Just a warning before we start, this episode contains descriptions of torture, which some listeners may find disturbing.

Matt, I haven't seen your consent form. We can't do this episode until we hand it in.

Well, my wife signed it and so did my mum, so I'm sure I'm fine.

It's a special edition of British Scandal.

I am taking you on a journey that will change how you see our country's past forever.

It sounds great.

I don't know why we can't just record it over Zoom like we usually do.

Get a great guest, turn the camera off so that I can

eat biscuits. Look around you. We're at the Tower of London, the very place we ended our series.

This doesn't just get thrown together. This is the home of some of the most dramatic events in

British history. That's a raven. I mean, need I say anymore, we're going to be walking not only

in the footsteps of Guy Fawkes,

but also murderers, political prisoners, kings and queens.

Almost a thousand years of history right here.

And you can feel it. It's a stunning place.

It's like an old university, a grand private school.

There's a religious, holy element to this.

And I think most soothingly, you know it's a place of torture.

Exactly.

And just shortly, we are going to be talking to somebody who knows these buildings better than

anybody else and can shed light on Guy Fawkes' experience here at the Tower of London,

Dr. Alden Gregory.

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