Ridiculous History
Ridiculous History
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Colonel Blood and the Theft of the Crown Jewels
47 minutes Posted Dec 19, 2019 at 7:37 pm.
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The grifter, adventurer, thief and (probable) spy known as Thomas Blood spent much of his life as a widely-known rogue and all-around scoundrel -- but when and he his followers attempted to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671, he became a legend. Join the guys as they explore the strange story of this historical heist.

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