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S1E2 - Chapter 1 - Historical Inn Murders

S1E2 - Chapter 1 - Historical Inn Murders

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 Episode Notes Visit our Patreon patreon.com/3MinModernist The Ostrich (Colnbrook, UK) https://ostrichcolnbrook.co.uk/history.html https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1124367 https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101124367-the-ostrich-public-house-colnbrook-with-poyle https://historicengland.org.uk/education/schools-resources/educational-images/ostrich-inn-high-street-colnbrook-11673 https://mikedashhistory.com/2010/07/19/the-horrible-history-of-the-ostrich-inn/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-ostrich-inn The Relay Inn / Relay House (Relay, Maryland, USA) https://relaymaryland.com/about/ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=103010 https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=8764 https://www.roads.maryland.gov/OPPEN/Maryland_Railroads_Statewide_Historic_Context_Complete.pdf (If you meant the Pennsylvania stagecoach stop often called “Relay Inn”): https://www.facebook.com/mifflincountyhistoricalsociety/posts/reportedly-haunted-the-relay-inn-built-in-1799-and-used-as-a-stage-coach-stop-le/1229519535871197/ The Bleeding Horse (Camden Street, Dublin) https://bleedinghorse.ie/ https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50110427/bleeding-horse-24-25-camden-street-upper-charlotte-way-dublin-2-dublin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bleeding_Horse https://www.visitdublin.com/the-bleeding-horse https://www.dublinbypub.ie/pubs/bleeding-horse/ https://comeheretome.com/2011/04/07/the-bleeding-horse/ Transcript Part 1 – Historical Inn Murders “Once a traveler leaves his home, he loses almost 100% of his ability to control his environment.” — Special Agent Dale Cooper Restaurant murders are nothing new. As long as there have been road trips, there have been inns. The European-style inn really started as a precursor of today’s Airbnb; people would rent out an extra bed (or even a space in the stables) and feed any traveler who needed to bunk and chow down for a night. These were unofficial, but really, they would evolve into today’s highway motels, hotels, and rest stops. They were important in enabling travelers not only to have a place to stay, but also as a way to avoid spending a night out along the trail where they might have to deal with highwaymen, local tribes, and wild animals. Now, with a clientele that was on the go as a rule, and with no way to communicate with the folks back home, it was not too unusual for an inn to be the final stop for travelers who checked in but never checked out. Thefts happened often, even at some reputable inns, but murders were not unheard of. There are three examples, of varying veracity, that show how dangerous an old-timey inn could be: one English, one French, and one American. The Ostrich Inn (Colnbrook, England) The Ostrich Inn may or may not be nearly a millennium old. It might also “only” be 500 years old. With a building that old, five hundred years may not make too much of a difference. Instead of razing and starting over with older structures, many new buyers would simply add on and remodel. Fix-and-flip was a thing even in the dim dark past. It’s certainly possible that there are elements of The Ostrich that date back to the 12th century. The story goes that it was originally called The Hospice, and while under that name it was visited by a couple of historically important folks. Of course, this could actually be a conflation with another building—possibly the hospital, or hospice, of the local abbey that might have stood on the site. There are myriad other possibilities, but those two are the most likely. All we know for sure is that the place still stands, not too far from Heathrow airport, and has a delightful menu today. In 1215, King John—aka Softsword, aka Lackland, aka the lion in Disney’s Robin Hood—was on his way to Runnymede to sign a treaty with rebellious Barons who were threatening war. The Archbishop of Canterbury drafted the original version of the Carta Libertatum, which was signed and settled some hash for a little bit. Of course, no one really took it to heart at first: there was a war between the crown and the Barons, then John died, his son used the Carta Libertatum as the basis for more laws, and they renamed the document Magna Carta. On the way, supposedly, King John stopped with his retinue and stayed at The Hospice. Whether this is true or not—or simply a story invented to draw tourists at some point in the past—is uncertain. It could be that his team stayed at The Hospice, or at the actual abbey hospice that might have stood on the spot. The building was certainly there in the early 18th century when Dick Turpin, arguably the most famous of highwaymen, stayed at the inn. The Ostrich is, and was, not the only inn to make the claim that Turpin and his gang stayed there. Looking at the areas where his alleged crimes took place, it’s possible he could have. The criminal lore of The Ostrich, though, comes from an older story. The inn was supposedly owned by the Jarmans, a couple who ...
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