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A unique couple meet in 1920s Germany, and fall in love. Their relationship is fiery, but they become famous dancers, dazzling audiences in Germany…
Yet their commitment to their art will lead them both to a heartbreaking tragedy.
I’m Peter Laws and tonight I give you ‘Tears on the Dancefloor: The Tragic Love and Heartbreaking fate of Lavinia Schulz & Walter Holdt.
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Core Sources:
https://janreetze.blogspot.com/2010/12/the-mask-dancers-lavinia-schulz-walter.html
https://clasebcn.com/tips/lavinia-schluz-walter-holdt/
‘Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910–1935’ by Karl Toepfer UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 1997.
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A plane crashes into the Amazon Jungle, on board are four terrified children who somehow survive the wreck. But their ordeal has only just begun. I’m Peter Laws and tonight on Our Curious Past we explore ‘Crashed in the Amazon Jungle: The Astonishing 40 Day Search for Four Lost Children’.
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To learn more details on this remarkable story, do check out my main source, this excellent and lengthy article by William Ralston.
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A woman moves into a house known to be haunted and one night encounters ghosts who tell her to visit a small village in England. When she gets there, she finds that everything the spirits have told her, comes true.
Was this a hoax, or did she have an authentic encounter with the supernatural like mane researchers into the case claim.
I’m Peter Laws and tonight on our Curious Past we dive into spooky supernatural encounter in Guided by Spirits? The Strange Case of the Snettisham Ghosts.
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Sources
‘Worlds Beyond' by Ian Wilson, 1986, Weidenfeld & Nicholson
https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/20711644.weird-norfolk-snettisham-ghost-asked-favour/
https://jamesmdeem.com/stories.ghost.goodeve.html


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Chavoret Jaruboon was paid by the Thai prison service, to single-handedly kill 55 people. That’s 54 men, and one woman. He did this during his 19 year career at the notorious Bang Kwang Prison, aka the Bangkok Hilton.


In Thailand, he was best known as ‘The Last Executioner’ before they switched over to lethal injection. But up to that point, Chavoret’s job was to carry out each killing with a submachine gun. What were the procedures for killing human beings on such a large scale? What sort of man was Chavoret, and how did he deal with such a challenging role.

How did he manage to square his spirituality with killing so many people…after all, he lived in a Buddhist country, that believes heavily in karma.

I’m Peter Laws, and tonight on Our Curious Past, we explore a controversial career that is rarely discussed…as we meet Chavoret Jaruboon: The Man Who Legally Killed 55 People, Single-Handedly. Please note that this episode is also available as an audio podcast - search OUR CURIOUS PAST in your apps.

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NOTE: If you find this story interesting I do encourage you to buy a copy of Chavoret’s well written and gripping book, The Last Executioner. I used the English translation of the book as the prime source of this video. You can buy it here.

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In the late 1800s, the worlds of biology, photography and criminology came together to ask a tantalising question….might the human retina retain the final image a person sees before death…If so, with careful examination of the eyeball, surely this was a sure fire way of solving every murder…because the killers image would be imprinted in the victims eyes…if only investigators discovered the body within 24 hours.

Tonight, we explore one of the most fascinating theories in police work…a notion that gripped optometrist, photographers and detectives alike. I’m Peter Laws and this is The Final Witness: Can a Murder Victims Eyeballs Reveal Their Killer?

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