STORICAL FOOTNOTES: ASSASSINS & STALKERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA

When you’re a person in power, a lot of people want you dead. Would-be assassins tried eight times to kill Queen Victoria, but luck was on her side. Far creepier were her obsessive stalkers. Today we’re looking at the men who tried to kill the Queen and the strange case of the Boy Jones who broke into the palace repeatedly…and stole her underwear.

Further Reading

https://www.history.com/news/eight-times-queen-victoria-survived-attempted-assassinations

https://timeline.com/queen-victoria-boy-jones-stalker-88c12011bc64

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/how-stuff-works/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class/e/the-boy-jones-queen-victorias-persistent-intruder-46038127

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042757/

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