22 May at 7:00PM
  - Doomsday Preppers Prepper's Paradise Wednesday 22 May at 8:00PM
  - Ghost Town Gold Boomtown Or Bust Wednesday 22 May at 9:00PM
  - Wicked Tuna Size Matters Wednesday 22 May at 7:00PM
  - Wicked Tuna Greed, Ego & Jealousy Wednesday 22 May at 8:00PM
- TOP SHOWS
View All Shows
VIDEOS
- - Managing crocodiles in Jamaica 03:01 Crocodiles surround this beautiful island. Dr. Brady Bar...
    
    Go to Webisodes
  - Don't Miss
    
    Cowboy Treasure Hunters 00:30 These cowboys are out to make a killing in the wildwest.
    Show: Ghost Town Gold
    
    Solving the Rubik's Cube 11:42:00 In 1981, a 12 year old boy dissects the Rubik's Cube and ...
    Show: The 80s: The Decade That Made Us
- Most Viewed
  - The world's oldest profession
    Show: Prostitution: The Oldest Trade
  - Red Light District Scam
    Show: Scam City
  - South American Anaconda
    Show: Anaconda: Killer Snake?
  - Sweden's Worst Crash
    Show: Air Crash Investigation
  - Deadly Bite
    Show: World's Deadliest Snakes
  - Solving the Rubik's Cube
    Show: The 80s: The Decade That Made Us
  - Not So Very VIP
    Show: Scam City
  - Catastrophic Disaster
    Show: Air Crash Investigation
  - The Black Mamba
    Show: World's Deadliest Snakes
View All Videos
PHOTOS
- Photo of the day
- Most Viewed
  - Largest snake on Earth?
    Show: Anaconda: Killer Snake?
  - Sex industry
    Show: Prostitution: The Oldest Trade
  - Deadly Snakes
    Show: World's Deadliest Snakes
  - World's Fastest Car?
    Show: Bugatti Super Car
  - 80’s Flashback
    Show: The 80s: The Decade That Made Us
  - Dangerous Flights
    Show: Air Crash Investigation
  - World's Biggest Tent
    Show: Megastructures
View all photos
TV LISTINGS

http://assets.natgeotv.com/Shows/19147.jpg

BLOODY TALES OF THE TOWER
Saturday 22 June at 12:00PM
National Geographic Channel

Executions

Being put to death in the Tower could be a messy business.
(01:15)
Traitors

A particularly unpleasant end awaited those who betrayed the crown!
(00:58)
All Videos

Tower of London

Investigate gruesome deaths at the Tower of London and challenge what you know about this royal f...
All Galleries

ABOUT THE SHOW

The terrible cries of tortured traitors have given the Tower of London a particularly grisly place in the history of the capital of England.

Brave a trip to the Tower with investigator Joe Crowley and Tudor historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, in the Bloody Tales Of The Tower on Mondays at 8pm, as this gruesome series explores its infamous blood-spattered past.

Bloody Tales Of The Tower: Traitors
All executions at the Tower and nearby Tower Hill were horrific, but a particularly unpleasant end awaited those who betrayed the Crown. In the first episode discover the contrasting fates of three very different traitors, including the case of the last person killed at the Tower by firing squad.

Bloody Tales of The Tower: Executions
Despite its reputation as the home of expert execution, accounts of the time suggest that being put to death in the Tower could be a messy business. Was it a faulty axe or...