Episode 71

A Sinking Ship, a Shaky Story, and a Gullible Mom | March 12, 2025 | 33:00

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

In the mid–19th century in England, a alarmingly lazy man shows up claiming to be the long-lost son of Lady Tichborne.

Hosts

Greg Caputo

Maria Raha

Jason Schell

Topics

• This week’s headline: ABC 7 News, Leonardtown, Maryland, Dec. 26, 2024

• Roger Tichborne

• Lady Henriette Tichborne

• Arthur Orton

• Tom Castro

• Alresford, England

• Wagga Wagga, Australia
  

Additional Resources

• Eds. “The Tichborne Trial,” The Standard. Jan. 21, 1874, page 6.

• Eds. “The Tichborne Trial,” The Standard. Feb. 11, 1874, page 5.

• Eds. “The Tichborne Trial,” The Standard. Feb. 12, 1874, page 6.

• Hampshire Cultural Trust. “The Tichborne Trials Archive.” 

• https://collections.hampshireculture.org.uk/topic/tichborne-trials-archive

• Kendall, Cecilia. “The Tichborne Case—A Case of Identity Fraud?” Brighton & Hove Museums. https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discovery/history-stories/the-tichborne-case-a-case-of-identity-fraud/

• New South Wales State Library. “The Tichborne Case: A Victorian Melodrama.” https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/tichborne-case-victorian-melodrama

• Orton, Arthur. “The Entire Life and Full Confession of Arthur Orton, the Tichborne Claimant,” The Sunday People. June 2, 1895, page 1.